Here I am on my 9 month birthday!
Thursday, January 17, 2008
9 Months Old!
This week I turned 9 months old and yesterday was my 9-month check up. I was so happy because there were NO SHOTS! I now weigh 22 pounds, 4 ounces and I am 28 1/2 inches tall. I am growing like a weed, or as Mommy says, like a beautiful flower. The doctor said I can start trying to eat cheese and yogurt and other fun things like egg yolks and cheerios. I don't know what anyof that stuff tastes like but I bet it tastes better than the totally nasty Gerber 2nd Foods Beef Dinner Mommy tried to feed me a few days ago! YUCK!
Here I am on my 9 month birthday!
Here I am on my 9 month birthday!
Sunday, January 13, 2008
The Creepy Crawly Thing at Our House
Nope, it's not some little bug or critter...it's ME! For the last several weeks I have been "creeping" and crawling backwards. In the past week I decided to go ahead and start crawling forwards. I had considered just learning to walk without bothering to crawl, but I changed my mind. Now I crawl all over the place! And I am fast. Quick as a wink I can be across the living room and on my way to grabbing all kinds of things I shouldn't have!
Book-Loving Baby
I LOVE books! They are one of my favorite things to play with. I love to hold them and turn the pages and pretend I am reading them. One time I was having trouble turning the page in one of my board books, and Mommy turned it for me. WELL! That just wouldn't do! I slammed the book shut and opened it again by myself. I am a really good reader and I love my books. And here's a secret...I love to EAT them! They are really tasty. But don't tell Mommy and Daddy because they always tell me not to eat my books. I don't get it! I eat all of my other toys! Here I am enjoying some of my books:
For Christmas Grammy Katie sent me a really cool book called Who's That Baby? New Baby Songs by Sharon Creech and David Diaz. This "new baby song" must have been written just for me:
Books
They plop me on their laps
and open up the books
and read-read-read
in up-and-down voices.
I have no idea
what they are saying
but I like the sounds
of their up-and-down voices.
And I love the swirly pictures
which I try to touch
and lick
but they tell me
I should not
eat
the book.
For Christmas Grammy Katie sent me a really cool book called Who's That Baby? New Baby Songs by Sharon Creech and David Diaz. This "new baby song" must have been written just for me:
Books
They plop me on their laps
and open up the books
and read-read-read
in up-and-down voices.
I have no idea
what they are saying
but I like the sounds
of their up-and-down voices.
And I love the swirly pictures
which I try to touch
and lick
but they tell me
I should not
eat
the book.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Life is Good!
Just check out how cute I am in my Life is Good outfit, a gift from Mommy's friend Traci. She got it for me when she went on a trip to the Adirondack Mountains. Daddy says that someday he will take me camping there. I can't wait!
Friday, January 4, 2008
Not So Sleepless...
Second night in a row of drifting peacefully off to sleep without a peep ~ and she slept 3 1/2 hours before waking up for a snack! Maybe we're getting somewhere...
Three Steps Forward, One Plop Back
Okay, Mommy, enough boring posts about my sleep habits. Now for some EXCITING NEWS!
Yesterday I started WALKING! Not on my own, of course, but yesterday morning at the babysitter's house, with Mommy holding on under my arms, I took three steps forward and then plopped on my bottom. Then later on at home I took several steps back and forth between Mommy and Daddy! This morning I took more steps with Mommy holding on around my waist. I haven't even mastered crawling forward yet, but I think I'll just skip that and start jogging!
Yesterday I started WALKING! Not on my own, of course, but yesterday morning at the babysitter's house, with Mommy holding on under my arms, I took three steps forward and then plopped on my bottom. Then later on at home I took several steps back and forth between Mommy and Daddy! This morning I took more steps with Mommy holding on around my waist. I haven't even mastered crawling forward yet, but I think I'll just skip that and start jogging!
Sleepless in Rochester part 2
From Mommy ~ Okay there have been lots of comments on our sleep habits rant so here is an update:
After her regular bedtime routine of bath, breastfeeding, bedtime stories and lullabies, Annabelle drifted peacefully off to sleep last night without a peep at her usual time of 7:00. She woke up at 10:30 for a snack, then slept until 2:00 when she woke up for another snack. This is just about the exact times of the night before. Lovely! She did have a bit of a blip between 3:15 and 3:45 - NOT crying, but wiggling around and fussing a bit. Her noises were approximately equivalent to the sounds she makes when she is "reading" a book or chewing on a really good tag. So I just listened to her talk and when it started to sound like she was getting upset, I peeked in and rubbed her back for a few minutes. I didn't feed her (my goal is to get her to go at least 3 hours between feedings at night, since she goes at least that long between feedings during the day) and I didn't pick her up. She was able to be soothed by just a few "I love you's" and a little back rub. She was still awake when I went back to bed, but drifted back off to sleep on her own WITHOUT CRYING AT ALL! She slept on until 4:45, ate, and then went back to sleep until 5:45! Hurray!
Also - before people start thinking I am a heartless Mommy, when I say I am letting her cry it out what I mean is I put her in her crib while she is still awake and let her make sleepy noises instead of feeding or holding her until she falls asleep like I used to. If she is actually crying I respond immediately - in spite of reading otherwise in many of the baby sleep books I've studied, I believe that if Annabelle cries it means she needs me and the last thing I want to do is "teach" her that Mommy only comes when she cries during the day. I actually think that letting her cry by herself in her crib is going to give her BAD sleep habits in the long run because she will feel like bed is a sad, lonely place instead of a cozy happy one. Okay, just had to clarify that one. :-)
And finally, to those who have offered lovely lists of advice, in Annabelle's nearly nine months we have tried white noise, no white noise, soothing music, no soothing music, nightlight, no nightlight, co-sleeping, family bed, feeding water instead of milk during the night, etc. etc. Basically everything you can find in a book or a desparately tired Mommy/full-time teacher's brain we have tried. So now we are just trying to stick to a predictable bedtime routine and teach Annabelle to fall asleep happily on her own as much as possible. We'll see how it goes!
After her regular bedtime routine of bath, breastfeeding, bedtime stories and lullabies, Annabelle drifted peacefully off to sleep last night without a peep at her usual time of 7:00. She woke up at 10:30 for a snack, then slept until 2:00 when she woke up for another snack. This is just about the exact times of the night before. Lovely! She did have a bit of a blip between 3:15 and 3:45 - NOT crying, but wiggling around and fussing a bit. Her noises were approximately equivalent to the sounds she makes when she is "reading" a book or chewing on a really good tag. So I just listened to her talk and when it started to sound like she was getting upset, I peeked in and rubbed her back for a few minutes. I didn't feed her (my goal is to get her to go at least 3 hours between feedings at night, since she goes at least that long between feedings during the day) and I didn't pick her up. She was able to be soothed by just a few "I love you's" and a little back rub. She was still awake when I went back to bed, but drifted back off to sleep on her own WITHOUT CRYING AT ALL! She slept on until 4:45, ate, and then went back to sleep until 5:45! Hurray!
Also - before people start thinking I am a heartless Mommy, when I say I am letting her cry it out what I mean is I put her in her crib while she is still awake and let her make sleepy noises instead of feeding or holding her until she falls asleep like I used to. If she is actually crying I respond immediately - in spite of reading otherwise in many of the baby sleep books I've studied, I believe that if Annabelle cries it means she needs me and the last thing I want to do is "teach" her that Mommy only comes when she cries during the day. I actually think that letting her cry by herself in her crib is going to give her BAD sleep habits in the long run because she will feel like bed is a sad, lonely place instead of a cozy happy one. Okay, just had to clarify that one. :-)
And finally, to those who have offered lovely lists of advice, in Annabelle's nearly nine months we have tried white noise, no white noise, soothing music, no soothing music, nightlight, no nightlight, co-sleeping, family bed, feeding water instead of milk during the night, etc. etc. Basically everything you can find in a book or a desparately tired Mommy/full-time teacher's brain we have tried. So now we are just trying to stick to a predictable bedtime routine and teach Annabelle to fall asleep happily on her own as much as possible. We'll see how it goes!
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