9 Months Old!

Baby Allira
9 Months Old

A Few Of Your Favourite Things:

Climbing on the dishwasher
Climbing up stairs
Making messes
Eating
Pulling things out of boxes
Pushing things across the floor
The 'Parks and Recreation' theme song
Eating brocolli (woohoo!)
Being loud
Banging things on the floor to make noise
Always being outside
Watching videos of herself laughing

A Few of your Not-So-Favourite Things:

Holding still for diaper changes
Being told off
Being left alone in a room (major separation anxiety)
Going to the doctors
Grocery shopping with mum
Sitting still ever
Getting into your carseat
Having something taken away from you
Naptime

New Tricks:

Saying 'mum' (only when upset though)
Has her first tooth!
Climbing stairs
Babbling different sounds
Understanding words like 'more' and 'no'

8 Months Old!

Baby Allira
8 Months Old

 

A Few Of Your Favourite Things:

Clawing mummy and daddys skin
Pinching noses
Pulling hair and not letting go
Getting into everything you shouldn't be
Pulling DVDs off the shelf!
Walking around the house with help
Climbing stairs (had to invest in a baby gate!)
Watching people brush their teeth
Climbing on the fireplace (even though you know you are going to get told off!)
Eating spaghetti
Being outside
Finding things on the ground and eating them (she ate a leaf!)
Squeaking foot on hardwood floors while sitting down
Watching videos of herself
Having baby play dates
Eating all mummy and daddys food
Doing STINKY poops!

Staring at yourself in the mirror
Chewing on everything
Being scared
Playing with keys
Playing with the laptop

 

A Few of your Not-So-Favourite Things:

Being told 'No'
Having to crawl from room to room after us
Waking up alone in your room
Sleeping with blankets on
Having to take a nap
Getting dressed
Teething
 

New Tricks:

Saying 'da'
Singing
Crawling since the start of July!
Walking while holding onto furniture
Dropping things on the floor just to make us pick them up (new game I guess)
Doing the 'little indian' to herself
Drinking from a straw
Standing without help for a couple seconds
Gracefully sitting down from standing position (no more head donks)
Learnt how to open drawers and cabinets (uh oh)
 

7 Months Old!

Baby Allira
7 Months Old

 

 A Few Of Your Favourite Things:

Being adored
Playing with all your cousins
Blowing raspberries
Squealing at the top of your lungs really just because you like the sound of your own voice
Watching other babies play
Being tickled
Baby cereal
Eating ice cream
Chewing on cold baby carrots
Popcorn!
Playing peek-a-boo
Being thrown in the air
Playing with toys

 

A Few of your Not-So-Favourite Things:

Dogs! You poor thing you're scared to death of them
Long car rides (unless someone is sitting in the back with you)
Strangers getting all up in your face
Hearing other babies cry
Bumping your head :(
 

New Tricks:

Commando crawling
Pulling yourself up on things
Drinking from a sippy cup
Holding your own bottle
Testing mummy and daddy's authority
Giving kisses
Learnt to hi-five