The time is flying by! My girl is astonishing me with her leaps and bounds. So here is a list of her "can do"s:
- while on her tummy, push herself all the way up with her hands
- finally got that consonant thing down. She favors "b" and "d"
- likes to hold her bottle while eating. Did I mention she all of sudden took to a bottle? And we've left the nipple shield entirely behind. She's even taken a pacifier a few times to help calm down before bed. She'll suck on just about anything slightly convex: shoulders, forearms, cheeks, chins, etc. She gave Eric a hicky the other day.
- drinks from a cup. No kidding! She's almost better at it then her 1 year old cousin Joey.
- without my holding her, she can stand on my lap for half a second before toppling.
- almost has sitting by herself mastered. She's been able to sit by herself for a few minutes a few times now. She's excellent at sitting in my lap, loves to chill with her mommy. The other day we watched Mamma Mia and Jane LOVED the fast dancing songs; sat there all entranced.
- has started reaching for us, sometimes with her whole body (way cute)
- cut her first tooth! On my birthday, even.
- is incredibly smiley and giggling. I can get her to start laughing mid-cry with one big smile
- has figured out Peek-A-Boo
- likes to airplane above my head
- likes to scratch fabric and other textures
- sticks tongue out like a lizard--in and out, in and out, over and over, in and out.
- has discovered the joy of paper. She loves the ultimate shape-shifting toy that tastes good too!
- grabbing like a lobster--she will be pincing those raisins in no time!
- has quite the grasp. The other day she grabbed the end of the empty Chex box while Eric was pouring his milk. She held on to it long enough, carried it, to show mommy in the next room.
- is grabbing her toes (as you can see in the picture, that is a new thing today) and loves to play with the wooden letters of her name above her changing table
We are amazed and tickled by our little girl. This parenting thing rocks! I'm so glad I get to see this enfold everyday, she is changing so fast I'm out of breath!
3 comments:
I answered your question about food on my blog under the comment you left.
She's getting so big, and she is so cute! I can't believe that she already has a tooth. We've been thinking Tucker will cut a tooth any day now (and it's been a month now), and still no teeth. We'll just have to wait and see I guess.
yeah, the tooth seems to have gone back down...I feel stupid, but I swear it cut through! I both saw it and felt it and then the next day it wasn't there...she's been teething for months now, too. *sigh* In some ways, though, I'm not ready for her to get teeth- that means she on her way out of the baby phase.
It's sad how fast they grow up, but at the same time it's so fun because they're so much more interactive. I love how quickly it seems Tucker is learning things and figuring out how to use his little body.
That's a great idea about getting books on baby nutrition. I totally agree with you about it being a little scary because Tucker has only needed me and I feel like I've got the breastfeeding thing down, and now to throw in a whole new thing is a bit unnerving, but I like what you said, to just take it a little at a time and follow her cues. Tuck's kind of the same way. He likes to watch what we are eating and sometimes if we're holding him, he'll go for it with his mouth wide open, but then when we give food to him, he's unsure about it.
I was going to tell you that we've given him some of the Gerber puff cereal (I don't know the exact name, but they are little puffs that pretty much just dissolve in the mouth), and he really likes them. Like he gets mad if we wait too long before giving him another one. So I recommend those.
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