Letter to Jed: 8 Months

Hey Buboo,

How are you 8 months old already?

Someone needs to have a word with time as it's playing tricks on us and moving too fast.

I've lost count of the amount of times different people have said how contented you are but they are right. You are such a happy, smiley baby and i love it each and every time you smile as your entire face lights up.

You are quite vocal now and "chat" away a lot, i just wish i knew what you were trying to tell us.

You are getting quite tall too, you push your legs up when you are standing on my lap and look over my head.

Your crazy about your Great Grandad's old blue oil lamp, every time we walk upstairs you crane your neck to look at the light through it.

You love being made to jump, i know that sounds weird, but you do. If i make you jump you laugh your head off.

You are becoming more and more fascinated with Saxon, although he might be a bit more inclined to be near you if you didn't throw your cup/toy/anything you can get your hands on onto the floor as he gets jumpy.

I feel like i should give you little updates, so here goes.

At 8 months:

• You have 2 teeth
• Not a lot of hair, but what you do have is a very light brown colour and i think it might go curly as it sticks away from your head from time to time.
• You sit up but don't crawl yet, although you look like you want to.
• Your favourite toys are Artie and the gingerbread man.
• Given the chance you will put your feet in your mouth, you little weirdo :-)
• You really like your swimming lessons.
• You nearly always lie with one foot crossed over the other one.
• You particularly like eggs, fish fingers and sweet potatoes, although we haven't found anything you won't eat yet.
• And you think books are purely there to be eaten (as is everything else).

Until next time.

Love always,

Mum x