I sound like a broken record these days, in more ways than one! I always start out the blog posts with something along the lines of "Well, its been long enough since I wrote" and "she is changing so much!" Its so true though! I honestly thought it had been alot longer since I wrote last, because she has changed so much! Now she is all over the place. Just when I think she can't move any faster, she proves me wrong! She crawls sometimes and creeps others. She moves from crawling to sitting very smoothly now. It's crazy how fast she does it. She is teething now, but still no "teethies" in site. We use her play pen ALOT more now! Her exasaucer just doesn't do the trick like it used to. Neither does her swing. She likes them still, just not for the amount of time she used to. I could put her in either one while I ate a meal and she would be fine. Not so much anymore. She doesn't like to be stuck in one spot. The swing is useless unless I am going to be right there because she has found a way to turn right around in it, or lean so far forward she is almost hanging out.... haha.
Yesterday she found the door stop. WELL. You'd think she struck gold. She will pull it over and over and over again and be totally mesmerized by it! I LOVE IT. Cracks me up!
I was making up some baby food yesterday while she was drinking her bottle (or trying to!) I had a bunch of carrots in the magic bullet trying to blend them all up. When I opened the container up, the carrots on the top were all blended, but the carrots on the bottom were still whole. There was a bunch of air in btw the mushed carrots and the whole ones. I don't know what I was thinking, but I thought it would be a good idea to hit the container on the counter to get the mushy carrots to fall. Well, they flew instead....all over my face and housecoat LOL I turned around and looked at her and said "What did mommy do!!" And she started to laugh!
She is conking her head so much lately! She will be sitting up just fine, then all of the sudden she'll flip around or fall over, and conk. Or she'll be crawling along and crawl right into something! "Bonky Bonk" as we say, to her. Usually she doesn't cry, but every once in a while she will hit herself good and give a little cry.
Well, I guess I have to accept that I am going back to work. I really have been trying to figure out a way that I won't have to. I'm not really good with the idea of having her in daycare this young. But it looks like there is nothing I can do. I'd better call the daycare today. :'( NOT cool.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Recap of the last few weeks!
Well, little one is 7 months old now. On the day she turned 7 months, we were visiting family members that were camping. We put her in her bathing suit for the first time, and hubby dipped her feet in the water.... she didn't love that at all LOL I think it was because the water was so cold. I took her in again a few min later, and she still didn't love it... she cried a bit, but not too bad! That night the campground owners set off a ton of fireworks about 250meters away from the camper. Little one was sound asleep when the fireworks started, and she STAYED that way!!! I couldn't believe it! The noise startled me at first, but she didn't move at all! She was so tired, poor thing! And she slept through the whole fireworks show, which lasted probably about 30 min!
She had a rough night on friday/sat. She woke up around 4am and didn't go back to sleep until 8am! That is so very unlike her. And then all day sat she cried. I thought she was teething, but sunday she woke up and she was back to her old self.... Hubby and I went out for a few hours and left her with grammy. Grammy said that she had to work really hard on her BM, and was crying. So we think she may have a touch of the flu. She slept the night no problem last night and she is napping right now.... and has been for 2 and a half hours.....
Last night when we got to grammy's to pick her up, grammy was feeding her. She sneezed and spit formula all over grammy's face, glasses, and in her mouth!!!! OMG we laughed so hard!!! LO just kept looking at us like WTH is so funny??
She is crawling around like crazy now. She can make it from one side of the room to the other in no time, which means no more turning my back to do something while she is loose!!! HAHA. She is trying to pull herself up on things now. The other day I was unloading the dishwasher and she grabbed onto the door, and tried to pull herself up. She also can go from her belly to sitting up now. She did it a few times the other day, but I thought it was a fluke, until she did it today when I went to get her out of her crib! Go Little miss!!
This A.M at 5:30am, I heard this weird noise over the baby monitor... It sounded like she had her blocks and was hitting the crib with them! I knew she wouldn't have any of her blocks in her crib, so I went in to see what was going on. She was sound asleep, and the noise was her sucking really loud LOL
We finally got her Winnie the Pooh decals up in her room. We are way behind on that. We had them before she was born, and it took like 7 months to get them up! Terrible! But they are up and her room is looking pretty fun!
Things she loves right now: The Cat, mom's dog, exasaucer, Sophie, her wipes tub (??!), the tub (and soaking everything around her!), my purse, shoes, and frozen cloths, the little green frog song, etc haha.
Speaking of the bath, the other night she splashed so much of her bath out of the tub that I was soaked, and so was the floor. When hubby came by to get her bottle ready, he slipped on the soaked floor and almost fell!!!
I want to get her up from her nap right now, because she has been sleeping for over 2 and a half hours, but if she hasn't been feeling well, its probably best to let her sleep. Poor thing. She already had 2 BM this am, and she usually doesn't have any till lunch.... I'll wake her up for lunch. Till then, I get to play on the computer! Although I should be cleaning.... ugh.
She had a rough night on friday/sat. She woke up around 4am and didn't go back to sleep until 8am! That is so very unlike her. And then all day sat she cried. I thought she was teething, but sunday she woke up and she was back to her old self.... Hubby and I went out for a few hours and left her with grammy. Grammy said that she had to work really hard on her BM, and was crying. So we think she may have a touch of the flu. She slept the night no problem last night and she is napping right now.... and has been for 2 and a half hours.....
Last night when we got to grammy's to pick her up, grammy was feeding her. She sneezed and spit formula all over grammy's face, glasses, and in her mouth!!!! OMG we laughed so hard!!! LO just kept looking at us like WTH is so funny??
She is crawling around like crazy now. She can make it from one side of the room to the other in no time, which means no more turning my back to do something while she is loose!!! HAHA. She is trying to pull herself up on things now. The other day I was unloading the dishwasher and she grabbed onto the door, and tried to pull herself up. She also can go from her belly to sitting up now. She did it a few times the other day, but I thought it was a fluke, until she did it today when I went to get her out of her crib! Go Little miss!!
This A.M at 5:30am, I heard this weird noise over the baby monitor... It sounded like she had her blocks and was hitting the crib with them! I knew she wouldn't have any of her blocks in her crib, so I went in to see what was going on. She was sound asleep, and the noise was her sucking really loud LOL
We finally got her Winnie the Pooh decals up in her room. We are way behind on that. We had them before she was born, and it took like 7 months to get them up! Terrible! But they are up and her room is looking pretty fun!
Things she loves right now: The Cat, mom's dog, exasaucer, Sophie, her wipes tub (??!), the tub (and soaking everything around her!), my purse, shoes, and frozen cloths, the little green frog song, etc haha.
Speaking of the bath, the other night she splashed so much of her bath out of the tub that I was soaked, and so was the floor. When hubby came by to get her bottle ready, he slipped on the soaked floor and almost fell!!!
I want to get her up from her nap right now, because she has been sleeping for over 2 and a half hours, but if she hasn't been feeling well, its probably best to let her sleep. Poor thing. She already had 2 BM this am, and she usually doesn't have any till lunch.... I'll wake her up for lunch. Till then, I get to play on the computer! Although I should be cleaning.... ugh.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
SO I've been slacking on the blogging front these days!
Its been a very busy few weeks in our household. Most of the things I dare not talk about on here! But little one is doing great. She is crawling on her hands and knees now, as well as getting up on all fours and rocking LOL. She has eaten rice cereal, carrots, sweet potatoes, green beans (FAIL!), peas (BIG success!), and apples. She had her first trip to the zoo on Aug 1st with her grandma and grandpa, daddy and I. I thought she would make more of a reaction at the animals because she loves animals so much, but I didn't think of all the fencing that would be in the way.... She had a good time anyways. Her favorites were anything that didn't have a fence LOL. She also had her first trip to McDonald's that day, although all she got to eat was rice cereal and formula LOL. Her first trip to the park was this past sunday aug 8th. We didn't stay long. Just long enough to put her in the swing and take a few pics and have her teethe on the swing. GROSS! haha. She is getting into a lot more, and she is being more vocal. Babbling a lot today, and coming up with different sounds everyday. No real words yet, although we thought we heard mum the other day. Wishful thinking I guess!
We took her on a little trip on sat. We were going to take her to the beach, but we couldn't find any that were free, and on the private side of things.... Little one was grouchy (She had been in her car seat for HOURS), so we stopped at a church (didn't realize it was a church till after) and decided to take our blanket out and lay on the grass with her. She loved it. And I thought it was the best part of the day!
I know there is probably more to write about, but its time for little one's lunch!
We took her on a little trip on sat. We were going to take her to the beach, but we couldn't find any that were free, and on the private side of things.... Little one was grouchy (She had been in her car seat for HOURS), so we stopped at a church (didn't realize it was a church till after) and decided to take our blanket out and lay on the grass with her. She loved it. And I thought it was the best part of the day!
I know there is probably more to write about, but its time for little one's lunch!
Friday, July 30, 2010
I just skimmed my last post to see where I have left off. I had written that LO went to bed early two nights in a row. WELL, we put the brakes on that.... Tues night, she went to bed about a half an hour, maybe 45 min early, and she was up from 1:45am till 4:30am!!! I had no idea that messing her schedule up a little bit would prove to be so disastrous! So we've got her back on her old schedule and she is sleeping just fine, thank goodness. I don't mind the odd night here and there of having to get up. I just don't want it to become routine. The night that she got up in the middle of the night, her and i had a giggle fest.... hehe I can't even remember what about, but it must have been pretty funny, because we took turns laughing :P
With the exception of today (so far), she has been a bit cranky lately... I think she may be teething, but I'm not too sure.
She ate her first solids outside of our house yesterday. I took her to grammy's house and she got fed in her Bumbo. It went over pretty good, although she didn't want to drink her bottle. I think she was too distracted with all the new things she could look at. And it didn't help that the dog was trying to sniff her head, lick her hands, feet, etc. LO loves animals, and really thought this was pretty funny. Later on when we went outside to try and calm LO down a bit, the dog was actually showing off for her! He was tearing around, running in circles, etc and LO was laughing and laughing. She loves animals. She is in love with our cat. Always tries to 'pet' her, which is usually grabbing a handful of fir.... thank goodness our cat is pretty patient, which surprises me..... The last two times I took her for a walk around the cove, she laughed at the ducks! Not sure why but she thinks they are pretty funny!
She is starting to get the hang of crawling. She can definitely get where ever she wants to go, but she still looks like a little frog! LOL She has her legs bent out to the sides and just pulls herself along! Today she was putting her legs underneath her a bit more, so it won't be long.
So the bath incident has traumatized her :( We put her back in the big bath on wed night and she was fine for about a min, and then she started crying and shaking. After her bath, I lifted her up in the air to clear the side of the tub, and she was gasping she was so afraid :( Poor thing. We decided to move the baths back to the sink for a while and hopefully she'll forget. Last night she was ok for a few min, but again started crying, and when I lifted her up she started gasping again :( Not quite as bad as when she was in the big bath, but still. Poor thing. She LOVED the bath before this!!! I think tonight I will put a towel on me and then lift her out of her tub and on to me so she is not in the air for long.... Not sure if that will help. We'll see!
With the exception of today (so far), she has been a bit cranky lately... I think she may be teething, but I'm not too sure.
She ate her first solids outside of our house yesterday. I took her to grammy's house and she got fed in her Bumbo. It went over pretty good, although she didn't want to drink her bottle. I think she was too distracted with all the new things she could look at. And it didn't help that the dog was trying to sniff her head, lick her hands, feet, etc. LO loves animals, and really thought this was pretty funny. Later on when we went outside to try and calm LO down a bit, the dog was actually showing off for her! He was tearing around, running in circles, etc and LO was laughing and laughing. She loves animals. She is in love with our cat. Always tries to 'pet' her, which is usually grabbing a handful of fir.... thank goodness our cat is pretty patient, which surprises me..... The last two times I took her for a walk around the cove, she laughed at the ducks! Not sure why but she thinks they are pretty funny!
She is starting to get the hang of crawling. She can definitely get where ever she wants to go, but she still looks like a little frog! LOL She has her legs bent out to the sides and just pulls herself along! Today she was putting her legs underneath her a bit more, so it won't be long.
So the bath incident has traumatized her :( We put her back in the big bath on wed night and she was fine for about a min, and then she started crying and shaking. After her bath, I lifted her up in the air to clear the side of the tub, and she was gasping she was so afraid :( Poor thing. We decided to move the baths back to the sink for a while and hopefully she'll forget. Last night she was ok for a few min, but again started crying, and when I lifted her up she started gasping again :( Not quite as bad as when she was in the big bath, but still. Poor thing. She LOVED the bath before this!!! I think tonight I will put a towel on me and then lift her out of her tub and on to me so she is not in the air for long.... Not sure if that will help. We'll see!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Sweet potatoes
Its been a great couple of days. Yesterday I took LO to her first baby party. It was a Hawaiian theme, which was really fun. A lot of the older babies were wearing Lai's (sp?) and grass skirts. My LO is too young for that, as everything goes into her mouth, including the other kids grass skirts.... haha. It was really neat to see the babies interact with one another. LO was the youngest one there, and she had a ball. She missed her nap, was fed on the floor, and she didn't make much of a fuss. She did fuss a little bit when she was really tired, but nothing too loud. One of the moms said she was really quiet and was a good partier LOL.
Last night I had a bit of a scare with LO. I was bathing her in her little tub, inside of the big tub like we've been doing for a few days now. She leaned forward to get her ducky. She does this all of the time so I didn't think much of it. This time she inhaled a bunch of water!!! She was weezing and coughing and crying! I took her out of the bath fast and turned her over. I have no idea if that's what I am supposed to do, but its what I did without thinking. Everything turned out fine, she coughed it up no problem, but it scared me to death. As soon as she was ok, I put her back in the bath right away so that she wouldn't be scared of it. Again, no idea if that is what I should have done. I felt terrible about it all night. Tonight when I bathed her, I stuck my whole head in the tub so I could see what she was doing. NOT going to let that happen again. It was much easier to see her before because she was at eye level, but now I have to look down, so I have to adjust the way I keep an eye on her I guess. Scary scary scary.
Today she got her first taste of sweet potatoes. She didn't make any faces, it was pretty much the same as carrots to her haha. Today she started this weird thing where she takes some in her mouth, then sucks her thumb! After every bite this afternoon she did this! I am SO regretting taking her soother away so early. I really didn't realize how much she would resort to the thumb... I thought it was only going to be when she is tired.... she is doing it more and more these days, and I'm sure its too late to re-introduce the soother...
We played on the floor like we usually do. We also had a little photo shoot on the floor. We layed on the floor with our heads close together and I took pictures. I loved it :) She had fun too haha.
She went to bed early for the second day in a row. Not sure why, but now she starts getting really cranky around 6:30 and we have a hard time getting her to 7pm before we start her bedtime routine. I can't put her to bed much earlier though! Oh every time we get a good routine going, she changes it!
She even let me walk on the treadmill for 25min while she played in her exasaucer right next to me. Ahhh what a good day :)
Last night I had a bit of a scare with LO. I was bathing her in her little tub, inside of the big tub like we've been doing for a few days now. She leaned forward to get her ducky. She does this all of the time so I didn't think much of it. This time she inhaled a bunch of water!!! She was weezing and coughing and crying! I took her out of the bath fast and turned her over. I have no idea if that's what I am supposed to do, but its what I did without thinking. Everything turned out fine, she coughed it up no problem, but it scared me to death. As soon as she was ok, I put her back in the bath right away so that she wouldn't be scared of it. Again, no idea if that is what I should have done. I felt terrible about it all night. Tonight when I bathed her, I stuck my whole head in the tub so I could see what she was doing. NOT going to let that happen again. It was much easier to see her before because she was at eye level, but now I have to look down, so I have to adjust the way I keep an eye on her I guess. Scary scary scary.
Today she got her first taste of sweet potatoes. She didn't make any faces, it was pretty much the same as carrots to her haha. Today she started this weird thing where she takes some in her mouth, then sucks her thumb! After every bite this afternoon she did this! I am SO regretting taking her soother away so early. I really didn't realize how much she would resort to the thumb... I thought it was only going to be when she is tired.... she is doing it more and more these days, and I'm sure its too late to re-introduce the soother...
We played on the floor like we usually do. We also had a little photo shoot on the floor. We layed on the floor with our heads close together and I took pictures. I loved it :) She had fun too haha.
She went to bed early for the second day in a row. Not sure why, but now she starts getting really cranky around 6:30 and we have a hard time getting her to 7pm before we start her bedtime routine. I can't put her to bed much earlier though! Oh every time we get a good routine going, she changes it!
She even let me walk on the treadmill for 25min while she played in her exasaucer right next to me. Ahhh what a good day :)
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Carrots = success!
Wow! There is so much to blog about this time, but I am SO sleepy, I don't know if I will get through it all. If there are a lot of typos....you know why :)
LO crawled on Friday morning! Like really, belly off of the floor type crawling :) She has been pulling herself around for a while, but this time she put her legs underneath her and went! I was so excited, I raced to the computer and put it on Facebook. Tons of people liked my status, and lots made comments. Yay I have a crawler! But maybe I should have waited before I told the world because, she hasn't done it since.... LOL SO now I feel kinda silly.... her aunt and grandmother called after seeing my status, and even came over to visit to see her crawl. I explained what had happened...and I put her on the ground to show them how much she actually does move. She can easily get from one end of the room to the other in no time at all, even if she doesn't take her belly clear off of the ground. But, of course, yesterday when her auntie and nanny came over, I put her on her belly and she didn't go anywhere at all.....And the more I tried to explain what she does, the less she actually did....and the dumber I felt.....HAHA Oh well. What can you do. Lesson learned. I won't put it on facebook that she has taken her first step until she is 12......
She had her first taste of carrots yesterday :) She LOVED them! I was quite surprised. I thought they'd end up everywhere but her mouth, but she ate her whole serving! She ended up with one little speck on the top of her head, but other than that, she did pretty well. She really didn't make too many faces, which is strange because she is a very expressive baby. She made way more faces today when she was fed her first non-warmed up bottle.... hmm.... that doesn't sound like a correct term.... but I'm going to leave it because I'm tired, and I know you get it. :P
She has discovered how to splash like heck in the bathtub. Now that she has moved over to the sitting part of the bath, she splashes like crazy. Thursday night she soaked me and half of the kitchen. Friday night, she even got her grandma who was watching from afar.... not sure how she did that! Last night, we got wise and put her tub inside the bathtub. You should have seen the face when I put her in there! I caught part of it in a picture, but it was definitely a WTF look, if I've ever seen one LOL
This morning I had her on my lap because she had been fussy, and I was eating some cereal and surfing the net at the same time. I had to laugh. You would never have seen such a thing even 10 years ago! But this is the face of today's mom! As I was thinking this, LO grabbed a handful of my cereal and when I said no and took the bowl away, she dropped what she had on the floor under the computer. 'Nope. THIS is the face of today's mom.' :D
LO crawled on Friday morning! Like really, belly off of the floor type crawling :) She has been pulling herself around for a while, but this time she put her legs underneath her and went! I was so excited, I raced to the computer and put it on Facebook. Tons of people liked my status, and lots made comments. Yay I have a crawler! But maybe I should have waited before I told the world because, she hasn't done it since.... LOL SO now I feel kinda silly.... her aunt and grandmother called after seeing my status, and even came over to visit to see her crawl. I explained what had happened...and I put her on the ground to show them how much she actually does move. She can easily get from one end of the room to the other in no time at all, even if she doesn't take her belly clear off of the ground. But, of course, yesterday when her auntie and nanny came over, I put her on her belly and she didn't go anywhere at all.....And the more I tried to explain what she does, the less she actually did....and the dumber I felt.....HAHA Oh well. What can you do. Lesson learned. I won't put it on facebook that she has taken her first step until she is 12......
She had her first taste of carrots yesterday :) She LOVED them! I was quite surprised. I thought they'd end up everywhere but her mouth, but she ate her whole serving! She ended up with one little speck on the top of her head, but other than that, she did pretty well. She really didn't make too many faces, which is strange because she is a very expressive baby. She made way more faces today when she was fed her first non-warmed up bottle.... hmm.... that doesn't sound like a correct term.... but I'm going to leave it because I'm tired, and I know you get it. :P
She has discovered how to splash like heck in the bathtub. Now that she has moved over to the sitting part of the bath, she splashes like crazy. Thursday night she soaked me and half of the kitchen. Friday night, she even got her grandma who was watching from afar.... not sure how she did that! Last night, we got wise and put her tub inside the bathtub. You should have seen the face when I put her in there! I caught part of it in a picture, but it was definitely a WTF look, if I've ever seen one LOL
This morning I had her on my lap because she had been fussy, and I was eating some cereal and surfing the net at the same time. I had to laugh. You would never have seen such a thing even 10 years ago! But this is the face of today's mom! As I was thinking this, LO grabbed a handful of my cereal and when I said no and took the bowl away, she dropped what she had on the floor under the computer. 'Nope. THIS is the face of today's mom.' :D
Thursday, July 22, 2010
I seriously can't believe how fast she is changing!
Well, its been quite the week! Little one had a "Baby well" Dr's appointment on Monday. I love these appointments because I get to see how much she has grown and how much she weighs, etc. My doctor gives us a print out of her height and weight on a chart that also has previous visits plotted on it. At 6 months old, I have a 'tall' and small baby LOL She is only 14.8lbs! Hehe. Just a tiny little thing. But when I asked him if she is doing well for her age, he said she couldn't be doing any better :) That's always nice to hear. It's almost like a conformation that I am doing the right things.
She had her 6 month needles yesterday. She did very well. Cried more than last time, but didn't cry for long. She is such a trooper! After her needles were finished, every time the nurse would come near her, little one would start breathing faster like she was going to start crying again!
We took her over to my mom's house last night and put her on the carpet. When we put her toy a few feet in front of her, she pulled herself towards it until she could grasp it. This has been going on for a little bit, but my mom had never seen it. I wish I could have taken a picture of my mom's face! She was so excited! I loved it. Today, little one is almost crawling! She lifts herself up off of the ground and gets her legs and arms going at the same time! She is moving a lot more, and a lot faster. She's just not lifting her belly that far off of the ground yet. I give it a week and she'll be zooming around here. Time to baby-proof the house!
On Tues, I was putting up our new curtains in the living room. I had little one in her swing, and she was watching everything I was doing very intently. I hung the valance scarf, but it didn't look right. I stood back and asked her what she thought and she did the razz noise! HAHA I loved it. I said "yeah it does look pretty bad doesn't it?" And she made the noise again! We both had a great laugh over that.
She has been eating rice cereal since sunday. She gets it twice a day at lunch and at supper so far. I'm not sure if I am supposed to be feeding her solids with every meal or not, but I think for now, this is ok.... I'm always playing the guessing game.... I think motherhood is one big guessing game....Today, I had her in her highchair and I was trying to feed her some of her rice cereal. She likes to try to feed herself, so her hands are always covered in the sticky mess that was once a meal.... haha. Today she decided that her eyes needed rubbing.... HAHA what a mess. It was everywhere! I loved it. We, again, had a big laugh over that. She loves to laugh!
She had her 6 month needles yesterday. She did very well. Cried more than last time, but didn't cry for long. She is such a trooper! After her needles were finished, every time the nurse would come near her, little one would start breathing faster like she was going to start crying again!
We took her over to my mom's house last night and put her on the carpet. When we put her toy a few feet in front of her, she pulled herself towards it until she could grasp it. This has been going on for a little bit, but my mom had never seen it. I wish I could have taken a picture of my mom's face! She was so excited! I loved it. Today, little one is almost crawling! She lifts herself up off of the ground and gets her legs and arms going at the same time! She is moving a lot more, and a lot faster. She's just not lifting her belly that far off of the ground yet. I give it a week and she'll be zooming around here. Time to baby-proof the house!
On Tues, I was putting up our new curtains in the living room. I had little one in her swing, and she was watching everything I was doing very intently. I hung the valance scarf, but it didn't look right. I stood back and asked her what she thought and she did the razz noise! HAHA I loved it. I said "yeah it does look pretty bad doesn't it?" And she made the noise again! We both had a great laugh over that.
She has been eating rice cereal since sunday. She gets it twice a day at lunch and at supper so far. I'm not sure if I am supposed to be feeding her solids with every meal or not, but I think for now, this is ok.... I'm always playing the guessing game.... I think motherhood is one big guessing game....Today, I had her in her highchair and I was trying to feed her some of her rice cereal. She likes to try to feed herself, so her hands are always covered in the sticky mess that was once a meal.... haha. Today she decided that her eyes needed rubbing.... HAHA what a mess. It was everywhere! I loved it. We, again, had a big laugh over that. She loves to laugh!
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