Yep that is right. She is holding her own bottle. She isn't always that great at it but she does do it most of the time. "Don't worry grandma, Dad is always right there with me so I don't choke."
Okay, no, she is not pulling herself on her own but if you stand her up and give her something to hold on to she will stand there for awhile. She sometimes needs a little support with it, but she is getting better. She is also sitting up on her own without support most of the time. As you can tell by my twitter she did roll over from her back to her tummy twice but she only did it that one day. She looks like she might do it again when we change her but she just wont do it. Jarrod thinks she forgot how to do it. I think she is just waiting and then she will just do it all the time and act like she has been doing it all along. She still shows no interest in crawling so we shall just have to see. She is definitely short and has quite the belly and thighs on her so maybe she will never crawl like her Dad. Oh and she loves her little bouncer. It is a little jumper that spins. It looks like a walker but all she can do it bounce, not walk. She loves it and I think she is burning off some good calories. We are figuring her out and starting to learn her routine. Bed time is going much better. If she would just sleep in a little longer in the morning again. We had finally gotten her to sleep through the night from 9p to 6 am but she was getting so tired at night that we needed to move bedtime up so we decided on 8 am and since then she wakes up at least once if not more and then gets really upset by 5:15 ish. So we are still working on that.
So this if more for Grandma Olson, but here is her schedule... usually. Eat around 5:15am. Go back to sleep and sleep until 7:30 or 8:30 then she is up. Eat 3 tbs rice at 9 then breastfeed after. Then play for a little while then nap from 10-11. Noon she eats rice again and breastfeeds. Then plays for awhile. 1-2 ish she naps. 3ish she breastfeeds. 4:30-5:30 takes nap. 5:30 eats vegetable/nurses, then plays. At 7:30 we start the bedtime routine which involves feeding, brush gums, read two stories, then to bed. We have tried to get her to take longer naps and try to cut out the evening one and nothing works. So this is her schedule for now.
Well twice a day she gets rice and then for supper we have started to move her through the vegetables. Started with Peas and she was not such a fan. Beans were a little better. She loved squash. Which is surprising but she loved that one. Carrots not so much. She gets one more day of carrots and then onto sweet potatoes which I know she will love. Then to the fruits, which all babies like. I can't decide what the order of fruits should be. Does it matter? She has progressed without difficulty. However, right after we had started the peas she had some major diarrhea. We thought maybe it was the food but even after we stopped the food it didn't get better. So we after five days we went to the doctor and sure enough it was a GI bug not an intolerance to the food. So 24 hrs of just Pedilyte and then she was back to normal so we moved onto the beans. Anyways so that is the food.
The one thing that has been frustrating is she has had six colds since she was born. So in 5 1/2 months, she is averaging more than one cold a month. When we went in for the diarrhea, she was also on cold number 6. So I asked him if it was allergies as both Jarrod and I have allergies. I fear that she may be allergic to the cats. The doctor wouldn't even listen and said it is to early to see allergies. He just totally blew me off and I was very unhappy about that. The chances of her having allergies are like a 60% chance and she has always been exposed to the cats so wouldn't it make sense for her to be allergic? He wouldn't even discuss it. So I am giving him a chance at the next appointment and if he wont listen I am just going to take her to an allergist. I just want him to draw a CBC with differential and if there are a lot of one of these types of cells then I will press it further.
Well I think that about covers it. She is so much fun now. She giggles and laughs and grabs stuff but she is still immobile so she can't get into trouble. It is so much fun now. Finally starting to feel like we have a handle on things now and catching up on sleep.
Jarrod is busy winding down the semester and I am getting slow at work. I have had a student that is wonderful so it has been even slower for me. I am very proud that I have made it this long with the breastfeeding and surprised that I haven't quit. Still going strong and hope to make it" just another day" has been my motto. Well all for now from the Olson clan.
