April 4th, 2008
Someone in the house can:
- crawl on tummy and sometimes on fours
- go from lying on tummy to kneeling and/or sitting position
- pull on objects (usually us) and hoist herself up to a standing position
- smiles coyly at her own farts
Watch out! Little monster is getting more and more mobile!!!!!!!!!
From here, it says of babies in their 7th month (Sunshine is a few days shy of being 7 months now):
- Â Most babies can now sit unsupported - Yes.
- When your child sees an interesting object out of reach, she may try to get it. - All the frigging time.
- She’ll learn that she can hold herself up on all fours. She may rock back and forth with this new position, practicing for the next big movement: crawling - Yes. We say she is ‘humping air’.
For a baby’s 8th month:
- These days, your baby is very busy. His hands are constantly moving. - Yes. We have the most active baby in the neighbourhood, I suspect.
- He can handle objects well and continues perfecting the skill of using the opposable thumb. - Yes, but she only holds items for a while.
- He has also learned how to use his index finger as a tool to push parts of toys and investigate small spaces. - Not yet.
- Around this time some children start pointing at objects. - Not yet, but we are teaching her to!
- He may now try to stand up. - Uh huh… Most of her waking hours are spent trying to stand up!
Other stuff she has been up to include:
- recognising herself in the mirror (since 5 months old) and smiles at her image
- babbling alot
- chewing her hand (yummy)
- growing too big for medium sized diapers
- knowing that we are leaving her alone for awhile and will wail her head off
- when she is sleepy, she will pull a blanket or a pillow over her head (have no idea why she inherited this trait from me – need to sleep with a pillow over my head)
- laughing at the dogs and cat – she somehow finds them very amusing, more amusing than I am
I think she might be a wee advanced for her age… but that’s okay.. we’ll handle it! Hehehhe. I love her so much.
