I guess Quinn probably wins...she has more Gopher apparel than I do! And she's raising her hand..."pick me, pick me!" I can honestly say when we received this outfit from Beth and Scott a few months ago, I swore it wasn't going to fit for the summer months. But just like everything else in her life thus far...she has again proven me wrong as this outfit is on the verge of being too small already!!!!
I love how she's got her hand up in this picture as if saying, "Mom, no more pictures! Stop already!"
Other Q updates...
She loves to have a variety of toys to choose from when playing. She will usually start with a book or something that rattles. As she gets sleepier, the toys get softer and she'll end with her sucker and she'll give me sleepy eyes. SO, it's usually not too difficult to tell when she's ready for her nap!
Instead of taking 2 long naps, she now takes 3 short naps. Usually from about 9-10:30, 1:30-2:30 and 5-7. She's been making it through most of the night lately. The sun has been coming up about 5:30, so she's up and ready to start her day too! I learned the first night that she really isn't awake at this time. So, we play for about 10-15 minutes (book, diaper change) and then she gets fed and falls alseep nicely until about 7 or 7:30.
She is eating solids 2-3 times per day now. And she's eating them better and with less fuss and playing (there was awhile there where her fingers needed to go in her mouth with every bite). She is still nursing about5-7 times per day. Foods we ate this week so far: baked beans, mashed potatoes, plumcot applesauce plumcots alone are too tangy for her), oatmeal and rice cereals, green beans, carrots, peas, yogurt (small amount mixed with cereal and plumcots), peaches, pears...and this weekend she got "pear peach green bean" cereal as I did not separate the ice cube foods before packing them and they all melted together! She ate them like there was nothing wrong, though. Oh well! Future NEW foods this week: chicken, spinach, corn, and northern beans. This food thing is kinda fun! I can't wait until she is really eating everything I'm eating so I don't have to make her food, then my food, then feed the cats. Most of my day is diaper changing, making meals, walking the stairs for nap time and reading books. (thank God for automatic bill paying now!!!) It's almost to the point where I won't be able to name the foods we're eating...kind of like how it is hard for Nikki to list all the words Claire knows!
She is adjusting slowly to the sippy cup. I washed them last night in the dishwasher and she was in her walker on the other side of the room. She saw her cups and got all excited, I put them in the dishwasher and she started SCREAMING. She really wanted her cup!! I kept it in the dishwasher to wash it, but gave her a pat on the head and said, you'll be okay, it's just getting washed. And she was okay...short-lived tantrum I guess. I'll take it!
She realized last night that she can move her walker. I was doing dishes with my back to her and I hear "clink clink" of our bar glasses to discover she has pushed herself back and is hitting the bar repeatedly. Yep, time for the johnny jumper and time to move the bar!
Her spitting up habit of days passed has decreased significantly since we started solids more frequently. There are still days when it'll happen...but it's usually after a night when I've had excessive tomato, garlic, or fresh raw veggies.
Her giggle is adorable. She LOVES peek-a-boo! If someone wants her to smile at a store...and I have to do is say "peek" and she'll start to smile...the more times I say it, the more she smiles. If I actually disappear and reappear, the giggles start. It's just so much fun to get her to giggle! She also giggles for raspberries during diaper changes. And lotion on her legs. And sometimes if you tickle her toes or knees. But "peek" does is almost every time.
On another note....
This Raspberry Ginseng Mountain Dew is pretty good....no yellow #5 but blue #1 and red #40. Dyes haven't killed me yet...the color is actually off-putting, I think it could be better just clear...like crystal clear pepsi was....humph.
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Benjamin slept through the night the last 2 days.. 10:30-6:30!! then he eats about every 2 1/2 hours in the morning.. :) pick Benjamin for the Gopher Games.. that way you won't have to pick from the immediate fam...
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