Lillian's 35th Week/8 Months

Lillian turned 8 months old today!

Eating: Nothing new. Lillian is still nursing and trying new foods. I had forgotten a bottle nipple while we were shopping over the weekend so we bought a straw sippy cup to see if you could drink her milk that way. Not a success but she now has a cute lady bug sippy cup when she is ready to drop the bottle.

Milestone Moment: Lillian is cutting her first tooth!!!! Hard to see from picture but it is her bottom left. its a teeny tiny white dot. (she obviously did not want me to take a picture.)

I noticed it while we were in the car and thought it was just food but when I rubbed my finger along her gums it was SHARP! We were so excited. Kevin said he was so proud he almost cried. I think he has love/hate thoughts of her growing up like I do. So happy to hit another milestone but so sad to see that gummy grin will be gone soon.

So far she is not a "bad" teether (all those stories you hear about constantly waking and crying and drooling) although i'm sure she is just bottling it all up  to explode. lol. Anyways the only time we even notice she might be in pain is when she is sleeping. So far we have given her baby oragel and baby Tylenol to help with any pain. She doesn't drool very much for teething but we have noticed she randomly spits up lots of clear liquid so we assume she just swallows all of that extra saliva and that's what she is spitting up. She has also had a runny nose now for a few weeks so that may be teething related or just due to the cold weather. She has that nasty baby nose (no details needed if you are a parent you know what I am talking about) and she hates for you to wipe it. Literally she throws the biggest fit and as soon as you move your hand/wipe away she is back to smiling. Lol.

Sleeping: During her naps and at night she has been moaning in her sleep or will one or two times cry out, but always goes back to sleep. Any waking up at night we associate with cutting this tooth. She did have two nights where she woke up and would not go back to sleep. I finally would feed her and she would be back to sleep withing minutes. I have got to be better about getting her more food during the day.

Other Happenings: 
- Crawling around like crazy
- Napping with Papa after a busy day of not eating or sleeping on schedule (momma's fault)

- Lillian is making lots of vocal sounds which is very entertaining to us, except while in church.
- Chewing on everything she can get in her mouth...

toys

or momma's car keys while relaxing in the buggy at Kroger

- Lillian has also recently started crying more whenever Momma isn't in the room with her. She has always been so good about going to other people and this week she has become a big momma's girl. Hopefully it is temporary while she is teething and needing momma's comforting snuggles.