I like having an official post for the baby month updates. They change so quickly in the first year or so. I'm sure I'll be saying that forever but literally a week goes by and so much can change up in here. And comparison is always the name of the game - I want to remember how different each of my children are. So I'm trying to keep up with Alexis . . . (obviously if I can't keep up with one I shouldn't have anymore. )
She has perfected the army crawl. This child might just drag her stomach to the grave. She does this push off with one arm and pulls with the other arm in front of her sort of thing. Her toes may be involved as well. She has started to get up on her knees, but quickly decides that isn't for her. So she is crawling . . . kinda. Enough where I have to keep things picked up any way.
We believe she is starting to cut her upper teeth now. Or at least we hope there is some evidence of the whiny evenings & nights.
She still loves nursing. She also loves eating everything else - including paper, leaves, shoe strings . . . I mean we feed her tilapia, rice, pork, black beans . . . whatever is on our plates. She demands it. We use the fruit/veggie puff snacks to calm her whine or motivate her crawling.
She stands pretty well, sometimes not even against something, but will topple over without warning.
She is pretty good at playing by herself, which involves a lot of babble. I think they have started sounding more like actual letter sounds? But I haven't even heard her whiny "muhmuh" in awhile. She rolls her lips together which will draw out the "buh" sound. Only today have I heard the "duh" sound.
She loves to bite her tongue (trying to cope with her new front teeth?) but it just makes her look like she wants to eat. Which she probably does. She loves to bounce with you & has started to bounce some to music.
She will NOT wave or clap. I'm so sad. She just smiles at me when I do it. She doesn't usually appreciate when you take her hands away from her. Prayer hands was a fail too.
She is ticklish. Feet…behind her thighs…on her sides… Her newest giggle is when dad hides behind a wall and pops out to scare her. She loves to anticipate you tickling her. Peek-a-boo is also better appreciated. And "eating" her hands & feet are always a guaranteed smile. She even shares her pacifier, so that's sweet.
Her clogged tear duct seemed to be going away a few weeks ago, but then when she got that cold it got really bad & has just stayed really bad. She wakes up a lot with her eye sealed shut because of all the goop. I hate it. Her eye is always runny, gooey & red from us trying to wipe it constantly. She also loves to swat your hands away. So it's an easy job . . .
Cradle cap is only fading because mom gets on this gross monkey pick kick & any way, it's fading. Her hair is not all matted to her head & is growing a good bit (although I can't put clips in it yet). The color is much lighter than the dark hair she was born with.
She was pretty good at sleeping from 8PM to 6AM (where I would feed her) & then going back to bed until 8AM but now with teething . . . it's a gamble. Still takes 3 naps during the day & generally wakes up happy in her crib until I come to get her.
She still kisses with her mouth open. At least I'm calling those drolly kisses, but I think she probably just wants to eat my nose. But those two little teeth hurt, so no more biting fingers or noses.
Stranger danger hasn't really hit Lexi. She seeks for the attention of others. But really appreciates mine. We could say she has some separation anxiety. She just can't see me walk out of the room. No big.
She weighs 20 pounds. Wears 12-18 month size. And has never had a sick visit to the doctor. Hurray!
She has perfected the army crawl. This child might just drag her stomach to the grave. She does this push off with one arm and pulls with the other arm in front of her sort of thing. Her toes may be involved as well. She has started to get up on her knees, but quickly decides that isn't for her. So she is crawling . . . kinda. Enough where I have to keep things picked up any way.
We believe she is starting to cut her upper teeth now. Or at least we hope there is some evidence of the whiny evenings & nights.
She still loves nursing. She also loves eating everything else - including paper, leaves, shoe strings . . . I mean we feed her tilapia, rice, pork, black beans . . . whatever is on our plates. She demands it. We use the fruit/veggie puff snacks to calm her whine or motivate her crawling.
She stands pretty well, sometimes not even against something, but will topple over without warning.
She is pretty good at playing by herself, which involves a lot of babble. I think they have started sounding more like actual letter sounds? But I haven't even heard her whiny "muhmuh" in awhile. She rolls her lips together which will draw out the "buh" sound. Only today have I heard the "duh" sound.
She loves to bite her tongue (trying to cope with her new front teeth?) but it just makes her look like she wants to eat. Which she probably does. She loves to bounce with you & has started to bounce some to music.
She will NOT wave or clap. I'm so sad. She just smiles at me when I do it. She doesn't usually appreciate when you take her hands away from her. Prayer hands was a fail too.
She is ticklish. Feet…behind her thighs…on her sides… Her newest giggle is when dad hides behind a wall and pops out to scare her. She loves to anticipate you tickling her. Peek-a-boo is also better appreciated. And "eating" her hands & feet are always a guaranteed smile. She even shares her pacifier, so that's sweet.
Her clogged tear duct seemed to be going away a few weeks ago, but then when she got that cold it got really bad & has just stayed really bad. She wakes up a lot with her eye sealed shut because of all the goop. I hate it. Her eye is always runny, gooey & red from us trying to wipe it constantly. She also loves to swat your hands away. So it's an easy job . . .
Cradle cap is only fading because mom gets on this gross monkey pick kick & any way, it's fading. Her hair is not all matted to her head & is growing a good bit (although I can't put clips in it yet). The color is much lighter than the dark hair she was born with.
She was pretty good at sleeping from 8PM to 6AM (where I would feed her) & then going back to bed until 8AM but now with teething . . . it's a gamble. Still takes 3 naps during the day & generally wakes up happy in her crib until I come to get her.
She still kisses with her mouth open. At least I'm calling those drolly kisses, but I think she probably just wants to eat my nose. But those two little teeth hurt, so no more biting fingers or noses.
Stranger danger hasn't really hit Lexi. She seeks for the attention of others. But really appreciates mine. We could say she has some separation anxiety. She just can't see me walk out of the room. No big.
She weighs 20 pounds. Wears 12-18 month size. And has never had a sick visit to the doctor. Hurray!
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