7 July 2006
Eric and Krystal took their very first trip away from the baby (we went to San Francisco/Palo Alto) and had a wonderful time. We could not anticipate what being away from Raina would be like -- or how she would react -- but it was surprisingly glorious. For us and her, we think. She seemed tremendously excited to have other people in the house, and we were happy that they seemed to know what they were doing. It was also interesting to be with other babies/toddlers and note that ours would do the EXACT SAME THINGS and make the same sounds. Kinda creepy.
Raina contracted pinkeye again, this time from Stephanie. She also contracted roseola (fever and rash), while dad had hand foot and mouth disease, and mom got a cold and poison ivy. It has not been a healthy month for the Whomptons.
Raina enjoys spending time home with mom as of late. Our routine includes taking a stroller trip in the morning, going to the Y, taking a nap, taking a trip somewhere in the afternoon, and then generally ignoring the baby until bedtime. She's so much better at communicating what she wants: just fetching her shoes is an amazing amount of communication! And she does this spastic panting excited thing when we find what we're looking for, or we parents finally grab whatever it is that she's been pointing at for the last five minutes. With the real hope of communication, we're trying baby signs. Raina did the sign for "more" canteloupe, and she occasionally sniffs at flowers, but that's it so far. We're done about three days worth of signing; I have no idea how long this experiment is supposed to take before ample rewards start coming out of our baby's hands and brain.
Raina goes to bed, pretty much on her own. We do the routine of finding her loveys, and then we place in crib and walk away. Amazing. She also likes to help clean and will actively pick up certain things if given tremendous amounts of guidance. She'll even try to sweep, and she certainly makes a mess of using the broom. Additionally, she pushes her high chair back into proper position in the room.
Raina actively and forcefully uses the "uh-oh" vocabulary word. She likes to drop things on purpose just so she can say it. Sometimes she says it and then realizes she hasn't yet dropped the item. Time delay.
Raina contracted pinkeye again, this time from Stephanie. She also contracted roseola (fever and rash), while dad had hand foot and mouth disease, and mom got a cold and poison ivy. It has not been a healthy month for the Whomptons.
Raina enjoys spending time home with mom as of late. Our routine includes taking a stroller trip in the morning, going to the Y, taking a nap, taking a trip somewhere in the afternoon, and then generally ignoring the baby until bedtime. She's so much better at communicating what she wants: just fetching her shoes is an amazing amount of communication! And she does this spastic panting excited thing when we find what we're looking for, or we parents finally grab whatever it is that she's been pointing at for the last five minutes. With the real hope of communication, we're trying baby signs. Raina did the sign for "more" canteloupe, and she occasionally sniffs at flowers, but that's it so far. We're done about three days worth of signing; I have no idea how long this experiment is supposed to take before ample rewards start coming out of our baby's hands and brain.
Raina goes to bed, pretty much on her own. We do the routine of finding her loveys, and then we place in crib and walk away. Amazing. She also likes to help clean and will actively pick up certain things if given tremendous amounts of guidance. She'll even try to sweep, and she certainly makes a mess of using the broom. Additionally, she pushes her high chair back into proper position in the room.
Raina actively and forcefully uses the "uh-oh" vocabulary word. She likes to drop things on purpose just so she can say it. Sometimes she says it and then realizes she hasn't yet dropped the item. Time delay.
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