Week 47:
While at the cabin Tank and Miss Spud were playing a chasing game. It consisted of her chasing him around. When the people outside started to make too much noise he decided to go upstairs. Miss Spud tried to follow but she either turned around or got distracted because she ended up tumbling down a stair or two. She was okay, just a bit rattled and scared. She then aggressively ate some veggies puffs by trying to grab four at a time, I think it helped.
We tried putting Miss Spud to sleep in the living room of the cabin, but it was too hot so she woke up all sweaty. We moved her to the bedroom that we used to use for her all the time, but like last time, she did not want to sleep in there. We put her in something lighter and tried the living room again. She kept waking up the second we put her down. I thought that we could try skipping that step. I crawled in, she got a big smile on her face, and started nursing in her favorite sleeping position. She had slowed down, so I tried to see if I could disengage since she was still on. Once off she rolled onto her side so she was more leaned into me. I had to inch-worm my way out, but she stayed asleep.
She was a big fan of Bill's pancakes and bacon. She ate a whole pancake and a few strips of bacon. At one point she was going to drop a piece of bacon on the floor, then thought better of it and ate it instead.
She managed to grab the remote for the TV off of a tall side table. She then turned the TV on, went to Netflix, and started playing Blind Spot. Bill put on Zootipia for her instead, but she got bored of that after a few minutes, so I watched it instead.
Week 48:
Since we taught her to splash in some water after her meals, so has started to do it in the pet fountain we got for Tank for the cabin. She would probably do it to the one we have at home, but she can't reach it. She has put her feet in it, her dirty hands, and has even taken a drink from it. I've cleaned it out and changed the water, so hopefully Tank will take a drink, but she keeps doing it.
She isn't supposed to really learn object permanence until 18 months. She has a solid grasp on the concept currently. We can put a phone in our pocket and she will dig it out. If she has found something she wants in the side pocket of Bill's camping chair, she will check there again later to see if we put it back again.
Late in the day on Saturday we think Miss Spud got overheated. She was inhaling strangely and was very upset. It didn't help that she also developed the worst diaper rash that she's ever had. We took her into the room with an AC unit, gave her some cool milk, and then let her nurse. She ended up taking a 20 minute nap, which messed up her sleep schedule, but calmed her down.
She is getting a lot better at trying to work doors and drawers. We put a bunch of the baby locks on the cabinets at the cabin.
At one point after we got home on Monday she was grumping and bonking her head on the sidewall of the underside. I tried to put my hand between her head and the wood, but she got my finger instead. I told her to kiss the owwie to make it better, she licked my finger and I said that was close enough.
Since she was in my lap after having to kiss my owwie, she saw I was wearing my glasses. When she tried to grab them I flung my head back and went Aaahhhh! She thought that was great and kept doing it. I got some hearty tummy laughs out of that.
I got her a fidget pad because we will be out shopping and she will get bored and want to play and chew on something. She found it on the table and started playing with it. The section that you are supposed to use for the keychain loop is tiny and doesn't work easily with the band they give you. I looped it through the middle and she managed to get it off. I looped it through again and twisted it back on itself, and she figured out how to get it off again.
Tank never likes it when I play Just Dance, for some reason he hates dancing. He must have told Miss Spud about keeping the tall people from dancing. I was trying to play it and she kept crawling through my legs and giggling. When she would lay down between my feet I would move away so I didn't step on her. She would then giggle and chase after me.
When I was out getting some Italian Seasoning she managed to get a clementine off the table. She was eating it like an apple. Bill tried to take it away from her, but she wasn't having it. When I got home she was eating a bit of the peel. She didn't seem to mind it. Eventually she bore a small hole into it and was sticking her thumb in the hole to get some juice to come out.
On Friday she fell asleep on her own with all of us in the room. Bill texted and then called for my help after the bottle wasn't enough. She nursed for a bit but kept kicking and squirming. I put her in her crib and she was calm about it. She was going to fuss, but then we gently bonked heads a few times and that made her smile. After a lot of standing back up and rolling around, she laid on her back. She looked at her hand before falling asleep. Usually she's too distracted by making sure we aren't doing something fun without her to fall asleep on her own while we are still there.
"J , m. Kcf" - Miss Spud
Week 49
She has been going down for her naps a lot easier on her own lately. It means I get to get some things around the house done, but it also means that I can't use her naps as an excuse to just play on my phone for two hours.
One of her toys involves putting wide dowels into holes. She's not quite coordinated enough to do it on her own yet. She will try a few times but then hand them to me when she can't get them in so she can pull them out again.
At knitting she impressed everyone with how smart and perceptive she is. Fara showed her how her frog tape measure worked twice and Miss Spud was pulling it out with no problems.
On Friday she took three steps all on her own and without holding onto anything. For a bit now she has been holding onto things and taking side steps or leaning forward and taking a few supported steps. The last few days she has tried to take a tiny step, but it was more like a shift and hip swing. We were hanging out in her room before lunch and when I looked at her stand she then tried to take a few steps. She got three in before she lost her confidence and plopped back down on her butt.
Week 50:
I gave her some of my lime after I squeezed it into my drink. She took a taste and looked very concerned about it. I thought she was going to give it to me, but she kept going back for more.
I showed her Fish Face and she has been working on it herself. She is sucking in her cheeks and can get her top lip to look mostly correct.
Since she got her toy that has a hole for the ball, a sliding top, and two segments to use she has been trying to put things together. There is a cup that would usually hold a wooden egg, but we don't know where the egg is. He blue and green wooden balls fit perfectly in it and she has been enjoying that.
When at home I have my "mom uniform" of a nursing bra and comfy pants. Lately Miss Spud has been pulling down the front of the bra to see what I'm hiding in there. She then tries to steal my absorbent pads.
At Wednesday knit-night she impressed and distracted everyone again. She tried to beep Lisa's nose, but Lisa didn't understand at first. She tried to grab anyone's phone she could. She also took a step for everyone to see while standing on the table.
I tried giving her some new puff sticks. She wasn't sure what to make of them at first. I put one in her mouth to show her they are food, but she never paused to wonder if the TV remote or a business card are food or not. I went to put my lunch plate away and when I came back she was squeezing one to powder it. I told her that she was supposed to be eating those and she gave me a big smile before putting a piece in her mouth.
She is becoming more talkative. Ah-dadadada is high on the list of fun things to say. She is also more willing to smile at random people when we are out, but most people still get her Resting Unimpressed Face.
She's getting more elaborate with her pranks already. The other day she unplugged the router and also turned off the power strip that connects the lights to the Wi-Fi. So we plugged the router back in, but were confused why none of our smart lights were online.
She remembers nursing to sleep on her stomach at the cabin and keeps trying to recreate it at home. Unfortunately the angles aren't the same, so she usually just ends up squiggling around and can't get comfortable or stay latched.
Week 51:
She is very good at sharing. During her breakfast on Saturday she kept giving me Cheerios and puffs to eat. She would smile and laugh every time I took one she offered and ate it.
She still loves picking at things on my skin while she nurses or plays. If I try and turn my head so she can't get to the moles on my neck or face she will turn my head back so she can reach them again.
I love that she thinks it's hilarious when I squish her thighs. It will always get a laugh out of her.
She wants to pay attention to everything but also nurse at night and in the morning. It means that she keeps popping off. Sometimes she will sit up, and if she does, then she will fall forward with her mouth open to latch again. It is so funny to watch.
We didn't bring her water bottle with us at one point because the plan had been to get things to bring home. So then I did the trick where you put your finger on top of the straw and let her drink out of the bottom. She did it a few times, so I offered her the cup with straw. She opened her mouth and missed the straw but kept going downward, like she was going to try and put her mouth on the edge of the cup or just straight into the water. I was laughing so hard she managed to get her hand into the cup and grabbed some ice. That didn't last long before it slipped out of her mouth.
She is getting better at helping us take off her sleep sack or onesies when we get her changed. With her sleep sack she will grab the side and pull it away to help take off the shoulder bits or to help step out of it. With her onesies she will lower and then bend her arm, once it's by her feet she will step out of it.
On the flip side, she is also now really good at pushing her arms through sleeves. She will sometimes pull a piece of clothing over her head, like she is trying to pull it on, but doesn't know how to position it correctly.
She is starting to get better at turning a switch back on if she turns it off. She doesn't do it all the time and will sometimes just keep switching it back and forth only to end up leaving it off, but it's an improvement.
Week 52: First Part
Her fine motor skills are getting better. She got really good at her peg game. She was able to put them into the holes pretty consistently. She even hit the side mechanism to make them drop at one point.
I was getting ready to go to knitting and suddenly the bathroom door burst open. Someone had seen us use the handle enough times and was finally tall enough to reach it.
When we offer her something to eat she would reach out to take it and refused to let us feed her for a while. Lately she'll either try and grab it or just open her mouth with her head tilted up, like a baby bird. Sometimes from there she will take it back out so she can look at it and put it back on, but other times she will just eat it.
