I’ve been remiss in the blog again, but it’s been such a busy, busy week around here that I haven’t had much time to sit still. The highlight has been a visit from Grandma T. Clare took to her immediately (of course) and was bursting into smiles for her within a day. Yesterday she greeted Grandma with a big hug after a nap. We didn’t do to much during the visit, but Grandma T and Clare got lots of bonding time in. It was also an exciting week, full of milestones for Teresa to witness.
After a few months of on-again-off-again teething symptoms Clare’s first tooth is finally breaking through. It doesn’t seem to be causing her to much pain (yet), and it’s pretty cute to watch her constantly sticking her tongue out and playing with her lips as she gets used to the feeling of having a tooth.
Besides that, Clare is now getting mobile. She’s started rolling over! All of a sudden last week she rolled from her tummy to her back and then over again to her tummy – a roll 360 roll. We were watching the Olympics at the time and I think it inspired her. Since then she’s rolling constantly and won’t stay in one place. She’s also getting increasing frustrated with not being able to reach things, so I suspect crawling will be soon after. The weekend will be spend baby-proofing.
Clare has also started liking solid foods. Suddenly she eats full servings of fruit, veggies and cereal – tonight she even ate 2 ice cube servings of pureed sweet potatoes and cereal. I’m thinking about introducing some meats next and seeing how she takes to them. It’s a nice thing that she’s finally starting to eat food. Clare weighed in at 17 lbs. over the weekend, which is about a pound and a half gained in a month and a half. Whew! That’s a lot of growth for a little girl whose diet has been all breastmilk. I’m appreciating having some of her calories coming from other sources. So far I’ve made all of her baby food and I think I’ll keep it up. She really won’t eat purees for much longer and after that we’ll be feeding her whatever we eat for dinner.
More than all of the milestones, our girl continues to be sweet and joyful. Things like making her baby food, nursing, washing her diapers (we use cloth), etc. are so fun for me. It may seem like extra work in these days of convenience, but I’d rather take other shortcuts and spend my time taking care of Clare and doing things for her. Our laundry piles up, but I never get behind in Clare’s laundry. I feel like everything associated with her and taking care of her is a joy, so I want to do it the best I can.