I just wanted to do a quick baby update while I’ve got two free hands.

here it goes:
She still has no teeth. It seems like she’s been teething for months now but nothing has happened so far.

She is not sleeping through the night. In fact, she rarely sleeps for longer than 2 hours at a time these days, even with the introduction of solids (her sleeping has actually gotten WORSE!). I attribute it to her not being so interested in eating during the day, too many distractions, so she has been filling up at night. I am not really sure how to break this habit. I have been trying to feed her every two hours during the day but keeping her still for more than 5 mins at a time is almost impossible.

She is eating solids now every night. So far she’s had sweet potato, carrots and chicken. I steam it, puree it in the blender and then mix it with breast milk so it’s more of a soup but she gobbles it right up. We are only giving her two teaspoons of food each  night. Once she hits 7 months I will give her a teaspoon or two in the morning as well, but I am really taking it slow and giving her tastes rather than trying to stuff her. Next week we are going to try steamed artichoke hearts!!

She is sitting really well now. So well that we just swapped out the pram for the seat on her stroller yesterday! Whoo hoo! It still reclines all the way back in case she doses off. The only thing that sucks is that the seat weighs about 5 pounds more than the bassinet and so now the entire thing is even heavier. Thankfully we won’t be here much longer and hopefully wont have to deal with stairs when we move back to the US.

G is not crawling and not really attempting to. She’s also not too interested rolling anymore either..not a real physically active baby. She has, however, excelled in regards to fine motor skills, coordination and “problem solving”. For over a month now she’s been passing objects from one hand to the other and turning the pages of her books using her thumb and pointer finger. She can hold the sippy cup by the handles, bring it to her mouth and drink and eat off of her spoon while holding it. The most amazing thing I’ve seen her do yet was get a toy, that was out of her reach, by pulling the blanket that it was sitting on toward her. It was incredible watching her figure out that if she pulled that blanket the toy would come closer and then she’d be able to grab it. It blew me away.

She has also become such a flirt these days.  Two months ago she would cry anytime a stranger came up to her but now she smiles, giggles and tilts her sweet little head. She melts hearts wherever she goes. I love it. It makes me so happy that she’s no longer terrified to be around new people.

We moved on up to level 2 at Gymboree this week!! The new class is ages 6-10 months old. This class is way more active and there are babies crawling everywhere! It is wonderful and Georgiana is loved it.  It wore her out so much that she conked out the second I put her in the stroller. We have made some new friends in our class as well and have been going on “playdates”.  It has been so good for both of us. She has really gotten over her fear of people and I have made some new friends who are also in the same boat as I am. Signing up for this class was such a good decision.

Her favorite things right now are (still) when we sing “the wheels on the bus” and in particular, the part when the horn goes beep beep beep on her belly. She loves the bubbles at Gymboree and looking at herself in the mirror. She’s also loving bath time more and more. She squeals, kicks and splashes, it’s so cute… I think she’s almost big enough for a bath seat? G is crazy about Daisy, sadly, the feeling is not mutual..yet.

bb is asleep in my lap so i am now typing with one hand.

As far as her weight goes, Georgiana is 8.5 kg now (about 17 pounds!) and I have no idea how long she is…too wiggly to measure. She is luscious and plump in all the right places. Yum yum.

Well that’s all for now.  smell ya later!