Well it finally happened. After two weeks of rocking back and forth on her arms and legs (a trick she learned at school), she finally gave it a go and started crawling. Time to make the rounds at Babies R Us and load up on defensive gear, including toilet bowl lid latches, outlet plug protectors, table guards, cabinet locks, and possibly a lifetime supply of bubble wrap to cover the entire second floor. (There is no carpet on that level of the house.)
In the meantime we've finally converted the pack-n-play in the living room into its intended purpose as a
She now has two bottom teeth, but despite her body showing its readiness for 'real' food, she continues to dislike 75% of what we feed her. Such a picky palette. We are still on stage 1 baby foods too; I haven't had any success getting her to try the stage 2 foods. Every time I offer her a bite of something from stage 2 she gags and pukes. I'm afraid since she spent the first 4 months of her life constantly throwing up she has developed a very sensitive gag reflex. (Ok she might have just inherited that from me too. I have a big red flag on my dental chart that labels me as 'gag risk.' I start to gag as soon as the technician walks in the room with those mouth xray things...) Obviously I haven't even tried to give her any 'real' food yet, only the jarred baby food.
School has been going ok. She now understands what it means when I hand her over to the teacher, and she immediately starts crying. [Insert mommy guilt here]. But I know she doesn't cry for long; as soon as I get outside and can peek in the window she's distracted with toys and happily playing away. And when I arrive to pick her up she's happily playing away, but as soon as she spots me she bursts into tears again.
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| It was all fun and games in the bye bye buggy until she spotted me at pickup. And then a chain reaction of crying ensued... |
Crazy kid. In between crying at dropoff and pickup though I know she's having a good time. The teachers are great about taking pictures and shared a few of Caroline playing at school.
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| Here lemme show you how this works.... |
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| playing a rousing game of 'roll the ball' |
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| her favorite pose: "hey there sailor..." |
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| from 'meet the teacher' night |
She still loves her 'fishies' and trips to the zoo, so we celebrated her 7 month birthday at the zoo since the weather was so nice. If I had a nickel for every time someone stopped us while we're out and about to say 'oh what a cute baby!' I would be a millionaire! Ah but who needs millions when I'm already blessed with a beautiful healthy baby?
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| FISHIES!! |
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| seeing this same exhibit over and over never gets old to her... |
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| Little does she know these beautiful stinging devils were the bane of my childhood existence at the beach. |
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| always a fan of the goats! |
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| ready for church! |
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