Vivi is still talking up a storm with an endless slew of coos, giggles, and now consonant sounds. Of course, the dreaded "da da da!" She loves to make funny sounds with her mouth, blowing raspberries and the like.
She did great with the introduction of solids. Although I had every intention of starting her right at 6 months like I did with Ryder, I didn't even buy the sweet potato until a few days later. Between that and dragging my feet, two weeks went by! I suppose I just want to keep my last baby a baby forever. Vivi on the other hand, was clearly ready to move on! She had been acting very interested in our food, even moving her mouth while we were eating, so it was no surprise that she took to it quickly. The first time she had sweet potatoes, most of it actually made it into her belly. Two weeks later she is already having three meals a day, which Ryder didn't have for months! It's not a lot of food, obviously, but about 2 tablespoons of "mush," as Ryder calls it, at each meal. So far she's had sweet potato, baby oatmeal, avocado and banana. Banana was the only one she wasn't sure about.
In addition to sitting in the Bumbo chair, which she is now a champ at, she can hang out in her little jumper. She doesn't do much jumping yet, but she "stands up" in it and plays with her toys. If she's anything like Ryder, she'll be jumping up a storm soon. She can almost sit up on her own now. She can stay sitting up against the corner of the couch for quite some time now and if she leans over, she is controlling it more. She works hard to sit up and with just a little help can get right up. She is also on the move now, rolling over every which way. If we put her down on the blanket and turn around, she'll be somewhere completely new.
She's back to sleeping in the crib pretty well. We usually put her down asleep, which is apparently not a good thing, but she's totally fine with naps in the crib that way, so I'm keeping it up! She has been doing very consistent 6 hour stretches at night, sometimes longer. She usually doesn't wake up til 3am and then once more at 5-6am, as which point I'll let her sleep with us. During the day she still does 3-4 naps, usually pretty short.
#Toocute should be #Toohappy!
I love the hand on the knee!
Sitting up on her own, away from the couch
She loves to be folded up like a pretzel!
I wanted a picture of her pushing herself up but that got too dangerous on the couch and then the photo shoot had to end, so...this is what I got
Pure joy!
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