On a bit of a whim I fed Eve some bananas
yesterday. She did pretty good. She still has some of the
tongue reflex going on, but she ate about 1/4 of a banana,
which is a good serving for a wee little baby. She also seemed
to like them a lot, opening her mouth really big and reaching
for the spoon. She looks so tiny in the high chair! :)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2il9aueCO4]
Eve had her 4mo doctor’s visit today.
She’s now 15lbs and 25 1/2″ and all is well. She’s in the 75%
for weight, 90% for height, and 50% for head circumference.
She’s strong and holding her head up, “good core strength” said
the doctor. She also got her 2nd round of vaccinations. She was
non too pleased about them, but she’s sleeping peacefully now.
Such a good baby.
We discussed starting
solids and I think I’m going to wait a few weeks. You’re
supposed to start between 4 and 6 months. I think she has many
of the readiness signs (reaches for food, grabs my spoon,
starting to sit up, head control) but not all of them (hunger
for more than milk, putting everything in the mouth). More
importantly, I’m just not ready for her to be on solids yet :)
It takes a lot of time when baby starts solids, especially with
the Super Baby Food plan we prefer. I’m going to wait a few
more weeks until she seems a bit more ready and I’ve settled
into things.
I forgot to mention in my previous post,
to celebrate Eve’s 4mo birthday she is now sleeping in her
crib. Last night was her first night and she made it all the
way through! Well, she technically woke up at 4:30am, but I
went in and reswaddled and replugged her and she went right
back to sleep. Nice and easy. I’m not sure who woke whom up,
but they were both wide awake and raring to go at 6:00am this
morning. Hopefully that doesn’t continue! :)
1/3 of one year old. Quite an
accomplishment for one so young. As she lays there, late
tonight, dosing contently while nursing, face and arms all
covered with waffle marks from the blanket she has been
sleeping on for the last hour or so, I look at her and my heart
melts at the most beautiful site I have ever seen: the most
beautiful site I will ever see. Thank you Tessa, God, and the
Universe, for this ultimate joy.
Eve rolled over for us today! Lex was
reading her a story and over she went (see movie). She almost
rolled just before that, but Lex tackled her just before she
completed the roll. She was nice enough to repeat the event for
Alan at lunch time :)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vvrrrtY4Qw]
There are two other movies in the side bar there, one of
her almost rolling and Lex tackling her, and the other after
the roll. Lex was reading her a book and I wanted her to roll
over again, instead she just got cranky and started crying. Lex
tries so hard to soothe and entertain her :)
We started the day with a beautiful, sunny
morning. Alan is home and we all went outside to mow the lawn,
move car seats, and just hang out. I love vacation! Now the
kids are both sleeping and we have a lot of packing to do!! So,
I decided to post a few pictures here :) Great logic, huh?
Procrastination is my specialty.
Also a few milestone updates… Though still not
ready for potty training, Lex has made a big step in the right
direction. Just in the past few days he has really become aware
of conditions in his diaper. Instead of fighting the diaper
changes, he now (usually) tells me has a poopy diaper and then
climbs up onto the changing table and waits for me to change
him. Today he even asked for Desitin , which he needed, and
after I put the Desitin and clean diaper on, he kept telling me
he had poop in his diaper. I imagine they feel similar —
squishy and not-quite-right. Anyway, TMI for most of you, I’m
sure, but a positive sign for me :)
Eve, on the other hand, has started laughing and
grabbing things. She likes her bibs and the dress she is
wearing today. She also likes to hold my hand or arm when I’m
changing her. It’s so sweet! I read recently that by 3 months
babies are starting to sit up on their own. Not stably and
consistently, but starting to. I realized that I never really
tried sitting Eve up, so I gave it a shot and she promptly spit
up everywhere :) Oh well. She also doesn’t get long stretches
of tummy-time because that too makes her spit up. I think we
need to hold off working her too hard until she gets better
control of that esophagus! She is oh so sweet though. :)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbHrFZmunIQ]
Happy 3 months to Eve! She is such a
beautiful girl, smart and strong and very chatty. She talks and
giggles a little and sometimes even makes herself laugh,
telling jokes that only she can understand :) She is starting
to reach for things and trying to roll, but not quite there
yet. She has great head control and can do little baby push-ups
when she’s on her belly (which doesn’t last long because she
usually spits up a lot during tummy time). She sleeps through
the night about 80% of the time and takes nice long afternoon
naps. We are so very lucky to have her!
On a happier sleep note, Eve gave us her
first all nighter last night. She slept from 9pm to 6am. It was
great. She probably would have slept from 8pm on if we had put
her upstairs sooner. She typically sleeps on the couch until we
go to bed, but we were watching an action flick and she was
having trouble falling asleep. After a bit we figured out it
was the movie keeping her up, so we put her upstairs in the
cradle and she was out like a light. Believe it or not I
actually started this day fairly rested!
Now that we are almost half way through
June, I figured it would be good to get the photos from May up.
Someday I’ll start updating the photos.datdec.com site. For
now, just click on the link below.
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| May 2007 |
Life is pretty busy around here and I’m pretty
much always exhausted. Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I’m
sure we’ll get back into the swing of things someday and I’ll
start posting more frequently.
I’ve
actually been meaning to document Eve’s latest development. You
know what they say about the second child’s sparse baby book. I
see that’s going to apply here as well. Anyway, she is so alert
and happy these days. She has pretty good head control and can
pick it up and look around when she’s lying on her belly. She
has started to kick the bars on the butterfly mat to make the
toys move. That’s always a favorite for the babies. She also
smiles and goos and coos. We have sweet conversations on the
changing table. :) She’s working her way into 3-6mo clothes and
I’m sadly starting to pack up the newborn stuff again. Sigh.
But I’m also getting more sleep, so that’s a nice trade off.
We’ve taken to calling her the Fountain of Eve because she is
forever spitting up. She’ll give you a nice big smile and
then… look out! Then she grins while you try to clean up her
and yourself and the floor and everything else around :) She’s
a funny girl :) So sweet and calm too, which is very fortunate
as I spend lots of time these days dealing with toddler-Lex….
also very sweet, but in a wild-man sort of way! ;) I have the
best kids!
For a long time now Lex has had the
ability to get out of his crib, but never had the inclination.
Tonight, after we’d all been asleep for awhile, he suddenly
started wailing (he does this sometimes, he doesn’t sleep well
these days). Alan went in to check on him and found him in the
middle of the room, crying and saying “hurt self, hurt self.” I
think he somehow managed to fall out of his crib! Alan says
he’s not sure Lex was even awake. We shall see if he remembers
this trick in the morning. (Why was he in his crib, you ask?
Well, he seems to be regressing a bit and tends to request his
crib instead of his bed lately.)
On the
other front, Eve has started smiling a lot. Social smiling.
It’s adorable. I’ll try to get a picture sometime (I’m not so
good with the pictures lately). Today I also saw her kicking at
the toys on the bouncy seat. Kicking the toys makes the music
play. It’s hard to tell, but she seemed to be doing it
intentionally and was smiling when the music played.