Kate is really getting the hang of the whole eating thing. She actually looks hungry when she eats now which means, well, she's figured out it's food.
Now that she's almost 6 months and her tummy is growing up, we stopped her acid reflux meds without any big to-do. Couldn't even tell she wasn't on them anymore. And, I've had the occasional serving of cheese without notice. Next up, beans! We'll see how it goes! I'm excited to get to start to resume my normal diet.
While I'm excited she's getting big and can eat sitting up, the whole other end of things is just gross. Her normal non-smelly poops are gone and in their place is a bunch of solid nastiness. I know you were just dying to hear that. But I was so used to not noticing if she pooped that it was a little startling to smell the thing from a mile away. All part of growing up I guess...
The good news is that good naps also seem to be part of growing up. She went down for two long naps today without me doing anything besides sitting beside her as she fell asleep. Tomorrow I might be daring and try to let her fall asleep alone!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Follow up on naptime
Today went okay. Shorter, but harder. She hung out in her crib for 5 minutes, then cried for 7 and suddenly stopped and went to sleep. To be continued...
Making friends
Kate hung out with her new friend Eleanor this week (Mamacita's friend's daughter) who is two months older than she is. They mostly just gazed at each other and occasionally tried to touch each other.
This week Kate has been "learning" to fall asleep in her crib. Kate's really good at falling asleep while eating and then being put in her crib. She can even wake up and then fall back asleep with no problem. But, as the day of weaning approaches, I would like to know it will be easy to stick her in the crib and let her drift off to dreamland.
The first three days went pretty well. Day 1 consisted of me feeding her, reading her a book, and singing to her then putting her in her crib. I sat next to her with my hand on her. She talked for about 30 minutes, then whined for another 10, then cried for 5, then whined for another 3, then fell asleep. Day 2 the process was the same except I brought a book to read while I sat there and Kate shorted the routine to 30 minutes. Day 3 she took it down to 25 minutes.
And then... I got too ambitious and decided to add on the challenge of falling asleep at Grandma and Grandpa's house. That was just a plain disaster. She wouldn't sleep in any way -- on her own, bouncing her, nursing her, whatever. She got so frustrated by having to take a nap instead of playing that she melted down. I haven't heard her cry like that in two months. But finally, FINALLY, she down. Emotionally control is hard enough for adults. It's a hard thing to teach a baby!
So we're back to trying at home for this week with no other demands on the baby but playing and learning to nap. Hopefully we'll pick up today where we left off, but I'm not optimistic.
This week Kate has been "learning" to fall asleep in her crib. Kate's really good at falling asleep while eating and then being put in her crib. She can even wake up and then fall back asleep with no problem. But, as the day of weaning approaches, I would like to know it will be easy to stick her in the crib and let her drift off to dreamland.
The first three days went pretty well. Day 1 consisted of me feeding her, reading her a book, and singing to her then putting her in her crib. I sat next to her with my hand on her. She talked for about 30 minutes, then whined for another 10, then cried for 5, then whined for another 3, then fell asleep. Day 2 the process was the same except I brought a book to read while I sat there and Kate shorted the routine to 30 minutes. Day 3 she took it down to 25 minutes.
And then... I got too ambitious and decided to add on the challenge of falling asleep at Grandma and Grandpa's house. That was just a plain disaster. She wouldn't sleep in any way -- on her own, bouncing her, nursing her, whatever. She got so frustrated by having to take a nap instead of playing that she melted down. I haven't heard her cry like that in two months. But finally, FINALLY, she down. Emotionally control is hard enough for adults. It's a hard thing to teach a baby!
So we're back to trying at home for this week with no other demands on the baby but playing and learning to nap. Hopefully we'll pick up today where we left off, but I'm not optimistic.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
About Face
Kate is getting tired of looking up. That's about the only place she can look when she's in her carseat either in a stroller or a shopping cart. I've started carrying her in a sling into stores so she can sit up and look around. On walks, however, I am not going to carry the munchkin. So, yesterday, I put her in her big-girl seat in the stroller.
She loved it.
I hated it.
I was so used to looking at my little daughter, talking to her about what was around us, smiling and making faces at her, I was totally bummed out when I couldn't see her at all. I found myself trying to crane my head around to see her as we walked, or skipping around to the side to peer at her. Finally, I gave up. I strapped the runaway-stroller-prevention rope to my wrist just in case, grabbed hold of the crossbar, and just walked on the side of the stroller with her. There we were, walking side by side down the street, getting rather funny looks from the neighbors, while I pointed to the trees and talked about the colors and she looked on and laughed.
She loved it.
I hated it.
I was so used to looking at my little daughter, talking to her about what was around us, smiling and making faces at her, I was totally bummed out when I couldn't see her at all. I found myself trying to crane my head around to see her as we walked, or skipping around to the side to peer at her. Finally, I gave up. I strapped the runaway-stroller-prevention rope to my wrist just in case, grabbed hold of the crossbar, and just walked on the side of the stroller with her. There we were, walking side by side down the street, getting rather funny looks from the neighbors, while I pointed to the trees and talked about the colors and she looked on and laughed.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Girly Girl
Kate is continuing to work on my baby push-ups. Not quite strong enough to get on her knees yet, but she still works at it.
At almost 6 months she is slowly getting used to cereal, drooling up a storm, and still resistant to nap-time. Win some, lose some. She's a happy, social baby who thinks that nursing takes away from socializing and might just rather starve than miss something.
At almost 6 months she is slowly getting used to cereal, drooling up a storm, and still resistant to nap-time. Win some, lose some. She's a happy, social baby who thinks that nursing takes away from socializing and might just rather starve than miss something.
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