Trying to crawl, assisted steps
Well, the sleep training & bottle feeding did the trick. Lauren is not sleeping 7:30 - 7:00 again. If she does wake up, she plays with her stuffed animals and puts herself back to sleep usually with no crying or a very minimal minute or two.
She was playing like crazy this past 3 day weekend. She's getting really close to crawling. We saw a big improvement in her abilities in this area over the weekend alone. At the beginning of the weekend she was trying to lean forward but wasn't getting on all fours. Now she's almost getting on all fours but her legs are not quite in the right position. Sometimes a leg gets stuck out in front of her or something. If we put her on all fours, she will stay there for awhile and sometimes even move her hands then her legs slide out behind her. She hasn't figured out that she needs to move them too.
She is now taking some steps if when I hold her hands in a standing position. These are very tenative steps and I sort of have to make her lean forward then she will step.
I can see her getting frustrated with not being able to get anywhere. She will go from sitting and throw herself forward onto my lap, then when I pick her up she throws herself forward to get off of my lap. She has also learned how to scream. It's lovely really. :) She screams when she is frustrated.
Friday (July 1), she learned how to wave bye-bye. She waved bye to Lynda at daycare and we thought it was just a fluke but when I got home I said, "wave bye to Mommy" and she did over and over each time I said it!
Lauren had some cheese for the first time this weekend and loved it.
We also learned this weekend that it's definitely time to baby proof. Lauren pulled the vacuum cleaner down and it crashed down, missing her by inches. She rolled over to the coffee table where there was a bowl of potpourri and tipped it over. When Matt walked in the room, she had just put some in her mouth. She also rolled over to her dresser in her room and figure out how to open and close the drawer. Thankfully, I stopped that before she smashed her little fingers. I think the peacful "she's in the same place we left her" days are behind us. :)
It's so fun watching her explore and learn!
She was playing like crazy this past 3 day weekend. She's getting really close to crawling. We saw a big improvement in her abilities in this area over the weekend alone. At the beginning of the weekend she was trying to lean forward but wasn't getting on all fours. Now she's almost getting on all fours but her legs are not quite in the right position. Sometimes a leg gets stuck out in front of her or something. If we put her on all fours, she will stay there for awhile and sometimes even move her hands then her legs slide out behind her. She hasn't figured out that she needs to move them too.
She is now taking some steps if when I hold her hands in a standing position. These are very tenative steps and I sort of have to make her lean forward then she will step.
I can see her getting frustrated with not being able to get anywhere. She will go from sitting and throw herself forward onto my lap, then when I pick her up she throws herself forward to get off of my lap. She has also learned how to scream. It's lovely really. :) She screams when she is frustrated.
Friday (July 1), she learned how to wave bye-bye. She waved bye to Lynda at daycare and we thought it was just a fluke but when I got home I said, "wave bye to Mommy" and she did over and over each time I said it!
Lauren had some cheese for the first time this weekend and loved it.
We also learned this weekend that it's definitely time to baby proof. Lauren pulled the vacuum cleaner down and it crashed down, missing her by inches. She rolled over to the coffee table where there was a bowl of potpourri and tipped it over. When Matt walked in the room, she had just put some in her mouth. She also rolled over to her dresser in her room and figure out how to open and close the drawer. Thankfully, I stopped that before she smashed her little fingers. I think the peacful "she's in the same place we left her" days are behind us. :)
It's so fun watching her explore and learn!
posted by Lara @ 2:50 PM
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