Chance is 8 months old today. He has changed a lot in the last month. One of his biggest accomplishments is crawling! He can crawl on his hands and knees but still mostly crawls on his arms and knees dragging his tummy which then gets very dirty. He is eating all different types of baby food, stage 2. He also eats small bits of table food usually some of whatever we are having he also really likes dried fruit pieces but he does not like the fruit puffs that the baby food companies make. He loves feeding himself and making a mess with the food. He will grab the spoon if I let him and put it in his mouth and all over the rest of his face too. 
He is sitting up in the big tub and loves playing with his tub toys and making splashes. Now that he is crawling he also tries to crawl in the tub and I am dying to get him into a pool to see what he does.He goes to bed at 8pm and doesn't get up till 7am he usually does not wake up at all but if he does I just go in without turning on the light and turn him back over onto his back and give him his pacifier then he goes right back to sleep. He also takes two naps per day each between and hour and two hours long. He is such a good sleeper. I have been trying to get in naps during the day because I stay up too late at night doing things like writing in my journal.
He can now go from a crawling position to a sitting position all by himself. This leads to really getting into things. Now he can crawl to whatever he wants then sit up and take it apart. He is very good though and understands "No" about 90% of the time. He has been sittin gup unsuported for a while now. He also is pulling up. He pulls up to fully standing on me or on the couch and has pulled up about half way on tables and shelves. He bounces up and down with a big smile on his face when he does make it to standing. He also loves being tossed up in the air.He has started not liking the changing table, he is almost too long
for it now but he cries almost every time I put him on it. If I change his diaper somewhere else he is fine. I don't know what that is yet. His cry has developed a screamy quality but I have been told this is a phase of cry. He talks all the time to himself and his toys and to other people. We have gone to four playdates now and everytime he has gotten along really well with the other kids. He talks to them to. He says 'ma-ma' and 'da-da' and 'ba-ba' but he doesn't seem to understand what he is saying however when he gets upset he says ma-ma-ma-ma over and over which makes me feel like he knows what he is say but I don't think he really does. He also responds to his name, he used to just turn his head when you called his name but now he starts crawling toward you too.
He still has no stranger anxiety he doesn't care who talks to him or holds him or anything like that but he has started developing seperation anxiety from me. It isn't a stretch since we are together 24/7 but when I leave the room he starts to cry or whimper till I come back and now he is starting to try to follow me. Maybe it won't be so bad when he learns he can follow me out of the room. He is getting better with that though. The other day he was playing on the floor in the living room and I went to the bathroom but I left the door open in just a minute I saw his little head peeking around the door frame, just his forehead and his eyes so he could see what I was doing.
for it now but he cries almost every time I put him on it. If I change his diaper somewhere else he is fine. I don't know what that is yet. His cry has developed a screamy quality but I have been told this is a phase of cry. He talks all the time to himself and his toys and to other people. We have gone to four playdates now and everytime he has gotten along really well with the other kids. He talks to them to. He says 'ma-ma' and 'da-da' and 'ba-ba' but he doesn't seem to understand what he is saying however when he gets upset he says ma-ma-ma-ma over and over which makes me feel like he knows what he is say but I don't think he really does. He also responds to his name, he used to just turn his head when you called his name but now he starts crawling toward you too.He still has no stranger anxiety he doesn't care who talks to him or holds him or anything like that but he has started developing seperation anxiety from me. It isn't a stretch since we are together 24/7 but when I leave the room he starts to cry or whimper till I come back and now he is starting to try to follow me. Maybe it won't be so bad when he learns he can follow me out of the room. He is getting better with that though. The other day he was playing on the floor in the living room and I went to the bathroom but I left the door open in just a minute I saw his little head peeking around the door frame, just his forehead and his eyes so he could see what I was doing.
He is doing all of the eight month milestones and the nine month and the ten month but I didn't copy those here. As for that testing gravity one I will take their word for it that is what he is doing but I think that is just a fancy way to explain away having to pick the spoon up off the floor fifteen times per meal.
By the end of month eight a baby typically:
- Chews on objects
- Reaches for utensils when being fed
- Turns head away when finished eating
- May sleep between 11 and 13 hours a night; takes 2 to 3 naps (may vary)
- Rolls all the way around
- Sits unsupported
- Gets on arms and knees in crawling position
- Has specific cries for various needs
- Babbles enthusiastically
- Tests gravity by dropping objects over edge of high chair
- Responds to own name
- Has different reactions for different family members
- Shows some anxiety when removed from parent
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