k-strat: Rosie is eight months old

Rosie is eight months old today! She probably weighs slightly less than her brother, but between thirteen and fourteen pounds. Rosie still fits in three month clothes (and some newborn!), but we are starting to transition her to six month clothes because we are getting sick of the same onesies over and over again. She has one tooth on the bottom - her first (!) - and Rosie is finally starting to improve in the food department. She still pushes all her food out with her tongue, but at least seems very eager to have it and tries very hard to open her mouth without her tongue in the way when we offer it to her. It is so obvious that she enjoys it, she just cannot for the life of her figure out how to swallow it. She chokes on pretty much anything with texture. Rosie is still on a bottle strike, but we have determined that we can get her to take one as long as the milk is fresh (i.e. hasn't been frozen). Rosie loves chewing on her toes and staring at her hands. She also sits up well, but I never leave her alone without a pillow behind her because Jane likes to get up in her face and knock her over (in love). Rosie rolls all over the room and now seems to be trying to scoot backwards. She can't get up on all fours yet though, so she isn't too close to crawling. She loves to watch her sisters and smile at her brother. Rosie sleeps well at night, a vast improvement from last month, but still usually eats twice - once around 9:30/10 pm and then again around 2:30/3 am. We still swaddle her, but mostly because her brother is still swaddled. I occasionally put her down without her swaddle for naps in the crib. She is still super happy during the day and getting more chatty by the day. I think at times she is even trying to repeat, "da-da" when we say it to her.