Well, this month brings lots of developments for Camille:
- Continuing to teethe.
- Can copy us in sticking out her tongue. Once she figured out that she has a tongue, she very much enjoys sticking it out.
- Chewing on things (mostly her hands). A lot.
- Reaching for and grabbing onto toys.
- Gradually losing the asymmetrical tonic neck reflex - getting ready roll over!
- Rolling over - just the one time :-/
- When brought to a standing position, she can lean against me (without grabbing onto my hands) and remain standing for over 10 seconds.
- Vocalizations transition from being coos to sounds that have more consonants (okay, that's just my observation, I have no training in infant linguistics).
- Tracking objects that are further away and making better eye contact.
- LOL! No, seriously.
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| "Miiiiiiine!" |
As of December 16, 2010:
- Weight: 12 lb 4 oz - 25%ile
- Height: 24.5 in - 75%ile
- Head: 15.5 in - 10%ile
- Teeth: 1, at the bottom, right of the middle
As of January 5th, 2011: 12 lb 13 oz - *phew* gained some back!
December 15 - Started reaching out for and grabbing toys. Sticks out tongue to mimic parents.
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| Intentional grabbing |
- Strange environment - she would refuse to feed when we're out and about
- More distracted by her surrounding
- Teething pains
- Refusal to take the bottle is transferred over to refusal of milk-intake in general
December 27 - She rolled over! After many days of looking like she might roll over (from laying on her back), she finally did it while we were talking. And that was the only time she has done it so far!
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| Celebrating Grandma Ng's 59th birthday! |
January 1 - Moved crib from a sidecar position (next to our bed) to the other side of the room. No more cosleeping at night :(
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| Camille's new sleeping space in our room |
January 5 - I found some blood in Camille's stool. First, I thought like a nurse..."Don't freak out...there's an explanation." And then I thought like a mom..."Oh Lord, what is this?!" And then I started thinking like a crazy woman..."Is it Zellweger Syndrome?! I just looked it up online and she might have Zellweger?! She's too young to die!" There's such a fine line between thinking like a mom and thinking like a crazy woman. Anyhow, we went to the clinic later that day and they discovered the cause as being a very large blow-out poop early that morning caused some abrasions in her anus. Yes, my daughter has very powerful bowels.
January 11 - Went to the Picasso exhibit!
Favorite part...
Chin's Christmas vacation. I loved having Chin around for 7 straight days!! And I think Camille did, too.
Least favorite...
Hunger strikes. It's insane how an infant's refusal of the breast can affect a mom. It is so draining...I don't even have the energy to write about it!
Shout outs
...To the Lorex LW2003 baby monitor! It is freakin' amazing and we love it!
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| Spying on Camille |
...To the Okkatots baby carrier. Oh. My. Goodness! The three of us love this carrier so much!! Camille likes the front-facing option so she can "talk to the baby in the mirror." Chin loves that there is a separate pouch for the baby. I love just about everything...especially the fact that Camille naps very well in this carrier.
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| Just hanging out |
...To Alice+Chung+Anna Jane for letting us borrow AJ's Bumbo chair!
...To Chin...still the best dad to Camille and the best partner I can ever ask for!
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| "Do you like my hair, Daddy?" |
...Camille will poop while she is in the Bumbo chair about 80% of the time. No joke!
...If Camille had a good day, I'd better brace myself for a gruesome day to follow. (The opposite isn't true, unfortunately).
...You know how we all have that one friend who's just really critical and judgmental? I know you have at least one. Me! I find that I'm so critical and judgmental about this mothering process. I am sorry, friends!
...Camille nurses much better when she is drowsy and is falling asleep. (During the day, she will just wake up after nursing. At night, she stays sleeping.) If she is fully awake during feeding time, boy, it is always a struggle to keep her focused!
...Breastfeeding in public has become nearly impossible now with Camille being so distracted while being nursed.
...Do we really want to read to Camille at bedtime? Do we really want to proliferate the connection between reading and sleepiness?
...Starting last month, actually, Camille and I have both been shedding a lot of hair. I keep finding little Camille hairs everywhere...and her head still looks so full!
...Umm...sometimes, I feel guilty for convincing other people to have kids.
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| Notice she's trying to peel off the "5 months" sticker. Mad fine motor skillz!! |
1 comment:
I love reading your posts so much Bao. We've been reading to Peter at bedtime for most of his life and he loves reading and doesn't associate it with sleepiness. I think it is more, 'let's be calm' rather than, 'reading leads to sleepiness.'
Also sleep/nap times/schedules/routines can be such a pain, but it really does pay off. And at least with Peter it was super easy for him to create/fall into a bad sleeping habit and super hard to break him of it. Just a couple of nights of letting him sleep with us or getting him water in the middle of the night or rubbing his back or whatever and it would take a week or more for him not to expect those things every night. But my experience only really started when Peter was a year old since as I've told you before Peter went to sleep nursing 98% of the time.
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