Junior: July 2005 Archives
My girls were gone for half a week and I already notice changes. Magda is now 9 months old and while shee'd been occasionally turning over, she now learned that you can get places if you continuously roll over.
So she no longer can be put in one place and expected to stay. When Magda reaches for something from sitting position and gets on her belly, she easily turns around and then rolls (not necessarily where she entended to, but she doesn't seem to mind).
She's still working on the crawling thing -- right now when she's on her belly and wants to get to a toy in front of her, she tries crwaling but actualle ends up scooting backward to her frustration. She'll figure out how to utilize her legs soon enough.
Her two lower teeth are now clearly visible and she eats with great gusto (I was skeptical when Jennifer cooked up and froze a huge amount of split peas, but now I believe that Magda'll get through all of them).
She also babbles up a storm, although nothing yet recognizeable. But she clearly recognizes her own name and when you call her from across the room (either "Magda!" or the Czech "Magdalénko!") she turns to you and pays attention.
Jennifer noticed Magda's first tooth a week ago, and now you can actually see them, if you're lucky. They're on the bottom, and just barely poking out -- and feel very sharp. Although, Jennifer claims that she doesn't notice them when Magda is nursing.
Tonight, Magda also had her first meat. I'd made a couple of beer can chickens (or, as we like to call them, beer-butt chickens) and she seemed interested. So Jennifer gave her a few pieces and Magda enjoyed being a carnivore. It's nice that she's not yet too picky -- she even likes stuff I would have a hard time with. I would have to be starving to eat sweet potates mixed with split peas and formula.
Magda is weighing in a 20lbs these days (it's pretty easy to weigh her -- you simply set her down on the scale and she happily obliges). Her hand-me-down bucket seat (and excellent Graco product) was rated up to 20lbs so her brand-spanking-new seat arrived just in time.
The installation was pretty simple and she looks more comfortable in it -- especially when she's asleep. The best feature -- so simple, yet so brilliant -- are the velcro patches on the sides of the seat that keep the seat belts out of the way. The only thing that we now miss is the shade that came with the bucket. It came handy heading east on Braker in the evening when the sun hits Magda in the face while we're stuck in traffic.
