Maria 8 months update

We have been enjoying a lot our life as parents, in the last 8 months, since Maria arrived. Maria is now 8 months old and she has been developing in a normal pace. She is 8kg and 68cm, average height and weight. In the last few weeks, she has spent a lot of time playing with toys, sitting up. She did her first steps shortly after 6 months and she can walk with support.

Being on her tummy is not Maria's favourite thing, so she might skip the crawling stage. Although, in the last 3 days, we discovered that she is moving in the room, but in a funny way, with one knee down and the other leg bent as she would step on her foot. She does manage to move where she wants to. She is also pulling herself up in the cot and I found her several times waiting for me standing up.

Talking is not one of her strength yet. Her voice is quite high pitch and she managed to scare two of her friends, with her squeaky sounds. She can be probably like Will in that regards, not very chatty. We started taking her to the swimming pool since she was 4 months and of course with us to our badminton practice. One of her favourite toys is the shuttlecock. Well done, Maria! We hope you will enjoy playing badminton with us when you get older.

Her eyes are still blue and the hair keeps on growing and getting lighter and lighter. We enjoy every Thursday attending our mum and baby group and playing with our little friends. During her 8 months, Maria travelled 2 times by plane, several times by train, bus, ship, subway, tram, car and has spent a lot of time in daddy's taxi (the baby carrier). She visited 2 foreign countries and she is ready to fly with us to Germany in a couple of months.