When we were in Maine at the end of July, Claire mastered rolling over on to her back and then on to her stomach. Well, she has since forgotten the latter part. She will often wake us up crying, because she is stuck on her stomach. Of course, as soon as I typed the last sentence she just rolled a 360. Lynn is at work today and I am Mr. Mom. I have to admit, I absolutely love it. She is such a happy baby. Sure she has off days, but overall, I am so grateful that Lynn and I are able to have at least one of us at home everyday - well most days. Today we are working on building her arm strength, which will help her start crawling. Is that a wise thing to do?
Yesterday, we moved on to pears and rice cereal. She loved it. She would lunge at the spoon and ate everything. And when the bowl was empty, she cried for more. By mixing pears with the rice cereal, she gets a full stomach and the kaboom issue is taken care of - 2 kabooms today! Genius!!
Last night was our neighbor Kristi's 30 b-day. In the past when the neighbors have partied at Nick and Kristi's, we were outside and the baby monitor would reach us from Claire's bedroom (about 250 feet). However, last night we were inside Nick and Kristi's house and the monitor didn't quite make it. So, we got a babysitter, Kelly. She lives down the street and had mentioned before she would babysit if we needed her. Claire went down for the night before Kelly came over, so we spent most of the orientation time showing her how to operate the TV and the PS3. We were at Nick and Kristi's for 3 hours. Babysitting cost us $25! When I babysat, it was $2/hour. Anyway, we were happy with her and will use her again.
There are no other milestones to report. So until the next posting, stay regular.
1 comment:
what do you use to strengthen her arms? 20 lbs? 10? is she a dumbell girl or does she prefer the circuit training machines? just checkin....love y'all!
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