13 October 2005
RAINA SITS UP ALL BY HERSELF!!!!! On Sunday, we sat Raina up in the boppy during football, and we were impressed by the fact that she was sitting up on occasion. She practiced a lot at daycare on Monday, and then was ready to show off to the Parents as Teachers evaluator Monday afternoon. Ever since then, she has been increasing the amount of time that she can sit unsupported. She uses the other hand / arm as a balance method like a trapeze artist. She has rather pristine posture and she seems very proud of herself. And we are quite proud of her as well -- supposedly babies are not expected to sit up unsupported until 8 months or so. Raina has other babies beat by 3 months! We wonder if that means she'll walk before she crawls because she likes to be upright so much.
She also discovered her feet in the recent weeks and really enjoys holding on to them and occasionally sucking on her fingers while she holds on to her feet. She also is prone to pull off her socks. Raina explores a lot -- she likes to grab at hair and noses and lips and glasses. She picks items up with both hands now; she uses both hands in concert, which is very exciting. She transfers items from hand to hand as well and doesn't club items as much. She seems much more intentional with her hand motions.
On Sunday, Raina also tried "real food" (i.e., baby cereal) for the first time. We worried that she wouldn't like it all, but our worries were totally unjustified. She was VERY eager to eat anything that we put in front of her and seemed upset that feeding was over. Rather than wait patiently for us to put the spoon in her mouth, Raina juts her head forward and pounces on the spoon. As a result, not all of the food actually makes it to the desired destination; she has a pronounced cereal moustache at the end of each feeding.
Raina has a hand-me-down Cardinals outfit that she's wearing in honor of the National League championship series. Go Cards! It's not tremendously flattering to her figure though. Raina's hands seem bigger than in the last few weeks -- maybe she's growing again. When we see her everyday, it's very difficult to gauge her individual growth.
She also discovered her feet in the recent weeks and really enjoys holding on to them and occasionally sucking on her fingers while she holds on to her feet. She also is prone to pull off her socks. Raina explores a lot -- she likes to grab at hair and noses and lips and glasses. She picks items up with both hands now; she uses both hands in concert, which is very exciting. She transfers items from hand to hand as well and doesn't club items as much. She seems much more intentional with her hand motions.
On Sunday, Raina also tried "real food" (i.e., baby cereal) for the first time. We worried that she wouldn't like it all, but our worries were totally unjustified. She was VERY eager to eat anything that we put in front of her and seemed upset that feeding was over. Rather than wait patiently for us to put the spoon in her mouth, Raina juts her head forward and pounces on the spoon. As a result, not all of the food actually makes it to the desired destination; she has a pronounced cereal moustache at the end of each feeding.
Raina has a hand-me-down Cardinals outfit that she's wearing in honor of the National League championship series. Go Cards! It's not tremendously flattering to her figure though. Raina's hands seem bigger than in the last few weeks -- maybe she's growing again. When we see her everyday, it's very difficult to gauge her individual growth.
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