Our lady is still growing like a weed! We had her checkup and again, the doctor tells us our girl is perfect--- as if we didn't know that ;) She measured in at 26 1/4" and 15.7 lbs--- skinny, long-legged lady! As usual, she showed off for her doctor too--- sitting up like a big girl and talking away! The doctor swore she said 'hi' to her. I knew it was just her adorable cooing but it's still good for my ego to hear her commend Ellie!
Sitting up--- Ellie's sitting up like a big girl! She gets more stable everyday but still topples over every once in awhile. I've been placing a couple pillows behind her so the falls don't scare her as much as they used to. I do let her fall though and just say 'uh oh!' instead of getting worked up. I want to get a good start on learning to walk/play and teach her that falling is okay. We just get back up again!
Eating--- At about 6 months, I started breaking up Puffs for Ellie to snack on. We started out breaking them into thirds and feeding to her but she's starting to get the hang of grabbing them herself. The puffs have been a great way to keep her occupied while we're eating. When we eat, she wants it, so anything helps!
She's pretty funny about them though. Tonight I put a pile of them on her bumbo tray. Ironically, everything goes into her mouth yet she can't seem to get incredibly coordinated with putting the puffs in her mouth. To solve that problem, she just put her mouth straight to the tray tonight to pick up the puff pieces! Smart girl!
I started letting her sample some of our foods this week as well. For example, on Saturday she had pieces of a tomato and this morning, I gave her part of my muffin. She loves food! I'm pretty picky about what I give her for now but gradually, she'll get a pretty good variety.
We gave her her sippy cup a couple weeks ago as well. It's become one of her new favorite toys. She chews on it and plays around with it. I think she's starting to figure out how to get the liquid out of it though. At first, she saw the water in the bottom and started to chew on the bottom. I think that's pretty smart, but obviously, it's not getting the job done. I've started drinking out of a lidded cup so she can watch mommy drink the way she needs to. Today I put some Pedialite in it and the level did go down some so she's getting there. I usually only put a few ounces of water in the cup though and try to wash it every couple days since those slobbery germs can build up.
Unfortunately, she caught some sort of viral tummy bug. She had diarrhea 5 times over a 40 hour period combined with some fussiness and restless sleep. The poor girl! I'd be miserable if I had that. She didn't have a fever or many other symptoms, so I was recommended to put half a capsule of Culturelle on her food and some Pedialite.
Sleeping--- Ellie's still sleeping great! She goes down around 8ish at night and sleeps until about 7:30-8 the next morning! She typically naps a couple hours in the morning 10-12 then an afternoon nap as well that ranges from 45 mins-2 hours. She's eliminated her evening nap lately depending on the length of her second nap. Playing in the jumper tends to wear her out and put her to sleep easier!
Moving!--- We do have wood floor and she plays on mats more often than the carpet making it much easier BUT our girl has started a little bit of scooting! She pushes herself around in a circle and backward in small amounts to get to the toys she wants. She sometimes forgets she call roll, which seems odd to me. She'll roll randomly but when she gets frustrated she just fusses until I help her. When I do help, I use it as a teaching moment like we did in the beginning instead of just doing it for her. I'd prefer to help discourage laziness :)
Our beautiful little lady is still as happy as ever! She gets more beautiful and more personality everyday! We're absolutely loving watching her grow.....
I have to include a picture from Ellie's first Halloween as well! She was the cutest little bunny I've ever seen!
