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Oh YAY! Thank you for starting this!

M is 8 months on the 11th. She has 4 teeth and started crawling last weekend!

She's been up 2x/night this week after STTN 4 nights last week. She's down at 7, up at 10 and 3. I'm not sleep training because I can't handle it so, I'm not complaining about her sleep (I figure if I complain, I should be doing something about it).

She's eating everything we give her at her meals. She has lentils, sweet potatoes, carrots, broccoli, peas, apples, pears, chicken, banana, greek yogurt, shredded cheese and mum mums. She has had butter, onion and lots of spices in the purees I make for her. I've gotten lazy recently and sent her to daycare with jar food, though. I am doing purees and then offering her some more solid things like the mum mums and cheese b/c she loves to pick things up and eat them herself.

She babbles and says dadadada but doesn't know "who" dada is yet. She smiles ALL the time. She gets a nursing session in the AM, before bed, 3 bottles at daycare and whenever she wakes up in the night. She feeds on demand on the weekends.

We are so in love.

@plantains: we are baby proofing this weekend. We need to get the 7ft bookshelf attached to the wall and plugs in the outlets at the very least. I can't believe she's mobile already, either!

I'm going to move our cell phone chargers to the kitchen and keep them on the counter instead of near the floor like they are now. I'm also going to take some of her sassy links (which we never really used now that I think about it) and use those to lock the cabinets in the bathrooms and under the sink. The other ones just have pots and pans in them so, if she opens them it's not a huge deal.

Isn't it crazy, we have 8 month olds this month!!

@plantains: thanks for starting this!! Lara is adorable!!! Sleeping through the night, lucky! @mediagirl: I love seeing M grow in the photos you post on IG! Crawling, so crazy...I still feel like they are 3 months old, not 8.

Elly will be 8 months old tomorrow! She is army crawling as well. She doesn't have any teeth yet! She loves talking and saying mama. We have mostly baby proofed everything since she is our second child. She sleeps until 2am, nurses, sleeps until 6am, nurses and sleeps until 7:30. Her naps are about 30-45 minutes too so I'm getting a little tired. I still haven't lost much weight (well I'm 2 pounds above my pre-pregnancy weight) but I still need to tone. I think I can only accomplish losing the flab by running so we are going to buy a double BOB today (so excited!!!).

Eleanor will be 8 months tomorrow (oh my gosh, time flies!!). She isn’t crawling yet, but she does rock back and forth and tries to lunge forward a lot. She babbles *all the time* (she has an opinion on everything and is more than happy to share it with you!) – she says “mama”, “dada”, “baba” and my husband swears she said “kiki” at the cat. Every time she sees the cat, she squeals and she and kitty are becoming better and better friends.

The thing she seems most interested in is food. She wants whatever we are eating, and she will reach out and direct whatever you are holding right into her mouth – sandwich, salad, pizza slice; doesn’t matter – she wants it. She eats everything and her favorite foods are: pickles, pasta and sauce, garlic, onions and mushrooms. She is working hard on the pincer grip and almost has it down. My mom said she has never seen a baby so interested in food before; especially spicy/seasoned food.

She loves music and art

@plantains: Thanks! I make most of her food and I don’t add any salt to what I make her.

For the pasta sauce, it’s just pureed (cooked) tomatoes, carrots, onions and a little chicken stock or water if it needs it. She really loves roasted garlic so I’ll cook up a little garlic in butter, than add the puree sauce. For things like onions and mushrooms, I just sauté them in a little butter until they are soft enough for her to eat.

She likes kale and chicken sauteed in salsa; but I don't think there is too much salt in the salsa.

The food she eats at daycare has some salt, but not much, and a lot of what she eats there are fresh steamed veggies and fresh fruits.

When we go out to eat, I offer her things that shouldn’t have a lot of salt in them like fresh veggies and salad (she likes chewing on big leafs of lettuce), and if I give her something like a French fry, I lick the salt off first (sorry, gross I know!!). Although, she will grab for whatever she can; I'm ok with everything in moderation since we don't eat out often.

Whoops didn't post pictures. I'll try again.

@hilsy85: Thank you!

@plantains: Such a great idea to start this thread. I think of all the Junebug mamas quite often, and hope you and your LOs are doing well. L is gorgeous, and lucky you getting so much sleep!

@mediagirl: She's just adorable! Big girl starting to crawl! And so cool re: the variety of food she's eating.

@HLK208: She is so cute! Look at that face!

@yoursilverlining: Eleanor is also adorable. She looks like an old soul, if that makes any sense.

@cheesetomywhine: What a beautiful little girl!

My little man (first boy update here!) is 7.5 months old, and he is quite a character. He is very cautious and observant and tends to spend lots of time taking everything in, rather than acting on whatever he'd like to do. He doesn't have any teeth yet, but it seems like he's been "teething" for months! Anything and everything goes in his mouth. He can sit really well, but doesn't have much interest in crawling or getting around. He most enjoys "standing" also banging his hands on whatever is nearby, especially when he is excited about something! His sweet laugh just about kills me, as do his sighs and cooing. I think he may have done the ASL sign for "dog" at about 5 months, and his best bud is our dog. I'm hoping that he'll start signing some more soon. It's amazing how quickly he quiets down when presented with one of his favorite books. I've still been EBF (and pumped bottles for daycare), and we're adding solids slowly with a mix of baby led weaning and purées. Loves food!

I’ve been back at work fulltime for 3.5 months, and it's been challenging trying to balance everything. Thank goodness for a supportive husband! We love our daycare, but don't love all the illnesses that seem to go along with it. Little man seems to get a new thing each week, and then he often passes some form of it on to me. Hopefully this means that he'll be healthy when he starts school.

Don't want to jinx anything, but sleep is decent lately. He is not a naturally good sleeper, so we've had our share of rough nights. Luckily, they seem to have gotten better as he has gotten older. He still doesn't love naps, but he'll usually succumb to one or two a day, and their length varies from 30 min. to 2 hours.

Looking forward to hearing about everyone else, too!

Here's my man.

Oh my goodness, I'm loving everyone's LOs!

@plantains: Lara is so gorgeous! That's awesome to hear she's close to getting on the move, although baby proofing the apt doesn't sound fun. Hopefully you get into your new place before that has to happen!

@mediagirl: So cute! And another crawler, wow! Her little Ravens outfit is so cute too!

@HLK208: Such a sweetheart! As someone else said, she just looks as though she is going to be the sweetest little girl.

@yoursilverlining: what a clever girl, saying all those words already! I'm sort of dying a bit over the amount of cuteness in your photos - the little plaid outfit looks ridiculously cute on her!

@cheesetomywhine: she does have absolutely gorgeous eyes! I bet the sight of her dancing is just adorable!

@pregnantbee: your little man is too cute, and just so happy! Our babies sound remarkably similar - must be something to do with the birthday!

@cyndistar3: she is just darling and I can't believe she's crawling already too!

Emily is 7.5 months now and is just the sweetest baby. She babbles and 'sings' all the time but is still working on forming proper words (mama, dada etc). She sits up unassisted brilliantly but is showing absolutely no interest in crawling. She's pretty content to stay where she is, and I won't lie, I'm in no hurry for her to get on the move!

She's still EBF other than solids, which we started at 5.5 months and have only recently started two solid feeds per day. She's loved everything but apricot and loves when it's feeding time. She still sleeps 12 hrs through the night but her schedule is all off as we just finished a seven week around the world journey and I think all the time zone changes have been too much for her.

She still loves books, swimming, and putting everything in her mouth. She has her two bottom teeth and the ones on either side of them are just breaking through now - still nothing on top though. She is really the easiest baby and we are over the moon about her...so much so we're already thinking about the next one!

@plantains - I totally get how you feel about missing her during the day and really making the best of the time you have with her.
@HLK208 - Happy 8 months to Elly! One wake-up a night isn't too bad. Oh, the flab...yep, it's there.
@yoursilverlining - you and @hkk208 had your babies on the same day!! Isn't babbling the best? I love talking to her. I love that you feed her everyhing. Her face is just precious!!
@cheesetomywhine - how great to get to sleep all night with her!! Ah, I'm so jealous of all the good sleepers. I love that crane mobile hanging behind her in the first pic!! Also, her eyes!!!
@pregnantbee - I'm so glad we got an update on your little man! Isn't it fun watching them grow and learn and do new things? What a FACE on your little guy!! He is adorable!
@cyndistar3 - Love tha tpicture of your little girl in the mirror. It's awesome that your girls play together already. Amazing. My lo likes the dog bowls, too. lol
@ree723 - How did she do on the long trip? Amazing that she sleeps so long, did you sleep train? Her face int hat second photo is just precious. She looks like she's up to no good.

Hey there ladies! I've found you! I very rarely get online anymore but I found this as I flipped through the threads here. I think about you all so often - I'm so grateful for all the support during pregnancy and am excited to get an update on all the babies! I must say we put out some super adorable bebes

@plantains - Lara is gorgeous! You are so lucky with her sleeping...even if you and DH have had to cozy up in the living room.

@mediagirl - M is so so cute! And crawling too, yay! She sounds like she is doing great on solids - have you tried beans yet? That's next on my list.

@hlk208 - Elly is such a pretty girl! How's your DS doing as a big brother? I hear you on the weight...I'm so close to my prepreg # but my toning needs work. I exercise almost everyday but need to start a pilates or weight training to fix my issues before summer or I'll end up poolside instead of in it!

@yoursilverlining - Eleanor is so precious! I love a chatty Cathy baby

@cheesetomywine - omg look at those eyes! So pretty! Exciting that you're doing BLW. I moved to finger foods around 7 months but was too nervous to full take on BLW. Maybe next time.

@pregnantbee - omg look at that dimple! He's such a handsome little man and sounds like such a sweetheart. I really hate teething too...

@cyndistar3 - Lillian is so cute and looks like such a character! I bet she'll be walking soon

@ree23 - Emily is just beautiful! So happy you have such an amazingly happy, sweet girl DH and I are also talking about #2 - I think we will start trying (or stop my family planning preventing) this spring...eek!

Joel was born two weeks early on May 19th so he's 8.5 months and still EBF (Congrats ladies - so amazed we made it this far!) besides his 3 small solid meals a day. He loves mozzarella cheese and pears most. He is still co-sleeping at night and crib sleeping for naps. I really want to move him to his crib for night but DH loves to snuggle him since he gets so much less time with him...and who am I to deny that.

Joel is such a character. He makes me smile and laugh all the time - I am so blessed to be a sahm. He is constantly on the move - he started army crawling just before Christmas and is now walking along furniture and behind toys! It's amazing to watch him master an act - he never gives up and it always wanting to do more.

Here are a few recent pics:

Now that I've replied to (I think) everyone, I'll give you our little update

Jacob/Jake/J (whatever I call him at the moment) keeps us QUITE busy. He's crawling everywhere and pulling up on his own. He's trying desperately to stand on his own and is quite the daredevil. I see lots of ER trips in my future with this little stinker.

We're doing pretty well on solids, he doesn't really fight much of anything that I offer him...anymore We're working on chunks/puffs and he's loving them!

Sleep isn't terrible, he goes in spurts though. He'll sleep really well for a week then cry for a lot of the night for a week. No matter what though he's truly the light of my life and I couldn't be happier to have my sweet fella!

I've kind of yo-yo'ed with my weight, I've been working out a lot since DH and I are going on a big trip to the Bahamas next month. (Don't get me started on how conflicted I am with my excitement to go/fear to leave J!) I'm someone who really has to be careful with what they eat/work out a TON to stay in shape, but for the first time in my life I actually want to

Without any more delays, here is my little love bug!

@HLK208: My lo will not eat purées anymore! I just give her soft and small pieces of food and she is really good at gumming things and smashes them with her tongue to the roof of her mouth. But she loves all food and will eat anything, she eats a lot of frozen peas and green beans (that really helps with teething) and she loooooves graham crackers.

Hmmm try this again!

@Mrsjets: Oh my goodness, look at Joel standing! He is so darling and just sounds like the sweetest little boy. Isn't it crazy to think about trying for the next one?!? We're currently in an unofficial TWW (didn't try but didn't prevent either) and I can't decide if I want it to be positive or not!

@babyjmama: I just love J, he is the cutest! He looks a lot like you in the top photo! And woohoo for a trip to the Bahamas next month - sounds like the perfect escape to get a bit of warmth and sunshine, hope you enjoy!

@HLK208: thanks lady, I miss catching up more regularly with all of you as well!

@Lindsay05: Embrie is just beautiful! Awesome to hear she loves swimming - nothing cuter than a baby splashing around in the pool! Glad to hear you're doing well and loving your time at home with E, I feel the same about staying home with my little E!

Yes! Add me: linz0510

I wasn't on HB while I was pregant but I do have a little Junebug! Do you mind if I join you ladies here?

@littlebittyhouse: a Junebug is a Junebug, we would love to have you here

@littlebittyhouse: @HLK208: @pregnantbee: @cyndistar3: @Ree723: @plantains: @Mrsjets: @mediagirl: @cheesetomywhine: @yoursilverlining:

I think I tagged everybody, who's up for a bday (almost anyway) update?? I know I keep up with most of you on IG but that's just some of us and small details