"Mommy needs to change clothes. Mommy needs a new shirt, new pans, and new bwest pads. How fink o' dat?"
"Mommy, Kes smiled at you! E smiled at her big stister!"
"Baby stister Kessasenia."
"I'm too sad to wead this book. I need diffwent book."
"I'm too windy to go home."
"I want Nemo movie and see scarf." (scarf = shark)
Monday, September 26, 2005
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Kes, seven weeks
Time is flying by, Kes is changing rapidly, and she has absolutely captured our hearts.
She started smiling very early, at around a month, and now smiles a ton! She's very social, loves playing and talking with Mommy, and also flirts with stuffed animals and the fish mobile on her swing. The best one is the smile she gives her big sister, it makes my day.
She reaches for things and gets frustrated that she cannot control her arms enough to actually hit or grasp them. She holds up her head very well and often pulls back to look at whoever is holding her.
She has definitely started anticipating. Often I will lay her in my lap and start getting ready to nurse her and she will stop rooting and smile and coo instead. She also has a very particular "protest" cry that she does when what she was anticipating doesn't pan out - like if I were to pick her back up to switch sides instead of latching her on as she expected, she'd do the protest cry til I got her back in position.
She has turned into a frequent daytime nurser but makes up for it by only nursing twice most nights and usually going a 5 hour stretch, sometimes up to seven. A common scenario is a 6 hour stretch, then 3 and 3.
It's fun seeing her personality come out. At this age Eliana was primarily social through touch and loved movement. Kes is social through face-to-face contact and is usually more interested in visual stimulation than in movement. What's amazing is that it's so continuous with her in-womb personality - compared with Eliana she was calmer and much more interactive in utero.
I know the best is yet to come - looking at Kes and Eliana the amazing growth of infancy and toddlerhood is so apparent. Watching them develop is magical.
She started smiling very early, at around a month, and now smiles a ton! She's very social, loves playing and talking with Mommy, and also flirts with stuffed animals and the fish mobile on her swing. The best one is the smile she gives her big sister, it makes my day.
She reaches for things and gets frustrated that she cannot control her arms enough to actually hit or grasp them. She holds up her head very well and often pulls back to look at whoever is holding her.
She has definitely started anticipating. Often I will lay her in my lap and start getting ready to nurse her and she will stop rooting and smile and coo instead. She also has a very particular "protest" cry that she does when what she was anticipating doesn't pan out - like if I were to pick her back up to switch sides instead of latching her on as she expected, she'd do the protest cry til I got her back in position.
She has turned into a frequent daytime nurser but makes up for it by only nursing twice most nights and usually going a 5 hour stretch, sometimes up to seven. A common scenario is a 6 hour stretch, then 3 and 3.
It's fun seeing her personality come out. At this age Eliana was primarily social through touch and loved movement. Kes is social through face-to-face contact and is usually more interested in visual stimulation than in movement. What's amazing is that it's so continuous with her in-womb personality - compared with Eliana she was calmer and much more interactive in utero.
I know the best is yet to come - looking at Kes and Eliana the amazing growth of infancy and toddlerhood is so apparent. Watching them develop is magical.
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Elly quotes
"I'm gonna sit on the pillow because it's more comfier."
"I'm gonna just stay here... I'm comf."
"The doctor's gonna look at Mommy and say Mommy's heffly."
"I'm a big stister."
"I'm stirsty."
"I'm gonna just stay here... I'm comf."
"The doctor's gonna look at Mommy and say Mommy's heffly."
"I'm a big stister."
"I'm stirsty."
Friday, September 9, 2005
"I'm not tired"
"I'm not tired, I'm just yawning to wake up."
"I'm not tired, I'm just cuddling blank."
"I'm not tired, I'm just resting on bed."
"I'm not tired, I just need to cuddle Mommy." (This one's Mommy's favorite.)
"I'm not tired, I'm just cuddling blank."
"I'm not tired, I'm just resting on bed."
"I'm not tired, I just need to cuddle Mommy." (This one's Mommy's favorite.)
Wednesday, September 7, 2005
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