Alex gets more and more fun the older she gets. It is amazing to see how fast she learns and develops new skills. Here is what she has been up to. She...
*says dada and mama (but not at anyone/anything in particular)
*is rocking on all 4's (sometimes she tries to lunge herself forward but she lands on her tummy with a thud making her upset)
*moves backwards very well
*loves to play games with us--Ryan will say "snuggle baby" and she will lay her her down and when he says "up baby" she brings her head up.
*loves to eat flavorful food--we have been really working on getting her to eat for a couple of months now. In the past we would bring out the baby food and she would literally shut her lips tight and move her head side to side away from the spoon. On the rare occassion we got something in her mouth she would look stressed and gag. Darcy's mom, Judy (a pediatric speech patholgist), has been making regular visits giving me suggestions and showing me techniques to help (of course, Alex performs better for Judy). Our friend Lee (another pediatric speech pathologist) has also given us advice and bought her special "mouth toys". She is doing much better now! Opening her mouth and wanting more food--however, she loves adult food (chili, salmon, homemade ragu, eggs with pesto sauce) and will not take typical baby food. Good thing I never made too much baby food!
*can drink out of a straw (although she really just loves water--if she finds out we put breast milk in it she won't drink very much--we need to continue to work on this)
*can pick up Cheerios with her fingers and get them into her mouth
*loves to swing and swim
*is a champion sitter (her favorite position of choice when she is not being held)
*loves to read--especially touch and feel books. She can be entertained by this for over an hour (we have invested in purchasing more touch and feel books just to keep our interest maintained).
*does really well going for walks. She easily stays in the stroller for 1-2 hours and also likes to be carried in a pack on our backs.
*still is very interested in Lacey.
*sleeps 11-13 hours at night (sometimes straight through but usually only wakes up 1 times--after 10 or 11 hours to be fed--then goes back to sleep)
*is a catnapper--takes 2-3, 45 minutes naps a day
*is really good at doing complex physics problems. She is working on one to do with quantum physics right now!
*says dada and mama (but not at anyone/anything in particular)
*is rocking on all 4's (sometimes she tries to lunge herself forward but she lands on her tummy with a thud making her upset)
*moves backwards very well
*loves to play games with us--Ryan will say "snuggle baby" and she will lay her her down and when he says "up baby" she brings her head up.
*loves to eat flavorful food--we have been really working on getting her to eat for a couple of months now. In the past we would bring out the baby food and she would literally shut her lips tight and move her head side to side away from the spoon. On the rare occassion we got something in her mouth she would look stressed and gag. Darcy's mom, Judy (a pediatric speech patholgist), has been making regular visits giving me suggestions and showing me techniques to help (of course, Alex performs better for Judy). Our friend Lee (another pediatric speech pathologist) has also given us advice and bought her special "mouth toys". She is doing much better now! Opening her mouth and wanting more food--however, she loves adult food (chili, salmon, homemade ragu, eggs with pesto sauce) and will not take typical baby food. Good thing I never made too much baby food!
*can drink out of a straw (although she really just loves water--if she finds out we put breast milk in it she won't drink very much--we need to continue to work on this)
*can pick up Cheerios with her fingers and get them into her mouth
*loves to swing and swim
*is a champion sitter (her favorite position of choice when she is not being held)
*loves to read--especially touch and feel books. She can be entertained by this for over an hour (we have invested in purchasing more touch and feel books just to keep our interest maintained).
*does really well going for walks. She easily stays in the stroller for 1-2 hours and also likes to be carried in a pack on our backs.
*still is very interested in Lacey.
*sleeps 11-13 hours at night (sometimes straight through but usually only wakes up 1 times--after 10 or 11 hours to be fed--then goes back to sleep)
*is a catnapper--takes 2-3, 45 minutes naps a day
*is really good at doing complex physics problems. She is working on one to do with quantum physics right now!
Wow! She must take after her uncle loving that physics stuff! :)
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