Diya springs into her 8th month

Spring begins on Diya’s 8 month birthday. I was recently looking at her birth pictures and I can’t believe how little she was. I don’t realize how much she’s grown until I look at old photos or videos. People have been saying that before you know it she will be a teenager and I’ll wonder where the time went. Not sure about being a teen, but the ‘baby days’ seem to be flying by.

In the last month Diya has gotten very clever. She knows how to give a fake smile to butter me up. If she wants to be held she will flash that fake smile. She knows that when she drops a toy from her high chair mommy(or anyone sitting close by) is always there to get it back for her. She knows how to fake cry too. If there is a delay in getting the toy back she knows that by giving that fake cry she can get it faster.

She also knows how to pick up a cheerio with her fingers and put it in her mouth. Sometimes when the grip isn’t right she will switch the cheerio from one hand to the other. It takes her few minutes per cheerio, but it keeps her busy while we have dinner.

She recognizes her milk bottle and cries for it as soon as it’s in her site. If I have the bottle in my hand and her in the same arm she bends down and starts licking the cap. Even when she sees the bottle by accident and there is no milk in it she wants it.

She can also crawl backwards now. When she’s on her belly she will push with her hands and move her body back. On the carpet its a little tough cause there is more friction, in the crib she slides easily. But she’s little lazy and hates being on her belly for too long so I have a feeling she’ll learn to crawl late or she might go straight to walking.

Anyway, so here are her pictures from the last month. Sadly, I still haven’t made too much progress in being able to upload the videos from our digi camcorder.

Diya's 8th Month