NOW THINGS ARE GETTING SCARY... 8 MONTHS!!!

Finally… A blog post without a single photo of Kaitlyn…

Instead I thought I might share a couple of videos which indicate just how quickly she is growing up.

As we round the bend to the eighth month mark, Kaitlyn is more animated and wonderful than ever.

Is she crawling yet? No, however she is looking mighty close, at the moment she seems to enjoy bending over to reach things from sitting, and sometimes when she is rolling around on her tummy, she picks up her knees under hips (this usually results in a face plant). Nonetheless, I believe what every Mum tells me, to enjoy this great time when she is able to sit there happily and play and isn’t chasing me around the house!

This first video is of Kaitlyn’s babbling. It’s all complete nonsense, but it does make you laugh as it appears as though she is trying to communicate with us. In particular she goes nuts with the baby talk after my singing – she’s either trying to outsing me, or desperately trying to tell me to cut it out.

She LOVES jumping, her favourite position is standing in my lap and then to start bouncing so I will lift her up and down. At the beginning it was very cute, now it is bloody tiring as she is getting heavier by the day… At least the nanna arms are getting a workout.

As she did from the beginning, she continues to love music and being sung to. Her new favourite is the Grand Old Duke of York, however Twinkle Twinkle does continue to bring out a smile, and she is partial to Five Current Buns. We do a lot of singing in the car, and have a fabulous CD to sing along to – I no longer get songs from the radio in my head, but instead There Was an Old Lady.

Grandma has spent many many hours in teaching Kaitlyn to clap – and although I doubted it was possible, she is revelling in her success – Kaitlyn’s new favourite trick is clapping her hands together, something she has been doing for a couple of weeks now. On the weekend we went to a party, and there sat Kaitlyn in the middle of a group of people clapping away and entertaining the lot. Here’s a video to show just how clever Grandma is..

She is really developing a love for food, and is yet to knock back anything I have cooked for her. Meal times are now a lot messier as each meal she has something to feed herself with (in an effort to keep her occupied) – bananas are mashed into the floor, sticks of carrot with hummus go flying and toast with vegemite is wiped all over the high chair – and all over her. I have now invested in a plastic coverall bib, saving myself the hours of soaking the regular bibs were needing to endure.

Ok, so the entry is no doubt start to drag on a bit – hope you enjoy the videos – next week I will be making up for this one, with a record number of photos!