Once Amy Grace turned 6 months old, we started introducing some baby food. So far she has tried pears, green beans, and carrots. The pears were first and I think just confused her, but Brent suggested (rightly) that we should probably do veggies first. She loved the green beans and kept pulling the spoon back to her mouth (see video). The carrots, however, did not go over so well. Brent hates cooked carrots too so maybe it is inherited :)
Enjoy the video - the lighting is not great but it's still pretty cute!
Friday, May 22, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Happy 6 Months Amy Grace!
At 6 months, Amy Grace is really on the move! She is working towards crawling and will push herself up on her hands and wiggle in an effort to move forward, but this only makes her move backwards - which produces a lot of frustration :) She could care less about sitting, though. I suspect that it bores her, because why would she want to sit if that involves remaining in one place?
Yay for bathtime!
Here are some recent pics:
I'm going to figure out this crawling thing, and then you guys are in TROUBLE!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Night Night, Dick-a-Dye!
That was a favorite bedtime saying of mine when I was little. Not sure where it came from, but it came back to me one night this week as I was rocking Amy Grace to sleep. Bedtime has become my favorite time of day to spend with her. Ever since she started settling into her own sleeping rhythm, I have taken her through a nightly routine: short bath, lavendar lotion rub-down, pjs, bottle, and then nursing and rocking to sleep. She has SO much fun in the bath tub, and I never tire of watching that excited little girl who kicks like crazy in the bathtub be lulled into sweet dreams just a few minutes later. It is such a precious thing to watch her drift off to sleep curled against my stomach, and it feels wonderful to know that I can provide a sense of security and comfort to her in those last few minutes of her day.
Our routine has also helped her sleep more soundly, I believe. She has been waking up to eat a lot more lately, but I think she may be teething and/or having a growth spurt and needs the extra calories. However, she still sleeps from about 7:30 to 1 or 2 am most nights before she needs to eat. What has been funny is that she does NOT mess around about her bedtime. I usually start her routine around 7 unless she seems tired earlier, but a couple of nights we have been out to dinner with friends around that time. Once the clock starts approaching 7:45 or 8, she has a serious meltdown, as if to say "ok guys, I have had ENOUGH and I am READY FOR BED!!" These meltdowns are the only time since she was a newborn that Amy Grace has truly cried, so you know she means business!
Our routine has also helped her sleep more soundly, I believe. She has been waking up to eat a lot more lately, but I think she may be teething and/or having a growth spurt and needs the extra calories. However, she still sleeps from about 7:30 to 1 or 2 am most nights before she needs to eat. What has been funny is that she does NOT mess around about her bedtime. I usually start her routine around 7 unless she seems tired earlier, but a couple of nights we have been out to dinner with friends around that time. Once the clock starts approaching 7:45 or 8, she has a serious meltdown, as if to say "ok guys, I have had ENOUGH and I am READY FOR BED!!" These meltdowns are the only time since she was a newborn that Amy Grace has truly cried, so you know she means business!
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