28 November 2005
Raina took her first long-distance car trip this weekend. Her parents were quite intelligent, maximizing the trip for maximum Raina sleepage. Leaving at 2:30 in the morning and returning at 11:00 at night, the plan went flawlessly -- except for a slight detour and wrong turn near Bowling Green. The families were excited to see Raina and she got lots of attention and very little "playing on her own" time. In celebration of Thanksgiving, Raina ate sweet potatoes and rice cereal. We learned all too late that we could have fed her turkey and turkey broth.
Raina has the strength to stand up from a sitting position, but not the balance. She has the forearm / hand strength to hang from daddy's thumbs for an extremely short period of time. Both of these achievements make Raina very proud of herself. Raina easily goes from the sitting position to the upright belly position, but she has no capability to reverse the direction. She also can scoot backwards and spin around while on her belly -- this mostly frustrates her and results in a fair amount of whining sounds.
Raina poops ALL THE TIME and she OVERFLOWS her diaper without regard for, well, anything. We're not certain if she's sick, gastrointestionally ill, or just changing her pattern due to feedings. While none are huge, they still all leak out her diaper. We are trying a new diaper as a result.
Raina is sick again. She has sneezed very impressive volumes of snot out her nose -- sometimes hanging all the way down to her chin and shirt.
She eats 5-6 Tbsp of cereal and a whole jar of baby food twice a day. She's chunking up. She is, finally, refusing food and will look pitifully on as Eric tries to stuff even more rice cereal down her throat. But she rarely, if ever, refuses the tasty food like peas, carrots, or peaches.
She is learning cause and effect. She knows that hitting the button will sometimes reward her with sounds and flashy lights. She also likes to drop things, watch them fall, and then bend over to pick them up. She then repeats the action continuously until distracted. She likes books again, because she's dextrous enough to turn the pages on her own. It's a delight for her to change the view of her surroundings.
She's also crazy droolly. She has her two bottom teeth and the upper ones are there, but just have yet to cut through. They've caused her a few nights of pain, and we went and purchased baby teething stuff to stop her pain. We think the Tylenol knocked her out before the "teething tablets" had a chance.
Raina has the strength to stand up from a sitting position, but not the balance. She has the forearm / hand strength to hang from daddy's thumbs for an extremely short period of time. Both of these achievements make Raina very proud of herself. Raina easily goes from the sitting position to the upright belly position, but she has no capability to reverse the direction. She also can scoot backwards and spin around while on her belly -- this mostly frustrates her and results in a fair amount of whining sounds.
Raina poops ALL THE TIME and she OVERFLOWS her diaper without regard for, well, anything. We're not certain if she's sick, gastrointestionally ill, or just changing her pattern due to feedings. While none are huge, they still all leak out her diaper. We are trying a new diaper as a result.
Raina is sick again. She has sneezed very impressive volumes of snot out her nose -- sometimes hanging all the way down to her chin and shirt.
She eats 5-6 Tbsp of cereal and a whole jar of baby food twice a day. She's chunking up. She is, finally, refusing food and will look pitifully on as Eric tries to stuff even more rice cereal down her throat. But she rarely, if ever, refuses the tasty food like peas, carrots, or peaches.
She is learning cause and effect. She knows that hitting the button will sometimes reward her with sounds and flashy lights. She also likes to drop things, watch them fall, and then bend over to pick them up. She then repeats the action continuously until distracted. She likes books again, because she's dextrous enough to turn the pages on her own. It's a delight for her to change the view of her surroundings.
She's also crazy droolly. She has her two bottom teeth and the upper ones are there, but just have yet to cut through. They've caused her a few nights of pain, and we went and purchased baby teething stuff to stop her pain. We think the Tylenol knocked her out before the "teething tablets" had a chance.
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