8 Months Old!

Sophie is 8 months old today! She is SO close to crawling. She is scooting herself around and getting up on all fours, propelling herself forward, but only to faceplant on the ground. She is taking longer naps, but not sleeping very well at night. We tried to take the binkie away the other night and let her cry for a few minutes. It only took her about 3 minutes to throw up all over herself and the crib. We've decided to take away the 4th nap and see if that helps her sleep. She likes to gnaw on raw carrots and her favorite toy is a little tube of Aquaphor or one of Phil's Powerbars. (Why do we even buy toys?) She is already trying to pull herself up on things and will stand up, holding onto the ottoman for a few minutes at a time. She still fits into all her 3-6 month clothes and even some 0-3 month. We discovered at her last appointment that she has finally doubled her birth weight. We're trying to feed her more solids, but she just doesn't eat very much. Still no teeth!

We are starting to teach her some signs and hopefully she'll be able to do them herself in a month or so. She likes pat-a-cake, but I can't get her to open up her fists and clap. That is also causing a problem when she tries to put crackers in her mouth. She gets one in her fist, puts it up to her mouth, but then can't figure out how to open her fist so she just starts sucking her thumb instead!