The baby food is an everyday occurrence, 3x's a day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner). I am learning how to spoon feed as much as she is learning to be spoon fed :). At the end of every meal we are both a mess! Within the past 2 weeks she has learned to blow raspberries with a mouth full of food - awesome! If Ryan is not feeding her, it best he is not in her view because all she wants to do is laugh and smile. Its cute and he loves it but all my effort of getting the food into her mouth is quickly lost. With the crack of a smile the food pours down her face. Its really a site to see. So far we have tried; peas, carrots, bananas, applesauce, sweet potatoes, apple blueberry, strawberry banana, and last but not least...green beans. She still isn't thrilled out the green beans and prefers everything chilled rather than warm. A friend suggested I try the oatmeal rather than the rice cereal. She did better with it but again she prefers it chilled. A learning process for the 3 of us.
About a month ago she would try to hold her bottle but she has definitely improved. She use to pull it out and jab it in her eye :) ..and now she actually holds it but gets lazy and drops it. "The Nuk" (pacificer) is another object she has learned to pull out and put it back in on her own. It takes some serious concentration but can get it accomplished.
Over the weekend - Saturday morning, Ryan got up with Ms. Sunshine at 6:30a to let me catch up on a few zzzz's. Lets just stay I wasn't able to get much more sleep. Lily has definitely discovered her voice. After breakfast and her bottle each morning she goes in her swing in the living room to let her belly settle before we begin to play. While she was resting her belly she was strongly exercising her vocal cords! She talks and screams up a storm now!!!!!At daycare she is now big enough to go in the "jumperoo". For those of you that don't know what that is... its a little seat her legs dangle from that is attached to bungee cords. It allows them to bounce/jump and strengthen their legs. In her infant room they have a few of these and its is quite hysterical to witness. When the babies are in them, they face the jumpers at each other and the babies go CrAzY. Its looks like a "real life" Rock'em Sock'em Robots Game!
Wiggle Worm...she is rolling over and no longer able to be left unattended. She rolled over a while ago but now if she is on the changing table, in the bouncer chair, bath tub, ect...it only take one strong push with her little leg and she quickly flops over. When she is on her back she is constantly grabbing at her toes (makes it quite easy for diaper changes). She is constantly trying to sit up; and can if you just hold her hand. It's only a matter of time before I turn my head and she does it on her own.
General update
weight - 15.5 (3wks ago at a dr. visit)
sleeps - 7p-6a
eats - 3 jars of baby food with 5 bottles through out a day
hair - finally coming back in after the cradle cap - AND ITS RED :)
clothes - bust out of the 6 mos and into the 9 mos. Some tops still fit but the pants are too short.
