Brinley Baby Summary: 35 Weeks {8 Months Old}

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35 week old baby schedule and routine–8 months old! Baby schedule for baby’s 35th week. Baby schedule and routine for the thirty-fifth week of life. 34 week old baby routine and daily life. Learn about what happens when you drop the third nap, when to expect motor skills to develop, and see a sample 8 month baby schedule.

35 week old Brinley at the Easter egg hunt

This is a summary for Brinley’s 35th week. She was 34 weeks old. She also turned 8 months old this week! She was super happy this week.

NURSING

Supply was good and she ate for all four feedings this week. It is still hard to get her to focus and eat at the fourth feeding, though. She does it, but she is super distracted.

SLEEP

Her second nap extended in length this week, which is a result of dropping the third nap. For babies this age, they might drop a nap but don’t usually drop the amount of time they sleep. They will move it to another nap or to longer night sleep.

An older baby who drops the third nap might stay with the same sleep times (but most often they rearrange sleep, too), but young babies definitely need it rearranged.

PLAYTIME

Brinley also started staying awake longer for her waketimes this week. This is another thing that often happens when a baby is ready to drop the third nap.

>>>Read: When and How to Extend Baby’s Wake Time Length

Easter egg hunt

ROLL “CRAWLING” 

When Brinley wants to get from point A to point B, she just rolls there. I think it is so funny to watch a baby do this!

MOTOR SKILL DIFFERENCES

I have noticed that babies this age can really vary in what skills they are developing.

I have noticed in general boys tend to be focusing more on the gross motor skills at this age (though girls will, too) and girls tend to be more focused on verbal skills and/or fine motor skills (and boys can do this, too).

So while one 8 month old might be crawling, another might be saying a couple of words and another might be super good at picking up those finger foods.

Beyond baby’s individual natural progression, parents can have a big impact on what baby learns in what order. If you rarely put your baby down, gross motor practice will be more difficult. If you don’t feed finger foods, fine motor skills won’t be as developed as the baby who feeds herself throughout each day. 

SOLID FOODS

This week, we started blueberries. This was a success. No surprise since she has loved every fruit she has encountered so far. I also gave her Cheerios. She likes the name-brand Cheerios and not the Malt-O-Meal. 

Brinley has a really good pincer grasp. She can pick up those finger foods very well.

8 MONTH OLD BABY SCHEDULE

8:30–nurse with solids (fruit, cereal, yogurt)
10:15–nap
12:30–nurse with solids (veggie, fruit, cereal)
2:30–nap
5:00–nurse with solids (veggie, fruit, cereal, finger foods) 
7:30–feed, then bedtime. In bed by 8:00.

>>>Read: Babywise Sample Schedules: Eight Months Old

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