The past 6 weeks or so have brought about some big milestones for Lizzie. Who is this baby? It's crazy how fast she's growing; I feel like she's a whole new little human sometimes. Here's a little rundown of the latest happenings.
Bottle feeding: Not happening. I had one day this week where I got quite frustrated and tried to go cold turkey with a bottle and formula. Dumb idea. Today she did drink about 5 oz in a sippy cup which is major news. If I get my way in this, I'm hoping that once she's used to it in a sippy, we can then try the bottle again...?
Crawling: Lizzie can get around! Upon returning from a bathroom break, I found her in this spot. She's an army crawl pro and almost has the full-on crawl down. She also just figured out how to get herself sitting from being on her belly. And, she loves to stand with us holding her. She can lean against a mirror standing for about 3 minutes.
Favorite toys: the alarm clock on the floor in her room, Laugh n Learn pup and any cord/electronic that she shouldn't have (naturally).
This photo is just to show how she pulls her bumper down when she's ready to get picked up. It's quite funny to us that she figured this out. Poor thing.
Sleeping: She does pretty well. Putting her down at night is a breeze. We do bath, pjs (which that, along with getting the diaper on has become the hardest part of the day), sometimes a book, feed, then into bed. Lately she's been waking up around 2am to eat, but it seems to be more of a habit thing, then goes right back down. So, I'm trying to wean her off of this small feeding. She wakes for the day around 8am, happy and ready to play!
This photo was taken at
Beth's. I just had to put her in a bumbo because Alex is not a fan so we'll probably never own one. She didn't last long there and squirmed out of it pretty fast.
Teeth: She now has 2 pearlies on the bottom. They came in a week or so ago, and with a vengeance. She screamed quite a bit. And, she had a nasty cold, so it got worse, along with a fever, vomiting, the whole deal. It was short-lived, thankfully.Although, I hear the tops are worse....
Eating: This has its ups and downs. She loves sweet potatoes, green beans and carrots, all pureed baby food. I want to start making my own, but we may just move on to table food soon anyway. We'll see. Chopped avocados aren't her favorite :( Pears and apple sauces she tolerates. Bananas mashed are yummy. She likes to play with the puffs and can get them in her mouth, but doesn't like the taste. Loves playing with her spoon and really loves water in her sippy. As far as chunky stuff, she hasn't gotten the hang of it and just kinda plays with it and moves it all over the place (see above pic).
So that's Lizzie these days. I really can't complain, she bring us a lot of joy and laughs. A happy little treat she is :)
Last night we went with Jeff and Shao to Pikanha's in Richmond. None of us were quite sure what to expect, being in Richmond especially, but it was delicious and fun! Lizzie was quite excited to discover what the next tasty item would be on the skewer (is that what they're called?).
Roasted pineapple with cinnamon. This was a favorite. Along with the chicken breast wrapped in bacon, juicy pork sausage, tri tip, parmesan sirloin. Oh, all right, it was all good.
Lizzie stuck with mashed beans. She seemed to approve!
Guarana was the drink of choice, naturally. Unless you're me, the most typical American with her Diet Coke :) Lizzie was a bit distracted by that Brazilian bottle.
Getting out some of her wiggles.
2nd try at the family shot. Much cuter! This was actually our first venture out to a full-on restaurant with the babe. Yeah, we don't get out much. Here's to dining out!
