Baby Leia's milestones: Happy 8 months!

Yesterday, Leia turned 8 months! She's just 4 months away from being a year old! Can't believe it!

She really resembles a mini toddler now. I'm happy that she's growing up but I'm so gonna miss her her baby days! 

Here are her recent milestones:

1. She absolutely loves playing peekaboo nowadays. I have so much fun hiding behind a cushion and peeking out to see her. She gets so excited and flaps her hands like a lil penguin. Of course she also does her signature squeal and sometimes laughs! 

2. Leia hasn't crawled yet but she has been doing push ups or the downward dog position! Lol. It's amazing how strong she is. We think she's trying to stand up! She may be one of those babies who never learn to crawl and go straight to walking. 

3. She knows how to play ball! I always sit her down on our sofa and roll her favorite pink ball to her. And she always picks it up and throws it back to me. It's almost like I'm playing fetch with her haha. She's the most adorable when she tries to throw the ball to me because sometimes she has difficulty releasing her fingers hehe. So she flaps her hand whilst clutching on the ball. Love that sight. 

4. Now my lil one cries when I leave for work. She now understands that I'm going away and leaving her side. I always feel heart pain when that happens. Can't imagine how it'll be like when she becomes a toddler!

5. She loves watching baby tv. Both G and I don't really want to expose her to TV at this young age but sometimes, she really doesn't drink her milk or eat her food! But that changes when baby TV is on -.-

(Baby Leia) Experimenting with more food!

I just love letting Leia try new solid foods! Getting kinda obsessed actually lol. I've been reading up on wholesome baby food and recently subscribed to a Facebook group called 'Healthy food for baby'. There are just so many food options that I wanna try!

Anyways, since the last update, Leia has tried: 

- Carrots, with sweet potato and pumpkin

- Snow peas, with sweet potato and pumpkin

- White potato, with sweet potato and pumpkin

- Banana with cereal 

- Broccoli, with sweet potato or cereal

- Pureed chicken with cereal

She looooves puréed chicken! We gave it to her yesterday and she ate it so quickly! 

Anyways, after my research, I figured that I'll stop feeding her white potato since it's  really not that nutritious and too starchy as well. Sweet potatoes, pumpkin and peas seem to be the most nutritious options! 

We started giving her puréed broccoli to add more green to her diet! But I'm a lil apprehensive because websites highlight that broccoli (cauliflower too) can cause babies to be gassy. So I'm monitoring how Leia reacts to it!

And oh! Leia hates puréed apples! We tried that too -.- I even bought different type of apples (gala vs rose) to test. Well she just doesn't like the taste! 

Anyways, here's a quick peek on what we serve her for meals:

(Breakfast)

Brown rice or barley Cereal with puréed banana 

(Lunch)

- Puréed sweet potato + pumpkin + carrot or

- Pureed white potato with chicken

(Dinner)

- Brown rice or barley Cereal with puréed chicken and broccoli

After more research, here's a list of new options or recipes that I want to try:

- Baby peas 

- Long green beans

- Porridge with sweet potato, snow peas, pork or fish (blended)

- Rice with millet and quinoa (blended) 

(Baby Leia) Loving bathtime!

Since she was a newborn, Leia has always enjoyed her baths. She looooves the water. She gets really excited when it's bathtime and always smiles when I carry her to the tub.

Now she loves her bathtime even more! Since yesterday, she starts crying whenever we take her out of the tub. And I think it's because I introduced something new to her! I tried pouring water slowly onto her lil fingers and palm and she finds it so funny! She laughs her funny laugh and gets so amused. She reaches out with her lil hands when she wants me to do it again!

Ahhhhh she's so adorable. 

Baby Leia's milestone: Crawlinh forward!

We put Leia in her cot just now and she actually lunged forward twice! Ahh! Another milestone hit! =D 

My lil bub is so amazing. We love her so much. I feel so blessed to have every moment with her!