He can point to the object he wants and will tilt and bend himself towards the object to get it. His grasps improves, he's able to grip small blocks and his ball toys (but not firm enough to hold them for long). He can transfer objects to the other hand and can bang objects together.
He sits better now. He can lean forward without falling although he still can't lean sideways or backwards very well. He almost always wants to propel his body to bring himself to an upright position whenever I laid him on my lap but he still can't roll over to get to a sitting position although I can see that he wanted to.
He started trying crawling movements but goes backwards instead, ha. He has this vigorous action of banging himself against the mat (when he's on the mat) and us (when we are carrying him) that makes him look so cute and funny! It's definitely a sign that he's trying to move (either forward or upwards) but this can be quite dangerous and painful at times when his head knocks against our body. He, on the other hand, seems to enjoy it very much.
He babbles quite a lot lately and some of them sound like speech. He can say "Mama Mum Mum..." and "Mama Baba..." Whenever he's hungry and wants/or sees food, he'll say "Mum Mum". At 8 months, he loves to eat and wants food to be delivered to his mouth fast! He makes noise and bangs the table impatiently when food is not ready. New food this month: Sweet potato, potato, chinese spinach, apple, treadfin and beef. He takes 2 meals of porridge now. Milk intake remains low (about 400+ml per day). In the day, he sleeps 3-2 hours (decreasing) but luckily his night sleep is undisturbed at night. He's sleeping a continuous 10-11 hours (increasing) daily through the night! :)
Just yesterday, he experienced his first flu and was cranky and increasingly clingy. It must have been quite a torture for him. That separation anxiety seems to be growing but I'm not too worried. It's just a phase that will pass.
I can't believe it is 3 months to his 1st birthday! We have yet to start planning for his birthday celebration. Have to get start very soon! I've a feeling it's going to be a headache just deciding on a theme!
Anyways, on a side note, today was also my sis birthday. Happy Birthday, sis! :)
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