Field Trip |
Okay,
so experienced parents out there please tell me what is up with the fist
eating. This goes way beyond her just sucking her thumb, although she does that
too. Is this from teething? Should
I do anything about it or just let her eat her fist to her hearts content?
We
have come so far on the sitting up.
She’s doing great, given she’s only been at it three or four
days. I need to get her behind the
wheel of a car soon, she’s a quick learner.
Day 17_files\day 17
sitting up 1.MOV (spoiler alert: she falls over at the end of this one. But
I put it in because she’s so darned cute when she falls over)
Day 17_files\Day
17 sticking the sitting.MOV (she’s moved up to weeble status: wobbles
but doesn’t fall down)
We
had some down time today after the sitting success where I propped my knees up
and laid her down on my legs and then I leaned back on my arms and we were both
comfortable. Then I started to tell her all about her Aunt Margaret and how
much her Aunt Margaret loved her just from some photos and video.
At
the end of the visit I first witnessed a minor hissy fit with real crying. The caregivers were really late bringing
her bottle. So she was already antsy and fussy. Then I made the poor decision to
transfer the contents of the bottle from the hospital bottle to my Avent
contraption. And that was just too much today. She started to cry. I gave her the avent bottle but she
would have none of it, crying loudly, turning away from it. I tried futilely for about 8 minutes to
get her to take the new bottle and then I gave in, transferred the formula back
to the babyhouse bottle and she finally quieted down. But it was a tense few
minutes as I tried to hold, squirming, crying Annabelle, pour the formula from
a wide bottle to a thin bottle and recap it. I asked Allison about it afterwards
(since she has 3 kids already she is my oracle to the world of babies) and she
said it’s probably because I am using a silicone top. Apparently they make rubber bottle tops
too and since the hospital bottles use a rubber top, that would be an easier
transition. The silicone is apparently too hard whereas the rubber is nice and
soft. So Allison kindly gave me one
of her rubber bottle tops that I am going to try out tomorrow. You’d think a mericle girl would
just be happy to get her food, no matter what the container was. Sheesh!
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The
Lonely Planet Guide to
This
was our field trip for today. It
was nice to get out of Kokshetau even if only for a few hours. Oleg drove us around the lake and we
stopped at several sites around the lake. It was sunny but really chilly and
windy so we didn’t stay at each stop long. And I got car sick. Which isn’t surprising given that
I get car sick on the teacup ride at the carnival. put me in the back seat of a warm
mini-van on very curvy roads and there’s not much anticipation about
what’s going to happen. So
for most of the trip I was lying down and couldn’t see anything except
when we stopped but that didn’t distract from the thrill of not being stuck
in the apartment.
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