Today (Halloween) has been rather uneventful. We just got dressed up, took pictures, and handed out candy!
Not much to blog about, but I wanted to mark the day!!
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
First Halloween
On October 20, 2012 Grandpa and Mommy took Cote bear to a fall festival in the neighborhood to het her very first pumpkins. We got three baby pumpkins for a dollar!! What a deal!! We also got to see Katie and Kathy Egan. It was their first time to meet Miss Cote!
Today (Halloween) has been rather uneventful. We just got dressed up, took pictures, and handed out candy!
Not much to blog about, but I wanted to mark the day!!
Today (Halloween) has been rather uneventful. We just got dressed up, took pictures, and handed out candy!
Not much to blog about, but I wanted to mark the day!!
Saturday, October 27, 2012
What to Expect: Month Five
This month has been full of excitement, to me anyways. I feel like my little girl is just springing up! It seems like yesterday that I was holding her in my arms for the very first time, and I'm sure I will say that same thing for the rest of my life but still..
Something big this month that happened was that we started cereal. Due to Cote's persistent refusal of the bottle, we have begun giving her cereal which she eats mainly at daycare. She will eat it for them without much fuss, and it is not nearly the same kind of headache for her teachers. ;) The video of her first taste will be below!
Anyways...
By five months, your baby:
...should be able to:
hold head steady when upright [check]
on stomach, raise chest, supported by arms [check]
pay attention to an object as small as a raisin [check]
squeal in delight [check]
reach for an object [check]
smile spontaneously [check]
grasp a rattle held to back or tips of fingers [check]
keep head level with body when pulled to sitting [check]
...will probably be able to:
roll over (one way) [she can roll to the right]
bear some weight on legs [check]
say "ah-goo" or similar vowel consonant combinations [she can. but she seems to prefer loud squeals and growls]
razz (make a wet razzing sound) [check]
turn in the direction of a voice [check]
...may possibly be able to:
sit without support [we are working on this. she tends to lean into her feet if left for longer than a couple of seconds without support.]
...may even be able to:
pull up to standing position from sitting [not yet]
stand holding on to someone or something [she can, but I think this is meaning that she is standing on purpose rather than because I am making her, which she cannot do yet.]
object if you try to take a toy away [not yet]
work to get a toy out of reach [sometimes. but not far out of reach]
pass a cube or other object from one hand to the other [not yet]
look for dropped object [not yet]
rake with fingers a tiny object and pick it up in fist [not yet]
babble, combining vowels and consonants such as ga-ga-ga, ba-ba-ba, ma-ma-ma, da-da-da [she made a "ma" sound for the first time a couple of days ago. but she sticks mainly to sounds that start with vowels]
As you can see, her progress seems to have slowed a little from previous months. Her doctor had mentioned that her fine motor skills needed improvement, so that has been my focus this month. I put her in her play place a lot to work on reaching and grabbing. She lays on her play may to do the same as well as practice her rolling over. Recently I bought her an infant key board to also get her moving and grooving. And it all seems to be paying off. She really has started doing a lot more with her upper body.
It seems now that we need to work on sitting and speaking. Sometimes she will go most of the day without saying much of anything, and some days she will not be quiet. I think it is just a baby thing. Hopefully by next month she will be all caught up!!
Something big this month that happened was that we started cereal. Due to Cote's persistent refusal of the bottle, we have begun giving her cereal which she eats mainly at daycare. She will eat it for them without much fuss, and it is not nearly the same kind of headache for her teachers. ;) The video of her first taste will be below!
Anyways...
By five months, your baby:
...should be able to:
hold head steady when upright [check]
on stomach, raise chest, supported by arms [check]
pay attention to an object as small as a raisin [check]
squeal in delight [check]
reach for an object [check]
smile spontaneously [check]
grasp a rattle held to back or tips of fingers [check]
keep head level with body when pulled to sitting [check]
...will probably be able to:
roll over (one way) [she can roll to the right]
bear some weight on legs [check]
say "ah-goo" or similar vowel consonant combinations [she can. but she seems to prefer loud squeals and growls]
razz (make a wet razzing sound) [check]
turn in the direction of a voice [check]
...may possibly be able to:
sit without support [we are working on this. she tends to lean into her feet if left for longer than a couple of seconds without support.]
...may even be able to:
pull up to standing position from sitting [not yet]
stand holding on to someone or something [she can, but I think this is meaning that she is standing on purpose rather than because I am making her, which she cannot do yet.]
object if you try to take a toy away [not yet]
work to get a toy out of reach [sometimes. but not far out of reach]
pass a cube or other object from one hand to the other [not yet]
look for dropped object [not yet]
rake with fingers a tiny object and pick it up in fist [not yet]
babble, combining vowels and consonants such as ga-ga-ga, ba-ba-ba, ma-ma-ma, da-da-da [she made a "ma" sound for the first time a couple of days ago. but she sticks mainly to sounds that start with vowels]
As you can see, her progress seems to have slowed a little from previous months. Her doctor had mentioned that her fine motor skills needed improvement, so that has been my focus this month. I put her in her play place a lot to work on reaching and grabbing. She lays on her play may to do the same as well as practice her rolling over. Recently I bought her an infant key board to also get her moving and grooving. And it all seems to be paying off. She really has started doing a lot more with her upper body.
It seems now that we need to work on sitting and speaking. Sometimes she will go most of the day without saying much of anything, and some days she will not be quiet. I think it is just a baby thing. Hopefully by next month she will be all caught up!!
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
Total Hip Perfection
So sorry that I have been slacking on my blogging everyone! I'm having a difficult time balancing school and baby and everything else!! Anyways...
This week, Tuesday to be exact, was Cote's "last" hip check-up! And all went well!! Her doctor said everything looks great!! And we shouldn't have anything to worry about!
While we were there the Doctors asked me if I would allow them to include Cote in a study they are performing on 5,000 girls born breech! They are trying to track the problems that they are finding in these girls as they grow to try to diagnose when and where the problems arise, if they do. A greed to allow her participation, so every year I will be taking Cote back to have her hips checked.
The benefit of this is that if down the road she shows signs of hip problems the doctors will catch it before it effects her... At least that's the plan!
:) Stay Connected
This week, Tuesday to be exact, was Cote's "last" hip check-up! And all went well!! Her doctor said everything looks great!! And we shouldn't have anything to worry about!
While we were there the Doctors asked me if I would allow them to include Cote in a study they are performing on 5,000 girls born breech! They are trying to track the problems that they are finding in these girls as they grow to try to diagnose when and where the problems arise, if they do. A greed to allow her participation, so every year I will be taking Cote back to have her hips checked.
The benefit of this is that if down the road she shows signs of hip problems the doctors will catch it before it effects her... At least that's the plan!
:) Stay Connected
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Four Month Well Visit
I apologize for my delay in posting this, but we have just been rather busy lately.
Last Friday Cote had her four month well visit, and all went well. We had to get there early because I did not have a copy of the questionnaire, and it has to be completed before the appointment. It is simply a way for the doctor to assess Cote's abilities and such.
This time we did not have to wait long! They got us back to our room to get Cote weighed and measured!! She was 16lbs and 25 inches long!! She has grown so much!! She is now in the 73% in height, jumping from the 40s. And her weight and head circumference are somewhere in the 80th %! Little Miss is catching up fast!
While we waited for the Doc to come in we had out usual photo shoot! (See Below!)
The Doctor was very impressed with how much Cote has grown and how well she is doing, but she said that we need to work on her fine motor skills according to my answers on that durn questionnaire. But that's okay! Now we know where she needs to improve, and we can work on those things before she falls behind. ;)
The shots were the last thing on the to-do list. She had the one orally and the three in her legs. Poor thing! She did great through the oral, but after that first shot went in her leg she broke into hysterics! But the nurse was quick, so I got to scoop her up and nurse away the pain!! Missy only cried for maybe a minute.
And she did pretty good the rest of the day and the days that followed. She was a little grumpy and feverish, but she took it like a champ!
Then Saturday night she stayed with Ya Ya from 8-3 while Mommy went to the Pistol Annies concert (which was awesome btw!) And on Sunday, Cote had her first bowl of cereal!!!!!!!!! Now she can eat that at daycare, and her poor teachers wont have to battle her with the bottle!! YAY!!
Till next time...
:) Stay Connected
Last Friday Cote had her four month well visit, and all went well. We had to get there early because I did not have a copy of the questionnaire, and it has to be completed before the appointment. It is simply a way for the doctor to assess Cote's abilities and such.
This time we did not have to wait long! They got us back to our room to get Cote weighed and measured!! She was 16lbs and 25 inches long!! She has grown so much!! She is now in the 73% in height, jumping from the 40s. And her weight and head circumference are somewhere in the 80th %! Little Miss is catching up fast!
While we waited for the Doc to come in we had out usual photo shoot! (See Below!)
The Doctor was very impressed with how much Cote has grown and how well she is doing, but she said that we need to work on her fine motor skills according to my answers on that durn questionnaire. But that's okay! Now we know where she needs to improve, and we can work on those things before she falls behind. ;)
The shots were the last thing on the to-do list. She had the one orally and the three in her legs. Poor thing! She did great through the oral, but after that first shot went in her leg she broke into hysterics! But the nurse was quick, so I got to scoop her up and nurse away the pain!! Missy only cried for maybe a minute.
And she did pretty good the rest of the day and the days that followed. She was a little grumpy and feverish, but she took it like a champ!
Then Saturday night she stayed with Ya Ya from 8-3 while Mommy went to the Pistol Annies concert (which was awesome btw!) And on Sunday, Cote had her first bowl of cereal!!!!!!!!! Now she can eat that at daycare, and her poor teachers wont have to battle her with the bottle!! YAY!!
Till next time...
:) Stay Connected
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