Isabelle Sophia | 8 months

Wow our little munchkin is now 8 months old! Can't believe it. I can still recall this tiny being screaming and crying when she was a newborn, rendering us clueless.. and now Isabelle is generally a happy baby. Except when she is hungry. Or hangry as they call it these days (hungry + angry).

A couple of milestones and special mentions in the past one month

Crawl. And by this I mean fast crawling. She started crawling towards the end of 6 months. By 8 months she is now a pro. Changing her is a very big challenge. You gotta sing, coax, do whatever it takes to stop her from flipping over and crawling away stark naked.
Sleeping by herself in her own cot in her nursery at the beginning of 7 months.
Prop herself up on furniture. Standing up supported, and with both feet firm and stable on the ground. I suspect if we get her a walker she will be walking in no time.
Clap her hands. This was pretty amazing. One morning last week she woke up and I caught her clapping her hands in her cot. The actions were a little bit awkward, as she was trying to hit both palms together and soon she got it. She loves to clap her hands now in glee.
Separation anxiety. This isn't necessarily a milestone but I have realised she has separation anxiety. She needs to see me near her, else she will not be happy and break into this really sad but loud cry.
She loves to eat bread these days. I would put little bites in her mouth and they will be gone in seconds.
Growing well. She's 8 months but outgrowing her 6-9 month clothes! I can't really keep up with her wardrobe, and with the changing seasons, this is an added complexity. She has long legs so I've started 9-12 month trousers/leggings on her.
Deep belly laughs when daddy dribbles a football in front of her, or when mummy throws her cube soft toy in the air and hits it continuously in the air to prevent it from hitting the ground. She finds both activities reeeeaaaaally funny.
Did her first road trip out of London! We drove to Winchester (less then 2h each way) in Hampshire over this recent Bank Holiday weekend.
Current favourite songs: The wheels on the bus, and Five Little Ducks. We introduced her to Little Baby Bum on Netflix, which is a series of nursery rhymes and songs and somehow these two songs just stuck. Now when I sing them she would turn to me and I can get her attention this way. Also sort of works while changing (to my first point).
All time classic (not sure if it's still her fav) song: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (doesn't quite work while changing cos I think she's heard enough of it)
Slept through for the first time, the one and only time. We figure that night the stars aligned..

It is amazing to see that little Izzy is learning new things almost every day. From actions like clapping her hands, to little new expressions which I've not seen before. Motherhood is still tiring and the lack of sleep is still real, but it is more rewarding now compared to past months.

Solid food - we are still trying to figure this out. I hope to report back with our experience in our next blog post. I'm over relying on food pouches, and baby rice/ baby cereal at the moment so Isabelle has not been able to explore new foods yet.

First snack - apple rice cakes

I love this. Daddy came home from work and I excitedly told him that Isabelle managed to stand up by herself that day, by propping herself up on our footstool. She did it to show him and daddy was very excited. And it was just after our national day so the flag was still in the background! lol