Team Chamness: Eight Months of Lauren

Lauren is sleeping from about 6:30 pm to 5:45ish am. No matter what time we put that girl to bed she will wake up between 5 and 6 o’clock in the morning! (I’ve tried to explain that my alarm doesn’t go off until 7:00, but she doesn’t seem to care.) She is taking a morning and an afternoon nap, each about 1.5 hours long.

Real Food! The girl is eating three “solid” meals a day now. Mostly oatmeal and veggies. Her favorites are butternut squash and sweet potatoes. She says, “no thank you” to applesauce, avocado and rice cereal, though we keep trying them. Apparently she has a texture issue as she will eat bananas when pureed in blender or food processor, but not when mashed by hand. Picky, picky.

Lauren continues to prefer being stationary. (She obviously takes after her mother.) She sits up or scootches a little on her back, but refuses to do anything that even looks like crawling. She will sit in her exersaucer or Jumperoo for short periods of time, but like her sister does not enjoy being confined. Another child who doesn’t like boundaries…oh goodie.

Eight. Not only is that how old she is in months, but that is how many razor sharp teeth she has in her little mouth. Three finally popped through the gum in the last week or so. She has been a little fussy, which has inspired Hayden to include “LAWren’s teef” in her prayers. Perhaps H. has overheard Bryan and I ~~complaining about~~ discussing Lauren’s discomfort.

Lauren continues to enjoy milk, bath time, playing with Daddy on the floor and being entertained by her sister. She dislikes being in her highchair, having her sister take her toys away, and watching Mommy leave the room she is in. Lauren loves to make lots of fun noises and sing songs. Hayden tells us Lauren’s favorite color is green.