The last few weeks have been really, really fun with Elena. She is growing and changing so fast! In the last few weeks she has started really talking, and she laughs, if you catch her in the right mood. It's funny because if she giggles once, Josh or I will make a complete idiot of ourself trying to get her to laugh more! I haven't managed to catch it on video yet, but I'm trying! She's also really figured out that she has hands, and she reaches for everything. Of course, as soon as she gets anything, she sticks it straight in her mouth. Her aim isn't great, and she really has no idea that if it's the size of her head, it's not fitting in her mouth! It's fun to watch her try, though! :) She's trying really hard to roll over... she can go from front to back if the mood strikes her, but she hasn't quite managed back to front yet. Still trying to get that on video, too, but if she does it once or twice, I grab the camera, and then she refuses to do it again! So, stay tuned...
We started her on rice cereal, as you could see from the previous entries. It's awful cute, and I love feeding her, but it didn't really help her sleep through the night. She's started doing that on her own again, mostly. However, starting about a week after we started giving it to her she stopped pooping! She didn't seem to upset about it; it didn't really bother her, and she wasn't any fussier than normal. It drove Josh and I crazy, though! I started giving her an ounce of apple juice mixed with an ounce of water, and stopped giving her the rice cereal, and after a couple days of that, she dropped the deuce at daycare. So now we all feel better, and we'll just wait to start the cereal again until after our doctor's appointment next week.
Anyway, here are my favorite pictures from the last couple of weeks, excluding the pics Jess took that I put in the other post, and the City Museum pictures that are on the other blog. I tried to find ones that showed her new tricks! So, enjoy...
Trying desperately to roll over, and to shove her mirror into her mouth!
Daddy got to feed her, too!
In the adorable dog hat...
She really loves the rice cereal... after just a few times of feeding her, she started opening her mouth when she saw the spoon. In this picture I'm holding it above her head so she'll look up and open her mouth for the picture! Mean Mommy...
Watching herself in her tummy time mirror. She really doesn't mind tummy time now that she's better at holding her head up. In fact, she almost likes it more than just laying on her back.
Check out the cool shades one of Josh's coworkers got her!
What a sweet grin!
Trying to roll over again!
4 comments:
That picture of her awaiting her rice with her mouth open is priceless!! Hey, sometimes you gotta make the baby do tricks for the camera!!
Liz, we had the same problem with the whole rice cereal and pooping thing. When she is 6 months old you can give her prunes which REALLY helps ;)
She's precious!
Apparently apple juice is a constipator too...my doc said pear is way better. Pears and Prunes are the best for unplugging. Try mixing her cereal with a little pear juice. That seems to help Charlotte. Love the pics. I was waiting very patiently for that update :)
she is so cute! I can't believe how big she is getting!
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