So, because when I do Gwen’s scrapbook I look back on my blog to find out when she did certain things, I thought I should update. Plus, I obviously like updating everyone on her development!
Wednesday, January 28
Gwen was being cheered on at the library because she was soooooo close to crawling! A few times since then she’s done a few crawls before collapsing and dragging herself the rest of the way. Not long now! Oh, and crazily enough, she pulled herself up on a toy at the library as well. I sat her in front of it to grab the diaper bag and looked back and she was standing beside it. We had to lower the crib mattress. Gwen’s first tooth is also through (her lower middle right one), although she’s still showing signs of continued teething, so I know more are coming!
Thursday, January 29
I have been giving Gwen some cereal to play with at dinner time to keep her busy until we’re done eating our dinner and I feed her (Avacado. If you’re wondering, that’s what she eats for dinner. She can chuck back 1/2 an avacado at one sitting, so I know she’s got an appetite, she just refuses most foods!). She has been grabbing one in her hand (getting really close to the pincer grip!), moving her hand to her mouth, and then mimicking chewing motions. Too cute. Especially because there’s nothing in her mouth.
Friday, January 30
This morning, Gwen fed herself three Breakfast O’s. That’s the first time she’s successfully maneuvered them into her mouth and ingested them. The first one caused a bit of coughing and a little gag. The second and third went much better. Does this mean we start finger foods? After breakfast, as I was sorting through some of her old clothes, she sat up. From laying down. This opens a whole bunch of possibilities for Mistress Mouse as now she can get to something and sit up to play with it.
Somebody stop this crazy ride, please! She’s growing too fast!
We had a rough night last night. Gwen didn’t go down for the night until 8:30pm, and was awake at 11:30, 2:30 (that part was normal!) but then 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, and then 7 for the day. Brad took her for a bit while I slept for some more (thanks, dear!!!) and when he brought Gwen back in, she chomped on my finger.
So I pried her little mouth open and her lower right gum is quite swollen and red, and I’m 99.8% sure I see a slit of white. C’mon, tooth!
Gwen seems to be having a developmental explosion. She claps, she moves, she can turn the pages on books (so.cute.) … things are just changing so fast!!
Nothing! Mind you, she’s not very quick yet, so she’s pretty easy to keep an eye on right now! We’re hoping to put up the baby gates this weekend though, since I don’t think it’ll take her too long to figure out how to get her legs involved!!
Brad and I are trying to get into somewhat of a routine these days. The plan is to be waking up at 7am every day, since he’s trying to get to work for 8:30am so he can leave at 5pm instead of 6pm. So far this week, we’ve done pretty well!
Gwen had a HORRIBLE night on Monday night - she was awake 4 times between 7:30 and 10:30, woke at 11:30 to eat and was awake, on average, every 45 minutes all. night. long.
To say it was difficult is an understatement.
So, Brad and I devised a plan to handle bedtime and nightwaking that we’re comfortable with and tonight is night #2 on “the plan”. Last night was fabulous. She was asleep by 8:30pm and ate at 11pm and 2am and woke up around 7:30am. AHHHH, sheer bliss after our couple of bad nights.
I’ve been trying to find a decent list of developmental skills online. I think, by their definitions, Gwen is beginning her sixth month, and has therefore reached the end of her fifth month of life (how confusing is that?). Read the rest of this entry »
It’s official - my baby is a genius! She rolled over today front to back. We were just playing - I rather enjoy letting her have some back/tummy time without a diaper because she loves it so much - and she leaned her head to one side and flopped over! Read the rest of this entry »
