Scarlet's 8 Months Old

Time flies! Scarlet is 8 months old and all over the place! She is a master crawler, has been crawling for a couple of months now. She is able to pull herself up on furniture and is trying to stand up in the middle of the room. She is eating all sorts of fruits and vegetables and does really well with finger foods. I think spaghetti might be her favorite. Scarlet's top front teeth are now poking through and she has been a sport with teething. Her little bald spot in the back of her head has fully come in and her new growth is a little darker auburn in color. I know many of us have tried getting her color from a bottle.

Scarlet loves to swing outside, play with Adeline's toys, play in her saucer, and read books. And what a cuddler! She loves to be snuggled and close. Scarlet likes to be part of the crowd- mainly as she is trying to keep up with her big sis. She also thinks Layla is quite funny, giggling in excitement whenever she gets the chance to tug at her ears.

Scarlet does not like being put in her carseat. She fights me for it and is often close to winning as she stiffens her legs, makes eye contact, and cries. Once she is in she is just fine, but she puts up a good fight. Singing to her while putting her in sometimes works to distract her, then we get to see dimples instead of tears as we are buckling the harness.

We have been working on "sleep training" and Scarlet is getting closer every night with a lot of improvements. She quickly soothes herself to sleep at night and for naps. She is down to waking up once in the night but keeps pushing the time back each night. Last night she slept all the way through morning! Kumari has been a huge help with the rules of sleep training- thank you! She is a really good napper, at home- just not at other places.. I don't see any vacations to the beach in our near future. ;/

Again, it is hard to believe I am writing about our baby girl that is rounding around the corner to her 1st birthday- wow! She brightens each day with her constant smiles and keeps Adeline on her toes.