Maybe I'm jumping the gun but time passes so quickly. It's both like yesterday and years away that I was hobbling around work , itching for maternity leave and to meet our new addition. At first she was super fussy and a lanky little lady, always in the 90th+ percentile long and 60th for weight. She was sensitive to formula or my diet and she rarely slept. Nothing seemed to sooth her. I have to write everything down because for the sake of future offspring I've managed to forget some of the horrors. Last week our friend Courtney asked if Fiona had been awake as much as their newborn...I actually had to think about it. Jim was quick to ask if I were crazy or senile. It's been a hazier memory lately because all that fuss & muss transitioned into such a fun, chatty little girl, inquisitive about every speck, and full of playful energy. She still calls upon her best tantrum skills getting dressed in the morning or when she's "not ready" to go to sleep, but no where near her former self. I'll measure her on the 29th, at her 9-10 mo check-up, but I suspect she's slowed down as she looks so petite crawling off across the floor. Now she tries eating everything, loves baby yogurt, barley cookies, Cheerios, fruits, and some vegetables, mainly the gold ones. She's not keen on meats, greens, and some others but by camouflaging behind a little yogurt, I can usually get them in- she does study the spoon more and more each bite however. At Christmas I got a Magic Bullet Blender so when appropriate I try pureeing up our dinner items for her. She drinks a bottle, but less formula overall, and we've been introducing a sippy cup at lunch and snacks. Some nights she simply wants to hang out with us a little longer, usually just to sit on my lap and watch TV quietly, but most of the time by 700-730PM she lands in her crib, rolls over with her two fingers in mouth and sleeps until about 730-8AM the next morning. What a relief! I think the most tiring part now is her energy level--she is at every cord, cabinet, pet bowl, dirty shoe...in seconds flat! She'll take a nap or two but when her wake switch flips she's up, screaming to get out and scrambling to take off. She navigates the staircase, the furniture, mirrors, windows... I looked into those fence/pens for toddlers but after I read the sizes I realized I'd need several together to keep her content. My whole house would be a pen. For now I chase, take her places, and hope she tires at some point...
She loves clapping and is easily encouraged by our cheers, "Yeah Fiona!", and she's quick to reciprocate "motorboat" noises. Unfortunately she's also into the "Uh oh," I dropped that, "Uh oh," I dropped it again, and again... phase. I think I can record "uh oh" as her first purposeful word/phrase.. I'm trying not to make it too fun of a game-the same goes for her continued biting habit and eardrum rupturing "happy" screams. For those painful little habits we try a firm "no" and a brief sit-out in the Pack'N'Play but I'm not quite Super Nanny qualified yet. Does she visit for just one kid?
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