Monday, March 21, 2005
One more tooth is still attempting to pop out. Isabelle has been in good mood thus far, but you can tell she is not herself.
She has suddenly taken to sleeping almost through the night. Amazing!
She is also eating more food now. It’s a battle to serve her food with a spoon, though she loves feeding herself. Yesterday I gave up and let her take the spoon with the food and server herself. It makes a terrible mess, but it’s better than the screeching.
This past week she discovered she loves these Gerber finger food – sweet potatoe star puffs. She is mastering picking them up using her thumb and forefinger.
Crawling is improving daily. She is now able to get over little bumps in the road. Often times she just goes exploring the house, without me. She’ll just take off. I’ll either find her playing in a corner somewhere or with the curtain we have dividing the hallway and family room.
Bella habits:
-feeding self, and grabbing spoon
-getting SO excited when I feed her before bed
-stretching, arching back in morning after I feed her
-feeding self with finger foods (especially bread)
Bella Milestones:
-1st time sleeping through night from 7:00 to 6:00 (3.18.05)
-1st time going up step (3.15.05)
-2nd set of top teeth (3.13.05)
-1st backpack ride with dad (3.13.05)
-1st time pulling self up to feet (3.12.05)
-top teeth (3.2.05)
-first trip in backpack (3.2.05)
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
3rd set of teeth coming in (3.13.05)!! Top teeth. Four coming in at once! Very little sleep and irregular naps.
Isabelle is getting really fast at crawling now. I need to watch her all the time. She roams the house whenever possible. She now remembers various parts of the house or anything in particular that she wants to explore (such as the cat bowl, boxes of papers in my office, magazines, the bathroom wastebasket, the plant pots, etc.)
She has also discovered how to pull herself up on her feet. She first did it on our couch. I’m amazed watching her, because I can see how she learns each time she does something new.
Isabelle is becoming a bit more clingy and needy. She often crawls over to my legs now. I’m not sure if it’s because she is in pain from the teeth, or a new stage.
Loves mashed potatoes.
Bella habits:
-pulling off bib
-grinding teeth together
Sunday, March 6, 2005
New teeth coming in!! We were wondering why she was waking ay night. It’s her top ones peeking through. In fact, she may be getting all four on top.
This past week we visited with her Larrivee cousins. Her cousin Joe, just 5 months older fascinated her. I was hoping he would not teach bella to walk. She certainly learned to crawl much faster though. Bruises are now all around her knees.
The mohawk is almost gone. She only has sticky-outies in the back.
Bella LOVES bread.
Bella habits:
-makes mmmm noises when eating crackers
-is all over the place in the highchair
Bella Milestones:
-top teeth (3.2.05)
-first trip in backpack (3.2.05)
-sitting in sink by self, with no seat (2.28.05)
-first official crawl (2.20.05)
-first time sleeping through night (2.3.05)
-first solid poop – yuck! (2.1.05)
-first solid food (1.29.05)
-sitting without help (first time 1.18.05)
-first night in her crib (1.4.05)
-pulling foot towards mouth (12.21.04)
-sucking her thumb outside of the cradle (12.8.04)
-first 2 new bottom teeth (12.3.04)
-4 months: 13lbs. 14oz. (11.13.04)
-baptized (10.10.04)
-first hike (10.05)
-2 months: 11lbs. 4oz. 22 inches (9.21.04)