5 1/2 Months - BONUS POST :)

Just a quick note to say that yesterday she rolled from her back to her tummy again, then she rolled from her tummy to her back! So she's done it!! So REALLY cannot leave her just anywhere now...

Also, she had REAL solid foods for the first time today! She's had cereal for a couple of months, but today she had some pureed yams. Tried just the yams pureed with some water but she didn't like that too much, started gagging a little and spitting it out. Added some of her cereal to it and she stopped spitting it out! She was gagging a little bit, but been told that's normal when trying new textures. By the end she wasn't gagging at all. So she did about a tablespoon and a half her first try, not bad at all!

Anyhow, that's it for now...

Anna signing off with both Naomi and Nanook having a nap...and off to clean up the leftover yams...

5 1/2 Months

She did it!! She's been trying so hard for about a month now, but she finally rolled over! She was lying on her back on the blanket and I was working away on the computer and I looked over and she was happily singing away on her tummy! She probably thought I was crazy because I jumped over there and started saying how amazing she was...but she knew she did something good because she started smiling and laughing. She couldn't quite figure out how to get back onto her back, but it's a start. So my days of just lying her down on a blanket on the floor while I get things done around the house are officially over, she's now mobile! Oh well, worth the trade off that's for sure!

We have also learned that the voice that she had before was just a small fraction of what she was able to do...she has been babbling, squeaking and screeching away for the last few days. One time she had been in bed for half an hour or so then decided that she didn't want to sleep yet so started singing away in her crib until we went and got her then when we had her on her blanket downstairs she started screeching and screaming with delight - she had found her voice and wanted to use it! I'm sure our neighbours were not super thrilled that she decided to do this a midnight, but there wasn't much we could do about it! Hopefully they were all upstairs in their bedrooms and the sound didn't travel up and then through the walls to easily...

Other than that we're hoping to get her eating things other than cereal soon, she's got the cereal down pat! Gave her a serving that I thought was huge yesterday only to have her want more as soon as she was done...so she got more and ate it all happily. So we'll have to get her onto some other foods.

She has stepped back a bit for another thing. She's started waking up at night about every other day for the past couple of weeks. Our best guess as to why is that she's learning so many things she just gets excited and wants to keep practicing them. But fortunately she's been falling back asleep decently well after a quick snack each time...hopefully that will stay like that! We're also trying different napping times and seeing if that does anything, we'll find out I guess.

We did have a nice visit with a couple of my cousins as well. Saturday was my Aunt and Uncle's 5th wedding anniversary so we took their 2 1/2 month old and 3 year old for a night. It was quite an experience to have 2 young babies and one toddler for about 24 hours, having just Naomi seems so much easier after that! But it was really a blast and we all had a great time. I think Dania, the 3 year old, had a great sleep Saturday night when she got home after 2 days of non-stop play! And Leyla just napped the time away. :) A cute picture of Leyla and Naomi from a visit a few days before their stay is below.

That's all for now...Anna signing off with Nanook keeping watch at the window and Naomi swinging away for her afternoon nap...

5 Months and 1 day

It's been a little bit since writing, but not too much "new" stuff. We've been spending a lot of time with family for Christmas functions and such and she's had fun showing off, meeting new people and just being her usual cute self.

Her interest in food has not slown down. She's really figured out the whole cereal thing and instead of encouraging her to open her mouth each time so we can quickly shove the spoon in it's been a willing wide open mouth for each spoonful - even when there's none left! She has more than once requested a second helping of cereal...when Mom's said "All done!" she responded with a whining cry so we made her more and she downed it. So she's been pretty hungry, almost every night now she wants it.

She still hasn't rolled over, but trying harder and harder. She has come super close so many times but just misses that last little "oomf" to finish it off. Still not huge on her tummy time has slown down the rolling over as well...but she loves lying on her blanket with all her toys!

A new toy that she's gotten that she's been enjoying is her Jumperoo. Grandpapa got that for her for Christmas and she's had a blast. Still has not completely figured out the jumping part yet, more just playing with the toys on it...but every now and then you hear the music that plays when she starts jumping.

That's all for now I guess, we're still looking forward to going to the Mom and Tot's group again soon to see how much weight she's gained in the last month - it's been about a month since the last time that we went so we're all curious to see how much she's gained, we suspect a decent amount.

Anna signing off with Adam snoring in the chair next to me, Naomi having yet another nap in the swing and Nanook and the rest of the Kouwenberg's here in Sooke hanging out somewhere else in the house...