2. How to cut food for an 8-month-old baby? You may introduce thicker and lumpier meals to your baby's diet at eight months, along with mashed, pureed, or strained foods with a smooth texture.

Books with different textures, flaps, and mirrors can be intriguing for an 8-month-old, stimulating your baby’s sense of touch ... fill it 3/4 of the way with water, food coloring, and glitter ...

Walking is a wonderful triumph, thrilling to see, but so too is there a tinge of sadness: Your baby is moving on, farther and farther from you, less dependent on you, becoming her own person.