Stuology

Ada is 8 months old today. It is getting really close to her 1st birthday. Exciting!

Updates

Words: She says “dada” all the freakin’ time. She will also say “baba.” She will still occationally stick out her tongue and give a big “ppppbtttttt.” She has started letting out high pitched squeals. I also started using a buzzing embouchure* on the bottom of her feet and palms of her hands because it makes her smile, and shortly after she started putting her lips together and blowing. She doesn’t make any sound yet, but she is trying.

Moving: She rolls everywhere. I mean everywhere. She does the mini-pushups, and gets up on her knees, but there is no crawling. Yet. I was on the phone in the kitchen the other day. I looked down, and Ada had rolled her way from the middle of the living room into the kitchen and was heading for underneath the table.

Grasping: She also grabs onto everything. I mean everything. So, the time has come to start baby proofing beyond just making sure things are out of her reach. I’ve seen her switch things from one hand to another a couple of times, but she doesn’t do it a lot. She has not developed a pincher grasp yet, not she she try to shove everything she gets into her mouth. A lot of times, she just wants to spank it. Everyonce in awhile, I will just put food on her tray and see if she has interest in it. Sometimes she spanks it and spreads it around. Sometimes she just looks at it. Eating it hasn’t yet interested her.

Sitting: She still isn’t stable at sitting up, but she no longer screams like somebody is killing her when you sit her up. She can hold it for awhile before she topples over. I will put one of her board books in her lap, and that has been distracting her enough that I don’t think she realizes she is sitting. She’s having too much fun turning pages and spanking her book.

Attitude: She is way more pleasant. We were able to take her out to eat. She only got whiny once where in the past she would have screamed the whole time. We were sitting diagonally from a table with a boy 2 weeks older than her. He stared at Ada almost the whole time, so I finally leaned over to Ada and said, “I think that guy is checking you out.” Ada totally dissed him, though.

I’ve also been able to take Ada to the grocery store without her having a fit. She even sits in the cart. I need more toys that hook to the cart rail so she can be entertained, but I don’t have to stop and pick up a toy every 2 minutes.

Yeah, Christmas rocks!

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We bought a baby book for Ada, but we haven’t been filling it out. It is mostly goofy stuff anyhow, and I really would have prefered to have this book. I mean, sure, first tooth, first word, yadda, yadda. That’s cute and all, but it isn’t like me, really. I will tell her about how daddy’s first time to change her diaper was her very first diaper change, and she pooped on him. He screamed, I laughed and then immediately cried because laughing right after you’ve had your stomach and uterus cut through hurts so freakin’ bad. But it was worth the laugh.

So, I’m using Stuology to mark this occasion down. Today, Ada and I went to the grocery store and she didn’t cry. She sat up in the cart, and she didn’t cry. Or whine. I didn’t have to carry her. She did no crying or whining when I brought her home. We played for a bit. I changed her into her jammies. I fed her some pears. I layed her back down on the floor, and she rolled over and went to sleep. So, I picked her up to carry her back to her room. She layed her head on my chest and did not whine or cry. I put her in her crib, and she wiggled around until she was comfy and went to sleep.

Her moving average to being like those happy, drama-free babies that you see on tv is getting better.

What I didn’t get though is pictures of her socks. I got her orange and white stripe knee-highs. They are cute, she hasn’t been able to pull them off to shove them in her mouth, and they cost 50-cents. I love them.

I’m done making cookies for tomorrow. Now I just have to clean up the mess and head to bed.

TAKEN

Does anybody want a thing of Children’s Tylenol–still sealed. We picked it up by mistake instead of Infant’s Tylenol and it will expire before Ada is of age to get any use out of it. It is bubblegum flavored (I think). E-mail me.

Ada is 7 months old today. She is grabbing onto everything–finally. It is sort of a double-edged sword. I’m glad that she finally decided to become interested in the stuff around her, but I bent down to give her a big kiss on the cheek, and she grabbed a handful of hair in each hand and yanked and yanked and yanked. She also likes to grab my lip and nose. I picked up some new ornaments* for myself this weekend thanks to a trip organized by chernobylred–just in time for her to yank them off of me. I’ve been talking about getting my ears repierced and thinking about repiercing my nose, but I may wait until Ada understands the word “No.”

Today, I had her on her blanket playing with her toys. I went into the kitchen to work a little, and when I went back, she had rolled halfway across the living room. She is penned in by furniture, but soon, that won’t stop her. We will probably have to install a swinging gate at the top of the stairs right after Christmas.

Ada needs this coat and hat for next winter.

I forgot to post this. Ada stats, a wee bit shy of 7-months old

Height: 29 inches (99 percentile)
Weight: 16lbs 13oz (38 percentile)

Ha-ha!

Ada is feeling better.

This post is mainly directed towards family.

December is almost here, and it usually flies by quickly. For those of you who are holiday shopping, just a note: Ada does not need clothes. She has a ton. What she is lacking is books. So, if you are planning on getting Ada a gift for her first Christmas, I’ve updated her wishlist.

Ada’s Wishlist

The only thing on my wishlist this year are some good noise-cancelling headphones for my iPod