Well I was beginning to think that Nory was going to skip the baby food stage all together. Between 6 months and 7 months, Nory turned her nose up (and tongue out) at everything. Between 7 months and 8 months, she would only eat bread and an occasional cucumber. Every few days I'd sit her in her high chair and give her a spoon full of pureed baby food just to test the waters, and every time she would simply give her best raspberry and spit it out (or feed it to the dog, if it was something she could get her hands around). BUT... yesterday, the day before her 8 month birthday, I was talking idly on the phone to my mom and gave Nory her spoon of pureed sweet potato - and SHE ATE IT! Then I gave her another bite... and SHE ATE IT TOO! Then she ate the rest of the jar!!! And today she ate a whole jar of banana/applesauce! Better late than never. It is such a relief to be able to enter the stage where I can leave the house with FOOD instead of MILK when we go out. HOORAY!
Also at 8 months, she is now the only baby in my mom's group who is not crawling. She "craws," which is to say, almost crawls, making herself into a perfect little bridge, rocking back and forth, and scooting herself around the house backward, often ending up under a crib, desk, or behind a couch. I think crawling will be here before we know it and I'm appreciating every last day I have without it!
Other good news for 8 months: Nory has returned to sleeping through the night. She slept like a perfect little angle from about 3 months until 6 months, at which point her sleep was interrupted by the arrival of her first tooth and lots of traveling. The terrible sleep continued for over a month and she has just recently finally settled back into her old 7-7 routine (well, most nights anyway). Ahhh, sleep...
Lots of cute pictures of Nory and the family from Christmas, but we are running a bit behind. Check back soon!
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Hurray! She just likes to do things on Nory-time. If she's like Jer she may just skip the crawling and go right to walking...Your new house looks very sweet. We'll expect the Christmas pix once you get the 230 boxes unpacked...
Congratulations Nory! You now eat veggies better than Charlie! Charlie just stopped eating all pureed food, period. He now will only eat cheese toast, clementines and bananas...go figure! Sometimes I wonder if babies like to keep things exciting just because they have the power to!
Yay for Nory! Good girl!
Can I just say SOOOO jealous of the sleeping thing? Xaris dumped the "nearly-sleeping-through-the-night" phase too, at around 5 months, and we're STILL not back there yet. I am currently feeding her at 2 am while I type. I guess it gives me time to read blogs, but I'd choose the sleep if I had the choice!
good job crawing nory, you da boss
what I would give for a whole night of sleep!!!! Nory needs to have a chat with kylee....who has yet to bless us with a full night!
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