Gee, I guess Molly was really into her tongue today! So cute. Stephanie is so much more than a babysitter, of course... She really goes above and beyond to take exceptional care of Molly, and they even do fun art projects (like the ladybug I shared a picture of not too long ago). This week, they made 2 new art projects! One involved Molly's footprints in paint - now that's ambitious!
Here's a video:
Stephanie also made us a super cute photo scrapbook of Molly's first few weeks with them. How thoughtful!
In a couple of weeks Molly will be 6 months old. I can hardly believe it! It's hard to believe she was a little newborn who woke me up every hour of the night not very long ago... Now she's a babbling, playful little baby, learning and growing daily! Here's a bit about Molly at 5 1/2 months old:
- She has a tooth coming in! A couple of weeks ago I felt a little tooth bud on her bottom, front gums, and sure enough...now we have a tooth! It's still pushing it's way all the way through.. but we can see it! Way to go, Molly!
- She can sit up! Not for very long...but we did get about 3 or 4 minutes of solid sitting up a couple of days ago! Then, she toppled over. :)
- She loves to hold onto her feet!
- She can put her pacifier into her mouth! Sometimes her coordination is lacking, and it's upside down or sideways...but more often than not, if we place it into her hand the right way, she'll place it into her mouth perfectly.
- She loves her big sister! She is all smiles when Lydia is around.
- She likes the glow seahorse that plays soft music for sleeping. Lydia liked him, too. I've been using it every night when she goes to bed, and I think it really soothes her. I've decided she really likes it, but maybe she's just really tired and ready to sleep and it actually has nothing to do with the seahorse...!
- She naps in her bouncy chair, rather than in her bed. I'm not sure when we'll transition to naps in her bed. It just feels more convenient to bounce her to sleep downstairs where we're usually hanging out and doing chores or whatever...
- Believe it or not, she is still swaddled for bedtime. Not for naps, but for her overnight sleep in her crib. We have one of those velcro swaddle vests, and it's very secure. I'd like to test her out again on sleeping "free style" as I call it, but you know how it is... When they're sleeping through the night without a peep, you don't mess with it! But it sure would be nice to just lay her in bed without the swaddle vest.
- She likes her baths.
- She likes the swimming pool. She has been in 3 times now. Didn't like it so much the first or second times, but the third time she enjoyed it.
- She falls asleep for the night sometime between 8:00 - 9:00 pm, and wakes between 5:45 - 6:30 AM (usually closer to 6:30! Too bad I have to be up earlier than that for work!)
- She started eating solids recently, and seems to really like the cereal, apples, pears, and sweet potatoes, but not so much the green peas!
- She hasn't rolled over, yet, and doesn't show any interest in doing so either! Oliver jokes that she's lazy, because she doesn't really like tummy time, either. ;)
- She has the most amazing smile! It's so big and happy, and it's like she's just so happy to see you, and so happy in general that she just can't help but beam with joy! I love it!
- She is without a doubt the sweetest, cutest, most precious baby on the planet, and I am madly in love with her! (And to my baby nephews Benjamin and Miles...you guys are precious and cute, too, of course!)
Stay tuned... Next time I'll share about Lydia's latest and greatest interests/activities!
1 comment:
That's super! What a wonderful babysitter you have :)
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