Yep, LO has a ton of energy, but so do I today.... 2 half coffee half not chocolate for someone who never has more than one can sure make for a productive day!
LO had an extra-long nap this AM. Almost 3 hours! I was able to get a lot done, and even felt a little bored after a while...?
LO is all over the place now. She is standing/climbing on everything, and even starting to cruise a little. I've noticed she is starting to crawl with flat feet and her butt up in the air... only for a sec, but still, I can see that she will be doing something new soon.
This AM after her marathon nap, I fed her before I changed her. I figured she will probably poop while/after she eats, so I will just wait. I have done this a few times, but today, it was a mistake.... hehe She pooped through the side of her diaper, on her leg, a bit on her belly, and onto her sleeper. What's even better is that she hates to be changed, and never sits still for it. Diaper/getting dressed looks a little like this: I put her on the floor, she immediately flips over. I flip her back, she cries, and flips over. I flip her back. You get the idea. And somewhere in btw the floor antics, I manage to get her diaper changed.... usually not without some serious grumbling and frustration on my part....Today, with the massive poonami, I actually found it kind of funny, and so did she! I had ahold of her ankes, trying to wipe her poopies off, and she was flipping around, while I was screeching "NONONNNONONONONNNNNNNNNNOOOOOO" I got her wiped and then I let her go. She was thorouly impressed with being left to run around her room in her birthday suit. I have never let her do that before. She was so excited, she kept grabbing onto things and waving her arms up and down smiling and laughing. I let her do that for about 10 min, and then I decided it was time to change her. Well, the stuggle continued, and she was even kicking my chest when I leaned over to look her in the eyes and say "Shhhhhhhh" (Whatever, it works sometimes.....) So yeah. I really hope this is a short-lived stage, but somehow I doubt it. I have been reading online and most kids do this, but not until after their first B-day! Something tells me I have a very independent little girl with a temper. Another little me. Lord help us all, but especially my husband! Two of us not only in this world, but in the same house?!?! Oh he is going to need a lot of help, or a lot of booze....
We moved her exasaucer into the final stage last night. It was the stage that I was most excited to get to, and its the one that LO is least interested in! I can't blame her though, I don't really love it. Even on its tallest setting, she doesn't need to stand to play with the toys. She can just kneel. And its not that stable. She doesn't really care for it at all yet. I'll leave it out for another week or so and if she doesn't warm up to it, I guess I'll put it away :( But really, for a toy to last us 8+ months, that's pretty great. I don't regret it at all. It was a life saver more times than I can count. I can't believe she is growing out of all her things already! She never uses her swing anymore. She pretty much hates it. She will cry if we put her in it now. The only time she will use it is if she stands up and grab onto it and kinda sway with it LOL She's a cutie.
She is waving hi and bye now, but not every time. I'm not even sure exactly when she started this.... Man her baby book is going to look silly with a bunch of "I dunno" or "Can't remember" where dates of her firsts should be..... :S Glad I started this blog, although I haven't been too disciplined with this either.....
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Discovery day!
Little one has been particularly cranky the last few days. I think its teething, but I've been saying that for the past 5 months. News Flash: I really have no idea and am just guessing. :S Won't know for sure until those pesky little teeth finally show. But I am really hoping its teething.....
Yesterday was a day of discovery for my little one. I decided to pretty much let her have run of the house and see what she would do. She discovered the pantry. I left the door open to see what she would do, and she had a ball. The first thing she did was take a few boxes out and play with them. Then she crawled right into the first shelf! I turned my head to look for the camera and Wack! She discovered the first shelf of the pantry has a 4 inch drop to the floor. Eek! Poor thing bumped her forehead pretty good...She cried quite a bit over that one. Way to go mom. :S
She also discovered that toilet paper is really fun to unravel :P And she would have found out whats in the toilet if I had let her... gross! Sorry, I'm not that easy going.... bleck!
A friend and I got together yesterday for lunch. We were going to take the babies for a walk, but she decided it was too cold (and it was a bit windy) so we decided on lunch instead. After a mix up (She was waiting inside for me, and I was waiting outside for her, for a half an hour LOL) We sat down to lunch. Little one was pretty good for a bit, but soon got fusterated when she couldn't get down and crawl around. She is a very busy little girl! My friend's baby is almost 6 months old, so she doesn't quite have to deal with the busyness yet. In saying that, I know that my LO is just going to get busier. Trust me, I know.... lol My LO was super cranky yesterday and although she was fairly good at the resturant, I was pretty glad there was no one in there. She let out a few high-pitched squeals, and was not too happy being in the highchair or being held...My friend's little one was getting tired of being there too, so we ended lunch early.
Getting her ready for her bath was another little adventure. Hubby and I were in the bathroom with her and I was getting things ready and he goes "Omg. Did she just..." I looked to find a big puddle under little one.... yep. She took her first pee on the floor last night. LOL
LO is pulling herself up on pretty much anything and everything, and doing it quite slickly. Every once in a while, she will be standing for quite a while and then all of the sudden start crying. I'm not too sure what it is, but I think that she thinks she's going to fall, and is afraid. Other times she falls down on her butt with no problem at all.
She still doesn't really know what to do with her sippy cup. She thinks its a teether I think hehe. She loves her ball, the cat, and frozen wash clothes. Not too much of a fan of chicken though, but that could be a texture thing. I was using the magic bullet to make her baby food, and the seal was loose. I threw it back in, not paying much attention to how well it was in there. I thought oh well, the worst that will happen is it will leak. Um, wrong. It fell in and got chewed up in her food. Awesome. I swear I get dumber by the day :P So I've been mashing her food up until I can borrow one of my friend's seals.
Yesterday was a day of discovery for my little one. I decided to pretty much let her have run of the house and see what she would do. She discovered the pantry. I left the door open to see what she would do, and she had a ball. The first thing she did was take a few boxes out and play with them. Then she crawled right into the first shelf! I turned my head to look for the camera and Wack! She discovered the first shelf of the pantry has a 4 inch drop to the floor. Eek! Poor thing bumped her forehead pretty good...She cried quite a bit over that one. Way to go mom. :S
She also discovered that toilet paper is really fun to unravel :P And she would have found out whats in the toilet if I had let her... gross! Sorry, I'm not that easy going.... bleck!
A friend and I got together yesterday for lunch. We were going to take the babies for a walk, but she decided it was too cold (and it was a bit windy) so we decided on lunch instead. After a mix up (She was waiting inside for me, and I was waiting outside for her, for a half an hour LOL) We sat down to lunch. Little one was pretty good for a bit, but soon got fusterated when she couldn't get down and crawl around. She is a very busy little girl! My friend's baby is almost 6 months old, so she doesn't quite have to deal with the busyness yet. In saying that, I know that my LO is just going to get busier. Trust me, I know.... lol My LO was super cranky yesterday and although she was fairly good at the resturant, I was pretty glad there was no one in there. She let out a few high-pitched squeals, and was not too happy being in the highchair or being held...My friend's little one was getting tired of being there too, so we ended lunch early.
Getting her ready for her bath was another little adventure. Hubby and I were in the bathroom with her and I was getting things ready and he goes "Omg. Did she just..." I looked to find a big puddle under little one.... yep. She took her first pee on the floor last night. LOL
LO is pulling herself up on pretty much anything and everything, and doing it quite slickly. Every once in a while, she will be standing for quite a while and then all of the sudden start crying. I'm not too sure what it is, but I think that she thinks she's going to fall, and is afraid. Other times she falls down on her butt with no problem at all.
She still doesn't really know what to do with her sippy cup. She thinks its a teether I think hehe. She loves her ball, the cat, and frozen wash clothes. Not too much of a fan of chicken though, but that could be a texture thing. I was using the magic bullet to make her baby food, and the seal was loose. I threw it back in, not paying much attention to how well it was in there. I thought oh well, the worst that will happen is it will leak. Um, wrong. It fell in and got chewed up in her food. Awesome. I swear I get dumber by the day :P So I've been mashing her food up until I can borrow one of my friend's seals.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
8 months old tomorrow!
Wow! Where did the time go?! LO will be 8 months old tomorrow, and she is full of surprises and changes. She has been 'talking' since sat. I could make out mmmmmmmummmmmm here and there ;) But yesterday, when we were out with grammy and grampy, she said Mum very clearly!! She said it quite a few times yesterday and today!!! She looked right at me and said mum today! She also looked at the cat, rubber ducky, and even the diaper genie and said mum, but whatever, I'll take it LOL
She is starting to stand up on her own. She does it maybe once a day or so. The first time she did it was on labor day. Hubby and I were both watching her. She pulled herself to a standing position at her exasaucer. It was so cool that we were both there to see it at the same time. That doesn't happen often!
She got her first ball and sippy cup on sept. 12. That was pretty cool. She loves the ball. She will chase it all over the house. And the sippy cup, well she loved chewing on it, but I have no idea if she actually got any apple juice from it!
She had her first taste of mum mum rice rusks last week when a friend and her LO came over. I bought them and gave her a whole one today for the first time. She loved it. I increased the amount of food I give her today too. I only started feeding her cereal in the morning a few weeks ago, and I've doubled it already, and today I doubled her food with lunch and supper, and she ate it all! She doesn't always eat all of her bottle, but she always eats her food!
And with all of the new things and milestones comes tempertantrums!!! WOW. It is almost impossible to change her diaper or get her dressed. She squirms, throws her self around and cries. She's got a temper. Great. Two of us in the house. Poor hubby :P She will even tap her head on the floor if she is mad. Its crazy!!!
Last night, hubby got a flat tire, so I had to wake LO up and take her out to where hubby was. WELL, she didn't sleep well after that at all. She was up from about 12 till 2ish. I was VERY tired, and she was crying and screaming. It was a wonderful combination. >:( But she finally went to sleep and thank goodness, she slept until 9. ♥ my little girl!!!
Still no teeth, and no sign of them either! I'm ok with that.... she still doesn't have much hair either haha.
She still loves the cat, she likes to twist the bottle when she drinks from it, her favorite book is hands hands fingers thumbs (she laughs everytime we read it to her!) she loves that ball, and pretty much anything new.
She is starting to stand up on her own. She does it maybe once a day or so. The first time she did it was on labor day. Hubby and I were both watching her. She pulled herself to a standing position at her exasaucer. It was so cool that we were both there to see it at the same time. That doesn't happen often!
She got her first ball and sippy cup on sept. 12. That was pretty cool. She loves the ball. She will chase it all over the house. And the sippy cup, well she loved chewing on it, but I have no idea if she actually got any apple juice from it!
She had her first taste of mum mum rice rusks last week when a friend and her LO came over. I bought them and gave her a whole one today for the first time. She loved it. I increased the amount of food I give her today too. I only started feeding her cereal in the morning a few weeks ago, and I've doubled it already, and today I doubled her food with lunch and supper, and she ate it all! She doesn't always eat all of her bottle, but she always eats her food!
And with all of the new things and milestones comes tempertantrums!!! WOW. It is almost impossible to change her diaper or get her dressed. She squirms, throws her self around and cries. She's got a temper. Great. Two of us in the house. Poor hubby :P She will even tap her head on the floor if she is mad. Its crazy!!!
Last night, hubby got a flat tire, so I had to wake LO up and take her out to where hubby was. WELL, she didn't sleep well after that at all. She was up from about 12 till 2ish. I was VERY tired, and she was crying and screaming. It was a wonderful combination. >:( But she finally went to sleep and thank goodness, she slept until 9. ♥ my little girl!!!
Still no teeth, and no sign of them either! I'm ok with that.... she still doesn't have much hair either haha.
She still loves the cat, she likes to twist the bottle when she drinks from it, her favorite book is hands hands fingers thumbs (she laughs everytime we read it to her!) she loves that ball, and pretty much anything new.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Pulling herself up!
This is going to be short and sweet because my computer is acting strange.... and I don't want it to freeze up again. Plus its 10:30pm and I'm just tired.... :)
On tues, she started pushing her butt up in the air with her hands and feet on the floor. She also played a coughing game with her nanny where she would cough and look for nanny to cough too, and if she would, then LO would cough too lol.
For the past few days, she has been standing on her knees and rocking. She also waves her arms around very fast, especially when she is excited.
On wed or thursday, she learned how to scream LOL She is really developing that talent.... she screams when she is happy (that one's not too bad) and she really screams when she is not so happy.....She is also starting to throw tempertantrums if I won't let her play with something (Like the VCR, or computer wires). She will scream and cry.... I thought tempertantrums weren't supposed to start this early? HAHA I think we may be in for it!
Today she went over to her exasaucer, and pulled herself to a standing position! Her dad and I were both there to see it which was pretty cool. We were so happy. We made a big deal of it and cheered and clapped. She LOVED the attention lol.
She also was in a tent for the first time today. I think we really messed up by not putting it up sooner. Its a giant playpen!!! I bring her outside with some toys and we can play in the tent and I don't really have to chase her. SO annoyed we didn't do this earlier. I spent pretty much the whole summer inside and we could have been playing in the tent!!! She loves it, although she keeps trying to eat the floor of the tent....???
She is teething, but still no teethies. Not sure how long she will teethe for, but I am hoping that teething is behind the not so great moods lately, but who knows!
She sits up all of the time. If she is sitting up and I say "Dance" or anything like that, she will wave her arms like crazy and rock on her knees. I LOVE IT LOL
Her new favorite toy is Elmo. We gave it to her a little over a week ago or so and "Elmo loves you yes he does, yes he does, yes he does! Elmo loves you, yes he does, please hug Elmo" has been playing constantly in my head ever since!
On tues, she started pushing her butt up in the air with her hands and feet on the floor. She also played a coughing game with her nanny where she would cough and look for nanny to cough too, and if she would, then LO would cough too lol.
For the past few days, she has been standing on her knees and rocking. She also waves her arms around very fast, especially when she is excited.
On wed or thursday, she learned how to scream LOL She is really developing that talent.... she screams when she is happy (that one's not too bad) and she really screams when she is not so happy.....She is also starting to throw tempertantrums if I won't let her play with something (Like the VCR, or computer wires). She will scream and cry.... I thought tempertantrums weren't supposed to start this early? HAHA I think we may be in for it!
Today she went over to her exasaucer, and pulled herself to a standing position! Her dad and I were both there to see it which was pretty cool. We were so happy. We made a big deal of it and cheered and clapped. She LOVED the attention lol.
She also was in a tent for the first time today. I think we really messed up by not putting it up sooner. Its a giant playpen!!! I bring her outside with some toys and we can play in the tent and I don't really have to chase her. SO annoyed we didn't do this earlier. I spent pretty much the whole summer inside and we could have been playing in the tent!!! She loves it, although she keeps trying to eat the floor of the tent....???
She is teething, but still no teethies. Not sure how long she will teethe for, but I am hoping that teething is behind the not so great moods lately, but who knows!
She sits up all of the time. If she is sitting up and I say "Dance" or anything like that, she will wave her arms like crazy and rock on her knees. I LOVE IT LOL
Her new favorite toy is Elmo. We gave it to her a little over a week ago or so and "Elmo loves you yes he does, yes he does, yes he does! Elmo loves you, yes he does, please hug Elmo" has been playing constantly in my head ever since!
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