8 Months!

Lauren has now been out of my belly longer than she was in it! Because of the IVF, she was conceived and in a petrie dish for almost a week before she was implanted in me and she was born eight months to the day after she was conceived. She seems to be enjoying life and is getting the hang of lots of things! Except for sleeping on her own, we're still having lots of problems with that. She's been in her own crib for quite awhile and I've tried many different tactics to help her sleep, with nothing working so far. I try hard not to, but a lot of times I give in in the morning and bring in her bed with us, just so I can get a good hour or two of sleep. I'm not sure what the problem is or how to help her, I keep reading different books and getting different opinions, but I've tried pretty much everything at this point. I have a very spoiled and stubborn girl, who just wants to sleep with Mommy.
Other than her sleeping issues, this month she:
-has her two bottom teeth (and is pretty good about not biting me while I'm nursing her, most of the time)
-wears all 6 month clothes and 6/9 month sleepers
-has added oatmeal, yogurt , peaches and mixed veggies to her diet
-sits by herself
-has started trying to pull herself up and can sometimes get on her knees
-army crawls
-fed herself a Puff for the first time and liked it
-says "mama", but only when she's mad and calling me to come get her
-waves bye bye
-tries to clap when we do
-went to her first birthday party (and accidentally got into some icing!)

I don't know how much she weighs because when I took her to get weighed last Thursday she was way too squirmy on the scale and we couldn't get a good reading.