This one of her standing up is kind of “pretend” of course, because she can’t “really, really” stand by herself yet, although if I give her something to hold onto, like the railing on her crib, she can now stand there for at least 5 minutes by herself without keeling over. Anyway, so this one was a fun picture, where I had just let go of her, they snapped the photo, and then I grabbed her again.
She is now officially “scooching” around. If we put her on the floor, she can move several feet in any direction, but she does it by writhing around, and scooching herself backwards. No forward crawling yet, but I feel she’s getting very close. And we can no longer plunk her into a chair or on the couch – in an instant she can be over onto her belly and moving around, and in danger of falling. (Or, as it turns out this morning... not just in danger of falling, but falling. She has her first little goose egg on her forehead from just such a scenario. Daddy feels horrible, "I just turned away for a second!") So it is only floor or playpen for her now. Unless we have her in her high chair or something equally secure.
She’s also now flipping herself over in bed, as of this week. She used to always sleep on her back, which we all know you MUST do. But now that she’s older, that’s not the concern it was. And while we put her on her back to go to sleep, she then flips over and sleeps on her tummy now. And I swear she sleeps much more soundly that way, so that’s fine. And adorable, if I do say so.
She has now added meats to her diet regime, in addition to her much-loved morning cereal, vegetables and fruits. Which is also great, because if we give her a good dinner of baby food with meat in it, it seems to stick to her ribs a little better than just veggies and fruits, and she’s back to regularly sleeping 11 or 12 hours at night. I think because she doesn’t get so hungry anymore. She usually goes to bed now around 7pm, and sleeps until 6 or 6:30 most the time. Sometimes even longer. And she still usually takes a short nap around 9am, then she’s good for another 2 or 3 hour nap in the afternoon. Heavenly, if you’re a parent trying to get other stuff done. J
I also give her tastes of lots of different things that we may be eating… she’ll try about anything, but then clamps up if it isn’t to her liking. She loves ice cream, and she’s tried milk, fruit smoothies, refried beans, baked beans, potatoes, fried eggs, and even a bite of a french fry the other day at lunch. (I'm sure her dad was so proud that I had introduced her to salty, fried foods.) Her two bottom teeth are very visible now when she smiles, and the others aren’t far behind – you ought to see her chaw on your finger back on her molars every chance she gets.
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