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Leo at 8 Months!

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Leo continues to figure out new ways to explore his world as he has hit his eight month mark. He officially can never be left alone and unrestrained - what he does may not always meet all the requirements of "crawling", but he's gotten very good at setting destination goals and achieving them, even if those goals are not always on the same vertical plane that he begins on. On the downside, his first two teeth started coming in this month, which led to some of the toughest nights for him (and us) since the first couple of months at home. 



Hair: Developing an undergrowth of hair for a layered look. Also seems to be stickier and clumpier, but that relates to the increase in hand-held foods. 

Eyes: Maybe settling into a brownish gray? The tone seems to depend on the ambient light. 
Likes: Leo continues to love to eat, listen to music, and tickles! He loves Remote, Octopus, and Phone. Still putting everything and anything into his mouth!  He's definitely enjoying the moving around, but he's starting to get more frustrated that he can't pull up.  We expect to see that pretty soon!  


Dislikes: New teeth are definitely not on his list of favorites and he seems to be noticing when we walk away from him more(especially if he is hungry or not feeling well in the first place).
What's New: 

Eating: Leo is eating more and more finger foods which is very exciting.  We introduced Cheerios, pancakes, sweet potato chunks, honey dew, and CHEESE this month!  He definitely prefers the finger foods, but will still eat purees.  He's getting much better at grabbing food and then opening his fist to put it into his mouth.  Still working on the pincer grip - not quite a crab yet!


Movement: Yes, Leo is on the move!  He's crawling slowly but surely across the floor with only a few belly flops in between. He'll only crawl if we put something especially exciting in front of him.  He can stand up when he's holding on to something, but he can't quite pull up on his own yet.  
Language: Leo is "talking" all the time now - lots of consonants, mama, dada, and b's. No idea what any of it means, obvi, but exciting nonetheless! 



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