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Happy Friday!!!!! Yep, its week 26! In a couple of days, little Mia will be 6 Months Old!!!!! ACK!!!!! I am sure I will have lots to write about on that blog so I will just stick to the usual weekly update here!
The week and year started off great! I finally got her to eat her rice cereal, but it had to be the banana flavored one! She was doing ok with it, till I read in my "What to expect the 1st year!" book that I really shouldn't be introducing "sweet" foods just yet. This is because she may reject all other blan cereals and possibly veggies too!!! So I have backed off for a little bit. We planned on giving her, her first veggies on her monthly birthday this weekend. We have put this off so much mainly per her doc's orders. He wanted her on cereal at 5months and foods at 6. I can't wait, I have already stock piled her little cupboard with all kinds of first food baby food for her! I can't wait! Another reason I have backed off on her favorite little Nana cereal is that she is still suffering from severe constipation. She had a couple of really horribly bad days. Poor little one had such a hard time.. literally. It breaks my heart seeing her go through that and not being able to do anything but rub her little head and attempt to console her. So back to prune juice we went. It really doesn't see to be doing much though.... she will be going back to the doc in a couple of weeks I am sure he will know what to do. The two days that I gave her little body a break from the cereal she went with no problems. Hmmm.... I wonder if its connected somehow. We will see I guess.
Mia also knows how to reach out with her little hands when you go to pick her up. Granted you have to show her by doing it first but she does it back! Its really cute watching her learn how to work her tiny little hands like that.
Speaking of hands, she is getting really good at holding her bottle. She now holds it with one hand while she plays with her other. Playing usually involves reaching out to Mama or Daddy and scratching/pinching our faces! Before we could get her to stop this by making her hold her bottle and it usually occupied both her hands, but now that she learned to hold the bottle with one it frees the other to go nuts!!! Sigh.. little Mia! haha
She isn't crawling yet perse, however, she is getting around a lot better now. She knows how to pull herself around the ground and inch her way around. Just yesterday she learned how to go backwards!!!! She just pushes with her arms and legs and scoots backwards! Its funny. Now we are finding her on the other side of her crib! haha She is all over the place now!
She is also learning to sit up a little bit. I can place her on her bootie buns in the sitting position and she can stay put if she supports herself with her hands. Sometimes she can play with a toy in front of her if she can lean on it a bit. Also, in the tub she loves to sit up, she holds one side of the tub with both her hands and just loves sitting there and splashing with one hand if she can!
She is getting so big so fast!She is starting to make new sounds and noises now. I am certain I heard "Mama" once or twice! I told Adrian who didn't believe me till she did it again in front of him! I still don't count this as her first word since I don't think it was deliberate yet. I asked her to repeat it but she still can't, when she can mimics me then I will count it. Still it really does sound like she goes "Ma-ma!" haha
We had a couple of rough nights this week. For some reason she started waking up at 1:45am on the dot! For 4 nights straight! I don't know why she was doing this. It didn't matter how early or how late we put her to bed, or what her naps were like during the day. One day I had to just let her cry it out. I haven't needed to do this since she was a baby newborn so it was heartbreaking to me, but it was all I could do for her to go back to sleep. I changed her diaper, fed her, gave her teething medicine, gave her, her favorite toy and made sure she stayed on her back... I did everything but she was still fussy and would only stop if I picked her up. Luckily for us all, this didn't last and she is back on her usual routine for now.. phew!
This week has been fun, full of new stuff and curve balls! Right now she is calling me and I need to go tend to her! She has learned to rip off her favorite little beach ball toy off her chair and throw it. This doesn't make her too happy... Sigh.. baby Mia girl always having your Mama on the run!
