Dear Charlotte,
Sweet baby girl, you are SO FUN! You continue to be a happy, happy baby. Giving smiles to anyone who smiles at you, big laughs. It's the best. You go everywhere we go, out to dinner, to church, shopping - and so far you're on track for baby of the year with how good you act. Most of the time you just chill and look around. You love seeing new things and are so determined to figure everything out. We often will take a sleeping baby into church, and the minute we sit down you're up and wanting to look around. You just love staring at all the people and listening to the music. You're big enough now to really get some use out of our fabulous Aggie shopping cart/high chair cover. No more staying in the car seat for you! We put you in the cart or high chair and you love it. You try reaching for everything so you can put it in your mouth.
That brings us to teething. My oh my are you teething. Your 4th tooth broke through - and you're constantly chewing on something. Your recent favorites have been fingers, make up brushes (the hard end, not the bristles), Mommy's necklaces or bracelets, yes pretty much everything BUT your teething toys. We give you frozen strawberries or mangos at the moment and you enjoy those. You're also a big fan of baby dill pickles and will gnaw on those for a while. You drool constantly - between that and your constant runny nose you're usually quite the cute little mess. I ordered a few amber necklaces because I've heard/read that they really help with the pain caused by teething, and one review I read said it even helped curb the drooling! We'll see - but I figured anything is worth a shot!
You LOVE to eat. I don't know how you don't weigh more than you do, because you are a bottomless pit when it comes to your solids. You've moved onto the Stage 2 blends and you inhale them. It takes you about 5-10 minutes to finish a 4 oz package, and you lately aren't satisfied with just that. You either want a second package or 5-6oz of formula as well. And whomever is feeding you better be fast. If we don't have a spoon to your open, waiting mouth fast enough you start screaming! You try to eat your bib pretty often while we're eating, but only when you start getting full. We've also been giving you juice and you seem to like it. You're not quite sure about the sippy cup but I think you're starting to get used to it. Within the past couple of weeks you're also facinated with our food. You sit and watch us eat and reach for our plates and silverware. We give you a taste every once in a while, but you're not quite ready for finger foods. Anything that's not a sauce or something pureed you usually spit right back out. You like when I give you a little ice, I think it makes your gums feel better. You get a funny look on your face when you first take a little piece, but then you're begging for more.
And now for the really fun news - YOU ARE MOBILE! Oh boy are you ever. If you see something you want, one way or another you will get there. First you were really just scooting backwards. But once you realized how to get yourself forward, things really started to take off. You rock back and forth a lot, and you'll get up on all fours and lunge yourself forward. Lately you really don't like crawling on your knees. Your preference is to bear crawl and stretch those legs out so you can use your feet to move forward. If I give you my hands for support, you will pull yourself right up to standing! It's pretty easy for you now to sit yourself up when you've been laying down. You're still a little unsteady with it, but for the most part you sit up really well now. If you have something around to hold on to, you can pull yourself up to your knees. Which means the next step is pulling yourself all the way up. There's no stopping you now, as soon as you realize it can be done, you'll be trying to do it. You want to know how to do everything right away! You don't want to sit still in one place anywhere, you want to be mobile. It's so entertaining!
You are so smart and determined, you will really concentrate and try to figure things out. You love bright prints, whether that's with clothes, toys, blankets - whatever! As long as it's bright you gravitate towards it. You also LOVE your exersaucer. You can sit and jump in that for such a long time and just laugh and laugh. It's amazing how many things you've accomplished in the last month. I can't wait to see how this next one goes! Maybe you really will be walking by Aunt Lindsay's graduation! ;)
PS - I haven't had any time to upload pictures from my computer at home. I swear we're taking them, I'll get them added soon! ;)
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