From seven months to eight months, Adelaide has progressed significantly. She has hit many milestones just this month. It seems that once she learned how to crawl she has not stopped learning new things. After a month of mobility, Adelaide is finally starting to pull herself up to standing. For a few weeks all she would do was pull herself up onto her knees and not much more. It took her a while to get rid of her jell-o legs and be able to stay up without doing a split. She is now a pro at standing and wants to practice every chance she gets (normally on my leg).
Another skill that Adelaide is working on is picking up food with her fingers. At least once durning the day she is given Cheerios or KIX to practice with. So far all she can do is pick them up with her fist, but it is a start. Since her fine motor skills are still being formed, she doesn’t always get the food to her mouth. She gets about 1/4 into her mouth, and 3/4 on her lap.
Adelaide has also been a lot more vocal recently. She has started to put syllables together and seems intentional when she babbles. The cutest part of her speech development is when her and Titus babble back and forth. I expect her to say her first word soon.
Not only has Adelaide changed physically, but her personality has started to change also. Since birth she has always been my independent child. She has always been happy to sit and play on the floor by herself. Adelaide has never been one to want to be held for long periods of time, but lately that has changed. In the past few weeks, she has wanted to be held more and snuggle more. Some days she actually protests when I put her down. This is something she has never done in the past. I think this is partly because at this age babies start to have separation anxiety, and what I call “stranger danger”. Despite not having time to hold her all day, I find it sweet that she wants to be close to me.
There are many other little things that have changed in Adelaide over the past month. These are just some of the highlights. I am excited to see what she learns to do this month.
She is so cute! I think she is ahead of the game with her development, at least compared to my children at that age. She looks so fun. I think you are blessed to have twins, even if it is more work. Keep posting on your blog! We love to see and read about your children.
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