C:
- is 8- months- old today. Now that just seems silly- impossible. She's nearly as old as the length of a pregnancy. At this juncture, she still loves oatmeal cereal and all her baby foods, but is feeding herself Cheerios too. She sleeps well and is very intrigued by the shows K watches. The theme to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse just astounds her.
- is quite the thumb- sucker at night. I was happy she had willingly given up her paci, but I worry now about getting her to stop the thumb stuff!
- is having fun in a get- ready- to- crawl pose, but still shows little interest in giving it a go. She's a jump- a- holic and loves "standing" (with assistance) but crawling/ scooting doesn't seem to be her thing. She does, however, love being in the walker, and while she can only touch with her tip- toes, she likes moving around as much as she can in it.
K:
- has switched from yet another TV show obsession to another. Now we are onto Mickey. Bye- bye Bubble Guppies. I swear, she has some of the episodes memorized-- and we let her watch the show only at night. She knows that the magic words at the beginning are "Meezka, Moozka, Mickey Mouse!" and has certain segments down pat, as she often beats Mickey to it in terms of punch lines and answers. And at the end, before MM can shout it, K yells: See ya reaaal soon!
- also is on a hot dancing streak. Loves showin' 'dem moves to Hot Diggity Dog and the Mickey Theme and a few other tunes. Sometimes she will exhort me to dance, and at other times, she strongly admonishes me NOT to.
- has, we think, been experiencing some night- terrors. Poor thing has woken up a few nights completely out of sorts screaming for us. When we've asked her the next day about it, she's told us "a scary monster came in." And the other day said the scary monster was "touching her fingers." Another time she informed us that the monsters were outside the window. We know it's a normal phase, but I still feel terrible. Giving her lots of TLC-- and letting her know Daddy has exterminated the house of all monsters. Joe does this whole bit before bed where he tells the monsters to walk single- file down the stairs and leave the house and then leave Franklin. K seems to buy it, but sometimes it's not enough to minimize the night- terrors. Poor girl! Luckily, she is easy to get back to sleep when she's woken up.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014
9-15-14
C:
- is a babble- machine. Lots of "da da da" and "ah- gah!" and "ba ba ba," and, our favorite, "hey- eeee!" a la Fonzie.
- ate her first "real" (non- pureed) food on Aug 31, in the form of Cheerios. Mostly she just swished them around at first and didn't know what to do beyond spitting them out, but has made some good progress on chewing.
- is all done with the beloved paci it seems, in favor of the thumb. Never thought we would see the day, as the paci was quite an addiction! But now she seems to want nothing to do with her former prized- possession, and when she lies down, the little thumb takes the pacifier's place. It's rather cute seeing her suck her teensie- weensie thumb.
K:
- is, shock of shocks, (we think) OVER her fave show Caillou. I know-- the impossible CAN happen! The newest phase is Bubble Guppies, and the cutest part is that K can't seem to say the name correctly. Thus, we usually hear "Gubble Buppies." She asks almost every night, 'Can I go watch Gubble Buppies in bed upstairs?" She just knows we don't want to watch it on the TV in the living room.
- getting quite good with her coloring. She now demands to use specific colors when she used to be fine with any crayons we gave her, and has started tracing her hand (though not well....). She loves her Bubble Guppies coloring book. This kid goes in and out of these phases like clock- work.
- Has started using a couple phrases that I know she learned from me but I wish she didn't. Ex: "Kathryn, why is there chalk all over the chair?" "Mommy, that happens!" Ex 2: "Why don't you want to get your jammies on?" "'Cause I don't!" I'd started telling her some things just "happen" when she would stump me on a "why" question. And I'd use "Cause I don't!" when she would ask me things like "Why you not wanna go to Shaw's?" and I'd be fed up with the line of questioning. Didn't think she would throw either back in my face!
- is a babble- machine. Lots of "da da da" and "ah- gah!" and "ba ba ba," and, our favorite, "hey- eeee!" a la Fonzie.
- ate her first "real" (non- pureed) food on Aug 31, in the form of Cheerios. Mostly she just swished them around at first and didn't know what to do beyond spitting them out, but has made some good progress on chewing.
- is all done with the beloved paci it seems, in favor of the thumb. Never thought we would see the day, as the paci was quite an addiction! But now she seems to want nothing to do with her former prized- possession, and when she lies down, the little thumb takes the pacifier's place. It's rather cute seeing her suck her teensie- weensie thumb.
K:
- is, shock of shocks, (we think) OVER her fave show Caillou. I know-- the impossible CAN happen! The newest phase is Bubble Guppies, and the cutest part is that K can't seem to say the name correctly. Thus, we usually hear "Gubble Buppies." She asks almost every night, 'Can I go watch Gubble Buppies in bed upstairs?" She just knows we don't want to watch it on the TV in the living room.
- getting quite good with her coloring. She now demands to use specific colors when she used to be fine with any crayons we gave her, and has started tracing her hand (though not well....). She loves her Bubble Guppies coloring book. This kid goes in and out of these phases like clock- work.
- Has started using a couple phrases that I know she learned from me but I wish she didn't. Ex: "Kathryn, why is there chalk all over the chair?" "Mommy, that happens!" Ex 2: "Why don't you want to get your jammies on?" "'Cause I don't!" I'd started telling her some things just "happen" when she would stump me on a "why" question. And I'd use "Cause I don't!" when she would ask me things like "Why you not wanna go to Shaw's?" and I'd be fed up with the line of questioning. Didn't think she would throw either back in my face!
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