Hannah Kaye--8 Months and Growing!

 

 At 8 Months, Hannah:

• is a MOVER!  She has been crawling since around 7 months and can slide, slither, roll, flip and kick herself anywhere she wants to go.  She started sitting up a little after six months.
• LOVES attention.  She lets out a loud, heart-breaking squawk when someone walks past without noticing her.  Lately, if Madi and/or I leave the room, or even her sight, she protests loudly.  She is undergoing a brief (hopefully) and adorable (ha) clingy/needy phase. 
• is social and sweet.  She loves her Mommy, sister, doggy and Daddy (not necessarily in that order, no worries, Daddy).  She is smiley and sparkly.  
• She has incredible fine-motor skills.  She has been able to pick up tiny things for months and can put her own paci back in (gotta LOVE that).
• Says, "Da-da-da" and "Ma-ma-ma."  Grunts, growls, giggles, sings, coos, squeals and laughs.  She doesn't cry often but when she does, the volume can be surprisingly intense.  Hannah has definitely figured out that if she has a pressing need, she had better be louder than Madi and has thus, increased her volume!
• is still a teeny, tiny little squirt. Her precious, petite little hands and fingers are just sooooo sweet.  
• is a pretty good little eater.  Introducing solids has seemed to help her grow.  She got so constipated when we fed her Rice and even Oatmeal Cereal that we discontinued that and give her straight fruits and/or veggies.  We have been trying to introduce her to new goulash but she still prefers her Beech Nut Pears and Raspberries above anything else and would be pleased as punch to eat it for breakfast and dinner everyday!  She can get quite dramatic with the gagging, choking, coughing and blowing it out her nose when we feed her something revolting like carrots. :)  We have found that if we mix her favorite Pears and Raspberries with Green Beans or Sweet Peas she does great.  Aren't we tricky!?!
• Hannah is quite the little T.V. watcher.  She will join Madi for episodes of Caillou and snippets of The Lorax, etc.  Gotta love those captivating colors and sounds.
• totally loves and adores her big sis.  She watches Miss Madi, laughs when Madi laughs and cries when she cries.  They definitely play off of each other!
• is growing her first few sprigs of hair on her beautiful, mostly-bald witto head.
•  had her first cold...ugh!  A few weeks ago, she got the nasty bug and was horribly congested and uncomfortable...oh, it is so sad when those little ones are sick and can't breath (thank heavens she  made it so long through an un-ending, sicky winter without catching something sooner--she has been very healthy).  She hated having her nose sucked out.  The humidifier only mildly helped.  She did NOT like the feeling of being congested and would have coughing attacks that made her soooo sad.  She still has never had an ear infection, though, for which we are VERY grateful (big sis is getting tubes in on Monday)
• LOVED her first swinging experience at the park last week (March 12th).  Looks like we will have another park-rat, thank heavens!  As if she had a choice.  Madi and I were pretty set on helping Hannah develop a love of the outdoors and park playing since that is a BIG part of our daily health and happiness.  COME BACK, SPRING!!! (It's snowing pretty heavily outside as I type..UGH)
• Hannah is nothing but joy and sweetness (except at night...oh, we'd sell our souls to the devil for a solid night of sleep around here).  We just couldn't live without her and love, love, love her to pieces!