I am LOVING being home with Eleanor this summer. It's awesome. It's also pretty great that Matt has a really light work schedule in the summer so he is home with us a few days a week as well. We've been able to get in some good family time (as well as working on a ton of stuff around the house, but there will be a post about that sometime, hopefully this month, when everything is finished!).
Also, she has finally figured out how to roll from her back to her belly. Granted, she has only done it a few times, but it's a start. She will consistently roll from her belly to her back...but only one way. She will roll toward her left but is not so sure what to do when I try to encourage her to roll toward her right. If you lay next to her left side on the floor she will try to roll over and keep rolling into you - this is probably not nice of us, but it is fairly entertaining :)
Eleanor has also started transferring things from hand to hand and using both hands to put something in her mouth.
She can blow some awesome raspberries, and does so very frequently. Eleanor blows them at us, at other people, at our cats, at her toys...pretty much all the time. It's pretty funny. Check out this post-bath video (sorry the lighting isn't very good) of her blowing some raspberries at me. Matt has even started calling Eleanor "daddy's little raspberry."
Eleanor loves our cats. Loves them. Her face lights up when she sees either of them and she starts making excited noises and trying to touch them. Mac will not let Eleanor touch him (we have to be holding him when she does). Sadie will let Eleanor touch her for a little bit and then has gotten really good at positioning herself just out of Eleanor's reach. Which is fine since we then use Sadie as a motivator to get Eleanor to start trying to crawl :) Eleanor isn't anywhere close to figuring this out, but she moves her little legs like she's trying to get somewhere. She has pushed herself back and pulled herself slightly forward but that's about it. She'll get there eventually though :)
Eleanor has figured out her sippy cup, which didn't take long at all! Less than a week later and she's sipping out of a straw like a pro :) She's also enjoying food. She got some banana down on Saturday and some zucchini today. So far Eleanor has had avocado, broccoli, zucchini, banana, and pickle (I was at Panera for lunch and she kept reaching for my plate...so I just cut my pickle into strips and she was happy to eat that.) We're going to try carrots soon, and I think sweet potatoes. She's gotten really good at getting the pieces in her mouth, and even biting down on them and breaking chunks off.
She is taking 5 ounce bottles about every 3.5-4 hours. She usually has 5 bottles a day. She's also getting 2.5 tablespoons of rice cereal mixed in with each bottle.
Little Miss is a pro at sitting up now. Every now and then she falls over, but not very often. We've even graduated to sitting in highchairs in restaurants and in shopping carts.
Eleanor is still picky about what she finds funny enough to laugh about, but when she does laugh it's pretty awesome. Check out this video. Aren't her laughs adorable?
We have Eleanor's 6 month appointment next week, so I'll update with her official stats then, though at the doctor two weeks ago she was up to 17.1 lbs. No wonder she's getting so heavy to carry around in her carseat!
Also, she has finally figured out how to roll from her back to her belly. Granted, she has only done it a few times, but it's a start. She will consistently roll from her belly to her back...but only one way. She will roll toward her left but is not so sure what to do when I try to encourage her to roll toward her right. If you lay next to her left side on the floor she will try to roll over and keep rolling into you - this is probably not nice of us, but it is fairly entertaining :)
Eleanor has also started transferring things from hand to hand and using both hands to put something in her mouth.
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| Using both hands to eat the phone :) |
She can blow some awesome raspberries, and does so very frequently. Eleanor blows them at us, at other people, at our cats, at her toys...pretty much all the time. It's pretty funny. Check out this post-bath video (sorry the lighting isn't very good) of her blowing some raspberries at me. Matt has even started calling Eleanor "daddy's little raspberry."
Eleanor loves our cats. Loves them. Her face lights up when she sees either of them and she starts making excited noises and trying to touch them. Mac will not let Eleanor touch him (we have to be holding him when she does). Sadie will let Eleanor touch her for a little bit and then has gotten really good at positioning herself just out of Eleanor's reach. Which is fine since we then use Sadie as a motivator to get Eleanor to start trying to crawl :) Eleanor isn't anywhere close to figuring this out, but she moves her little legs like she's trying to get somewhere. She has pushed herself back and pulled herself slightly forward but that's about it. She'll get there eventually though :)
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| Sadie hanging out with Eleanor. Eleanor really wanted to pet Sadie but couldn't quite reach. |
Eleanor has figured out her sippy cup, which didn't take long at all! Less than a week later and she's sipping out of a straw like a pro :) She's also enjoying food. She got some banana down on Saturday and some zucchini today. So far Eleanor has had avocado, broccoli, zucchini, banana, and pickle (I was at Panera for lunch and she kept reaching for my plate...so I just cut my pickle into strips and she was happy to eat that.) We're going to try carrots soon, and I think sweet potatoes. She's gotten really good at getting the pieces in her mouth, and even biting down on them and breaking chunks off.
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| Check out the piece of zucchini in her mouth :) |
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| She's a sippy cup rockstar! |
She is taking 5 ounce bottles about every 3.5-4 hours. She usually has 5 bottles a day. She's also getting 2.5 tablespoons of rice cereal mixed in with each bottle.
Little Miss is a pro at sitting up now. Every now and then she falls over, but not very often. We've even graduated to sitting in highchairs in restaurants and in shopping carts.
Eleanor is still picky about what she finds funny enough to laugh about, but when she does laugh it's pretty awesome. Check out this video. Aren't her laughs adorable?
We have Eleanor's 6 month appointment next week, so I'll update with her official stats then, though at the doctor two weeks ago she was up to 17.1 lbs. No wonder she's getting so heavy to carry around in her carseat!
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