Well it's official, Tacy and I are awesome! I had my final evaluation with all my instructors on the 14th where we talked about how I did for the semester. They all think that I am awesome and have done a great job. I got one b+ (89%) and then 92% and 94.5%. So all in all not bad!
I took Tacy with me and everyone loved her. She just sat on my lap and did her shy smile. She is so funny in new places because she can't eat well because she is too distracted by all of the things to look at. This is funny until she gets really grumpy because her tummy is empty.
Monday, Dec. 17th, Tacy had her 4-month appointment. She is 26 inches long (94th percentile) and weighs 15 lbs 8 oz (70th percentile) and her head is in the 25th percentile at 40 cm (but the doctor says she is fine because her head has always been in the 20th percentile). Tacy was given a clean bill of health and got more shots. Even though the visit interfered with her nap time, so she was pretty grumpy, she did manage to smile a little for the doctor. And we were told that Tacy can start to have baby food!
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| Not too happy about rice cereal |
Since being home all day with Tacy I have learned some funny things about her. For instance, Tacy loves to talk, but she really loves talking to things like the ceiling fan and the mobile of her swing, especially when they slow down or stop spinning. It can make eating breakfast or getting ready take a little longer when I have to keep getting up to turn them on again, but it's worth it to see her smile and laugh. Plus it is so funny to hear her carry on what sounds like whole conversations while the mobile.
Tacy also loves staring at lights, whether they are on or off. She has talked some to the light in her room or just stared at it. I lay her on the floor in her room in the morning while I get ready so she can stare at the light and watch her mobile spin.
We went to IKEA this weekend to look for things to try and baby proof our stuff. Well Tacy LOVED IKEA. There were so many lights to look at, people, and bright colors. She could not turn her head fast enough. It was a little hard to hold her when she is kicking and squirming so much because she was so happy and excited. Brad and I had to take turns holding her. I also got a few funny looks when she would do her back bend to look at the lights above us or things behind us. Yup, that's my daughter.
Tacy holds her bottle every now and then, but this weekend she got so hungry (during our errand run) that while I was mixing the bottle, she grabbed it out of my hands and shoved it in her mouth. She held the bottle the whole time until she was done (that was a first because typically she gets tired of holding it after a while). It made me laugh so hard.
Tacy is still working on being able to sit up unsupported. She has the foldover down (this is where she leans so far forward when sitting that her face is practically touching her toes) but she still wobbles sometimes when sitting up straight. Today she had a whole body shake that made her pop backwards. She has also started doing this funny scoot/crawl. Tacy is not the best at reaching with her arms when she is on her tummy (particularly her left arm). So to get something she uses her mouth and when her mouth is not close to what she wants she will kick and push with her legs. She really gets her legs going and gets them right under her. If only she started using her arms she would be crawling. Instead she scoots and gets rug burns on her elbows, but she eventually gets what she wants. It's really funny to watch. One day I will try and get pictures of it but I'm usually too busy trying to help her move her arms.
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| the "foldover" |
We have also been working on standing. Tacy likes standing. Sometimes I will pull her up to sit but she keeps her legs straight so she stands instead of sitting. She has taken 3 steps (kinda). I am always holding her up and am helping to lean her to one side and trying to encourage her to move a leg. But 3 steps is all we get then she sits down.
I started sleep training Tacy last week because she had started waking up 3 times during the night and was not napping well. After a very fussy and unfun day with a tired baby, we started. I put her down to sleep when she started rubbing her eyes. As long as her diaper was dry and her tummy was relatively full, she did not fight too hard. The first night she slept 7-8 hours straight. Her naps were getting better because I did not wait for her to fall asleep but put her down when she was tired and let her cry/talk herself to sleep. We have had a few nights where she did need some help, like classical music, but she is getting so good. She took 4 naps yesterday and slept 13 hours last night. Now if we can just get her to nap during church, we would be great, cause this past Sunday was a nightmare because she would not sleep so she was grumpy and fussy the whole time no matter what I did.
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| The 5 generation shot: Tacy, headband made by Mom, onsie made by Grandma Cramer, blanket made by Great-Grandma Bennett, and sweater made by Great-Great Grandma Rottman |
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