Over the past couple days, Julia has been learning to feed herself her little puff cereals. Before, when I would give her a puff or put some on her high chair tray, she would just play with it or hold it in her fist (which was icky because it melted in her hot little hand!). If I would try to help her put the puff in her mouth she would get mad at me. Now, she will pinch it between her fingers (usually her right hand) and shove it right in. Then we cheer for her and she gets really excited. :-) She's also pretty good at manipulating pieces of bread, and today, she even handled some pieces of banana without mushing them too much. I've found, though, that I can only put one puff on her tray at a time... otherwise, she thinks they're just to play with... not sure about the logic on that... Truly wonderful the mind of a child is. :-)
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Na na na!
As Joy mentioned, several weeks ago Julia was in a phase where she said "Na na na" over and over, especially when we egged her on to do so. Here's a video of the above taken in the middle of dinner (hence the messy baby):
(Note from Joy: She's crying in between saying "na na" because we wouldn't let her play with the camera)
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Eight Month Updates and Pictures
Julia is (already!) 8 months old today! Here's some of the updates I can think of:
1. She can be quite the chatterbox. She went through a stage a week or two ago when she continuously said "nah nah nah." And she would say it back to us if we said it to her. Absolutely adorable. I will get Jonathan to upload a video. Now this past week or so, she has shown more of a preference for exploring the many ways she can scream and yell. It's quite charming.
2. She continues to be an excellent eater of solid foods. She is doing a good job of starting to move from purees to small chunks. And she loves pieces of all things carbs (that's my girl!): coffee cake, scones, bread, even a ladyfinger cookie. And she simply adores her "puffs" of cereal in various flavors that dissolve in her mouth. We also got a little food grinder to grind up some "big person" foods, and so far she has enjoyed (read: inhaled) turkey soup, rice, rice pilaf, chicken, and peas.
3. She loves being able to sit up and for several weeks absolutely loved sitting on the floor playing and watching Jonathan and me do things. Now when we sit her down on the floor, she usually will go immediately onto her tummy and try to crawl. So far, she has gotten pretty good at scooting backwards but cannot really go forward any significant amount (much to her chagrin). Nevertheless, she can cover a pretty decent amount of ground with a combination of scooting and rolling over and twisting around. She has very good upper body strength, and she can lift her butt up, just not long enough to try to crawl. I'm sure it won't be much longer though... and then Lord help us!
4. Julia and I are taking a Kindermusik class for babies. Today was our second class, and she is enjoying it so much (as am I). She loves listening to the music and particularly likes playing with scarves and the rhythm instruments. It's also really cute to see her watching the other little ones in the class. Going along with that, she continues to like "finger games" like "If you're happy and you know it," "the itsy bitsy spider," "this little piggie," etc.
5. She enjoys scratching at things and exploring their textures.
6. My mom and sister (Marmee and Aunt Jocie) were just here for a week, and we loved having them! It took Julia a little while to warm up to them (she's been in a mommy-possessive phase), but she decided they were pretty special people after all (especially because of Aunt Jocie's glam and Marmee's excellent rendition of the itsy bitsy spider).
Those are all the biggies I can think of right now... here are some pictures!
You can always tell when Julia is fast asleep... she tucks her hands under her head:
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