stand up, baby

On Sunday she pulled herself up by holding on to the bed. 

Now she's crawling. slowly, but still crawling.

I put my butt up in the air sometimes

Since last Sunday, Alexandra has been sitting up, and sticking her butt up in the air, as if trying to stand up. He's done it faster and faster. Which means she's very mobile around the room. It's time for us to put up baby gates. Is also time for us to start proofing the house. This morning, she managed to open a low drawer, and start pulling things out of it.

comidinhas e dentinhos

O abacate não fez sucesso na quinta-feira. Na sexta-feira de banana macho cadinho e ela amou. Ontem, sábado, ela fez seis meses. Dei uma sopinha de verdura batida em forma de papinha. Sucesso absoluto. E eu fiquei com medo que ela não gostasse porque não tinha sal. 

Infelizmente o cocô também já começou a mudar. Agora vai dar muito mais trabalho lavar as fraldas. O meu medo é que ela tenha prisão de ventre. Agora também estou dando suquinho de ameixa seca para evitar prisão de ventre. Ela gosta de suco de ameixa. Ela também ainda pede muito pelo leite materno.

 Estou preocupada que a produção de leite está muito menor. Acho que é por causa da gravidez. Mas a pediatra dela acha que é porque eu não estou conseguindo líquidos. Vou tentar consumir mais líquidos. Infelizmente suprimento que tem no freezer está quase acabando. Vamos ter que economizar com eles. E vou tirar o máximo que eu puder.

Outra coisa que ela tem feito nas últimas semanas, descer da cama engatinhando de costas. Logo se vê que essa criança não tem noção do perigo. Se não tiver alguém pra pegar, ela vai levar um tombaço. Mas ela não está nem aí.

Na quarta-feira Dean descobriu um Dentinho nascendo na parte de baixo da boca. Foi quando eu levei ela no trabalho dele pra os colegas do trabalho conhecerem. Graças a Deus, até agora ela não chorou nem teve febre. O Dentinho está nascendo é o da frente a parte de baixo do lado direito.

É meio nostálgico pensar que em breve não teremos mais aquele sorriso banguela.

hold her

Poor baby can only move backwards. It must be so frustrating. She tries to reach something and only gets farther from it. She ends up under couches and cribs and beds. Yesterday she tried to squirm her way out from under the couch and things went awry. Mom had to come to the rescue - with grandma watching everything on FaceTime. 

Two days ago she tried to go from sitting to crawling and couldn't unstuck her front leg. I wasn't planning on helping, bc I want to see her getting out of her troubles and working out her issues on her own. But the desperate little face looking at me was what did it. She had had it with trying. She just needed mom for a few minutes. I figured "you know what - she won't want me for too many years. I better enjoy it while I can."

backwards

Alexandra is really trying to move, but she only managed to move backwards. I think that frustrates her a bit. She keeps getting under things and can't get back out. 

Since Saturday she's been trying out new foods. Rice cereal to start. Monday we have her strawberries in a net. Yesterday she had them puréed. 

Monday I gave her a bath in the kitchen sink without the supporting flower in it. Bad idea. It's very slippery and I had to hold her all the time. 

Yesterday while fussing for milk she got her earring stuck on a pillow. Scary. 

sitting up et al

In the past couple of weeks Alexandra learned to keep her balance while sitting up. She still falls back sometimes, so it's good to keep her on soft surfaces.  Today 

In the past week she learned she can hold herself to prevent free fall, and push herded back up when she leans too far down. 

She takes EVERYTHING to her mouth. 

She now has her own iPhone.

She loves to make fart noises. 

I the past few days she decided to wake up at 3 to nurse. :-(

Alexandra before 5 months

At 4 months old Alexandra started giggling, double rolling. 

Just before she turned 5 mo she started to reach for toys. 

Also, she's been putting her bum up in the air as if trying to crawl. 

She hates being wet. Loves being diaperless.