G's got teeth. Well, at least one, or half of one. It's starting to poke out on the bottom, the left front tooth. We're excited, but a little sad at the same time. Our baby is growing up.
Oh, and she can say "ttt" sounds now too. It's a race to see whether she will talk or walk first, she's been really practicing at both.
Showing posts with label talking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label talking. Show all posts
Monday, November 17, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Day at the Doctor's
So G's been having some drama lately...
Last night we had quite a scare. G seemed like she needed to poop while we were feeding her dinner, so we took her out of her high chair and put her on the toilet. She managed to poop, which we were very happy about. The bad news was that she seemed to strain quite hard and had a tiny bit of bleeding. We immediately called the advice nurse, and was told that we didn't need to come in but to give her a baking soda (or salt) soak to help heal her bottom and to give her more foods to "soften" her up.
So, after struggling all week about whether G really had ringworm, I decided to take her back to her regular pediatrician today for a second opinion and to check on her backside. The good news is that she did not think G's rash looked like ringworm at all. The bad news is that she is actually only 13 lbs 13 oz. Today's weigh in was with a digital scale, and the one that is usually used to weigh her. The scale from last week was an older free weight scale, which apparently can make a big difference. So instead of being in the 8th percentile, she's below the 1st percentile. The doctor wants us to up her solid feedings to 3 times a day and eventually increasing to 2-3 snacks as well, and says we can introduce new foods every 2-3 days (we had been doing 1-2 new foods each week). So G is no longer on a "new food hiatus" and this afternoon we gave her yogurt. Later this week we will try pears.
After her doctor's appointment was over, I waited to get a copy of her immunization records (it's what airlines use for baby identification), and E went to work. A few minutes later I headed for the car only to realize that E had my car keys! To make matters worse, last week E's phone stopped working, so I had no way to call him until he got to work. So I left him a message and sat with G on a bench under the trees and looked at flowers. Then we went back inside the office so I could feed her. All this time, I was repeatedly calling E's work to see if he was in yet. Before I had finished nursing G, E walked in the door. He apparently hadn't made it to work yet but had stopped somewhere to pick up some lunch and when he was going back to the car he realized he had two sets of keys in his pocket. All was good, and G and I headed home while E headed back to work.
After her nap and feeding, we heard a lot of noise outside the house. The city was trimming our tree because I had called earlier in the week after noticing that a branch had cracked after the latest storm and was resting comfortably on our roof. G was fascinated watching the 4 workers with their 2 chainsaws, sawing and dropping and dragging and woodchipping huge chunks of tree branches. They will be back again in the next few days to finish up the tree trimming.
Oh, and while feeding G, I am fairly certain she said "mamama". I've been trying very hard these last few days to get her to combine her "mmmm" sound with her "aaaa" sound. I think I have been successful.
Last night we had quite a scare. G seemed like she needed to poop while we were feeding her dinner, so we took her out of her high chair and put her on the toilet. She managed to poop, which we were very happy about. The bad news was that she seemed to strain quite hard and had a tiny bit of bleeding. We immediately called the advice nurse, and was told that we didn't need to come in but to give her a baking soda (or salt) soak to help heal her bottom and to give her more foods to "soften" her up.
So, after struggling all week about whether G really had ringworm, I decided to take her back to her regular pediatrician today for a second opinion and to check on her backside. The good news is that she did not think G's rash looked like ringworm at all. The bad news is that she is actually only 13 lbs 13 oz. Today's weigh in was with a digital scale, and the one that is usually used to weigh her. The scale from last week was an older free weight scale, which apparently can make a big difference. So instead of being in the 8th percentile, she's below the 1st percentile. The doctor wants us to up her solid feedings to 3 times a day and eventually increasing to 2-3 snacks as well, and says we can introduce new foods every 2-3 days (we had been doing 1-2 new foods each week). So G is no longer on a "new food hiatus" and this afternoon we gave her yogurt. Later this week we will try pears.
After her doctor's appointment was over, I waited to get a copy of her immunization records (it's what airlines use for baby identification), and E went to work. A few minutes later I headed for the car only to realize that E had my car keys! To make matters worse, last week E's phone stopped working, so I had no way to call him until he got to work. So I left him a message and sat with G on a bench under the trees and looked at flowers. Then we went back inside the office so I could feed her. All this time, I was repeatedly calling E's work to see if he was in yet. Before I had finished nursing G, E walked in the door. He apparently hadn't made it to work yet but had stopped somewhere to pick up some lunch and when he was going back to the car he realized he had two sets of keys in his pocket. All was good, and G and I headed home while E headed back to work.
After her nap and feeding, we heard a lot of noise outside the house. The city was trimming our tree because I had called earlier in the week after noticing that a branch had cracked after the latest storm and was resting comfortably on our roof. G was fascinated watching the 4 workers with their 2 chainsaws, sawing and dropping and dragging and woodchipping huge chunks of tree branches. They will be back again in the next few days to finish up the tree trimming.
Oh, and while feeding G, I am fairly certain she said "mamama". I've been trying very hard these last few days to get her to combine her "mmmm" sound with her "aaaa" sound. I think I have been successful.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
The crib is down
all the way down... after she gave us that scare (but not so much so that we didn't take a pic of it) of her standing up in her crib. We took the bumper off and the mattress off and lowered her crib to the bottom setting. This took quite a bit of effort, as the holes didn't seem to line up as nicely as for the middle and top settings. It's a bit harder to slide the side rail up and down because the mattress is now up against where you're supposed to push in to hook and unhook it (apparently it's Daddy-proof). It's also harder to put her down into the crib because you have to bend your back a bit to get her in (ok, that's only my problem for being height-challenged). We'll adjust...
In other news, she's been practicing her "d" and hard "th" sounds (as in "the" not "thumb") as well as "y". It almost sounded like she said "daddy" but it came out as "dadadathadathathadadee" or something similar.
Sunday we were out the entire day, from 10-9, so no diapers saved today, it was an all disposable day, sad for the environment.
In other news, she's been practicing her "d" and hard "th" sounds (as in "the" not "thumb") as well as "y". It almost sounded like she said "daddy" but it came out as "dadadathadathathadadee" or something similar.
Sunday we were out the entire day, from 10-9, so no diapers saved today, it was an all disposable day, sad for the environment.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
New words
oooooo-bbbbbb-aaaaaa-mmmmm-aaaaaa
ok, G can't put all those sounds together YET, but they are all sounds she can make.
E & S are very happy.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Sleeping on the Beach
Capitola was great. Relaxing, nice weather, great retreat. We kind of spoiled G by letting her sleep in our bed for many of her naps. Can you even find her in the huge king-sized bed?I wanted to take G to the beach to see, and maybe touch, the ocean. Many people live their whole lives never seeing the ocean, so it's a reminder to me of how blessed we are to live where we do. I had bought her a cute bathing suit also, giraffe print, with board shorts. However, the beach was freezing Sunday morning (it was warm and nice Saturday afternoon when I went by myself). So G saw the ocean, briefly...
...before she fell asleep. I guess she was bundled warm enough.
Yes, G was wearing her A's outfit for Daddy. She also surprised him with a photo of her in her A's gear, asking Daddy to take her to a game (E's request for a Father's Day present). G (with Mommy's help) also surprised Daddy with a framed scrapbook collage of photos of them together doing different things. It was a good Father's Day.
So, what's the latest with G this week? She's not rolling over as much, but talking up a storm. She's discovered her vocal chords can make sounds of all different pitches. Soon she will be out-talking E. We're finally (mostly) ready for G to resume transitioning to her crib. She had slept in it successfully a few times, but because of a few mishaps (spit ups, messed up bumpers), we've had to put a hold on transitioning her. Our new strategy includes putting on several layers of crib sheets alternating with spit up cloths. This way, if (when) she spits up, we can just pull off a layer (or two) and be good to go. We are also doing away with keeping her crib pristine. If there's spit up on the crib skirt or bumper, so be it. We can try to spot treat it, and maybe once in a while clean it, but we no longer feel the need to have every bit of spit up washed immediately.
Today, I had to drive to SF with G. My cell phone died over the weekend, and since I bought it while we were still living up there, I had to go back to the same store. Luckily, they are really nice to deal with. I have a loaner phone until mine gets fixed. It was an hour drive each way, roughly totalling $18 in gas. It was fun, though, to take G around the "old neighborhood", showing her where we used to live, and walking around the familiar streets with her.
Monday, April 21, 2008
8 weeks!
It's amazing how time seems to fly by. G is 8 weeks old today. She's starting to outgrow her newborn clothes, the ones that fit her just right before are now tight when she stretches her legs and a little short on the arms.
G is no longer spitting up all the time (she still spits up but so much less than before) so we have not been putting bibs on her as much. She can sleep bib-free now too. The other advantage to sleeping bib-free is that she has graduated to a "bigger baby swaddle" which looks like this: We have been doing this so that she can suck on her
hand or finger if she half wakes up, just like in this pic. Except that right after I took this photo, she woke up and it took me 40 minutes to get her back to sleep, she was so overtired.
What was she tired from since this was taken just this morning? She had a long tummy-time session this morning on her play mat after reading her new book. Here's a recreation of her 120 (that's an almost roll over):
Her starting position:
Where she ended up:
Other milestones for this week: She's starting to smile more, and bigger smiles too. I'll try to find a good photo of one later. She's also grabbing and reaching for stuff. Things she's reached for, Mommy's face, Daddy's face. She's also talking more and sticking her tongue out more, seemlingly to taste stuff (like her bib, her sleeve, her finger, Daddy or Mommy's shirt or arm , etc.
G is no longer spitting up all the time (she still spits up but so much less than before) so we have not been putting bibs on her as much. She can sleep bib-free now too. The other advantage to sleeping bib-free is that she has graduated to a "bigger baby swaddle" which looks like this: We have been doing this so that she can suck on her
hand or finger if she half wakes up, just like in this pic. Except that right after I took this photo, she woke up and it took me 40 minutes to get her back to sleep, she was so overtired.What was she tired from since this was taken just this morning? She had a long tummy-time session this morning on her play mat after reading her new book. Here's a recreation of her 120 (that's an almost roll over):
Her starting position:
Where she ended up:
Other milestones for this week: She's starting to smile more, and bigger smiles too. I'll try to find a good photo of one later. She's also grabbing and reaching for stuff. Things she's reached for, Mommy's face, Daddy's face. She's also talking more and sticking her tongue out more, seemlingly to taste stuff (like her bib, her sleeve, her finger, Daddy or Mommy's shirt or arm , etc.
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