Thursday, May 28, 2015

Eight Month Old Milestone

Your baby is now 8 month old.  I have listed a couple of things that mommies should be aware of during this phase of a child’s life.

Rare moments... 
We are complete during Kera's 8 month old mini celebration

1.       Curiosity – The baby is more curious than the first few months of his life. He or she wants to touch and eat everything.
2.       Strength – There is more strength for the baby to pull or push any object in his or her way. There is also strength when standing. Yes, babies will definitely try to stand on their own at this age and sometimes won’t hold into anything just to show off that they could already do it. My daughter Kera did this several times but still bounces back. So, choose a soft mat for the babies. In that way, they won’t hurt their heads.
3.       Crawl – Their crawl time is faster and much easier for them. One minute they are in front of you and the other, they are just way too far from you.
4.       Sleep – The sleeping pattern is already different. They sleep a lot and have a lot of play time too.
5.       Separation Anxiety – This separation anxiety becomes stronger especially at the time that the baby’s milk teeth are appearing. They just wanted to be with their moms or anybody who takes care of them most often. They needed comfort from these people at the time they are hurt.
6.       Food – More space for food in the tummy. More space for breast milk or formula milk plus water.
7.       Awareness – Babies are already aware who is their mom, dad, brother or sister. They even know who the “strangers” are.
8.       Communication – More coos. More “mama”, “dada” and just any syllables that would come of out of their mouth just to communicate.
9.       Teething – Worst experience for them is having their milk tooth.

 With Kera's Daddy


During story telling time. Bible time.
She is paying attention and trying to mimic me.


Guidelines for milk tooth coming out: (As written on my first article regarding teething a few years ago when my son had his teeth)

1.       Drooling
2.       Crying
3.       Biting
4.       Loosing appetite
5.       Irritability
6.       Discomfort
7.       Lack of sleep
8.       Fever (which really happened with my 2nd born)

First sign of those teeth

To find out what to do during teething, kindly check this article I made a few years ago: http://joneepslimwitch.blogspot.com/2013/02/cant-smile-without-you.html


Standing with minimal help from me.


So, that’s it for now. I hope this article helped you. Please hit the share button below! Have fun!