Mary at 40 Weeks
Our buttercup is 40 weeks young today! Oh, has it been a long and hot week! Baby girl has been doing a lot of swimming this past week. With the way the weather looks this week she will be doing plenty more!
Mary Rene got her 5th & 6th teeth this week. Four on top now. Teething=crabby, crabby baby. I wish all the teeth would come in the same week so you could have one bad week instead of…oh about 20.
Since Mary Rene was a couple months old, Frank has been taking his finger and running it up and down her mouth while she babbles. It makes her voice sound different and she thinks it is funny. This week she figured out how to make the noise herself! (at the very end of the video you’ll hear her try to say ‘I love you’ and ‘bye’)
Sounds cute doesn’t it? The only problem is that she loves to do it and wants to do it all day long. When I tried putting her to bed Sunday night she was so extremely tired but she kept making the noise. She was crying as she did it but she just couldn’t stop. It was really cute but then I felt bad for her.
Speaking of putting her to sleep, well that isn’t going so good. Last night it took us 70 minutes to get her to finally fall asleep. It was such a struggle that I was in tears during my stay-in date night with Frank. But he reassured me that she was just a baby and this would pass just like it did before. On top of teething, I think she is going through her nine month growth spurt. (Please dear Lord make it just be a growth spurt!)
Mary Rene has progressed to stage three of waving hi and bye. Wave 1 was hitting her hand against her leg. Wave 2 was raising her arm and holding her hand out. Wave 3 is raising her arm and moving her hand up and then down once. She is so close to a full fledged wave!
Baby girl has been pulling herself up on anything she is sitting near. The last few nights I have put her to bed she has grabbed me and pulled herself up. What does she do next? Try and crawl away. Out of nowhere she has decided that crawling is cool. She still isn’t crawling but nearly every time I put her in the sitting position she quickly gets on all fours. But then she falls to the ground and starts army crawling.
And the most exciting bit of news, Mary Rene is doing the sign for more. Of course her sign is a bit different then mine but I know what she means when she does it. I guess you can say she is also doing the milk sign because the other day when I said ‘milk’ and did the sign she opened her mouth and went right to my boob! We have a smart baby on our hands!
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:15 am
Oh Trena…I hear you on the teething thing. I wish they were born with teeth, so our girls would not have to suffer and be crabby. It really does affect their sleeping! Also…if Mary Rene is on the verge of a major milestone, crawling, that could also keep her from sleeping. I know….just when you think they are great sleepers, they throw you for a curve. Good luck and I hope you have a better night! : )
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:41 am
Hooray for baby signs!!!
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Irene only has her 2 bottom teeth vs. Jack has 2 bottoms & 2 uppers. Wow, they grow so fast. Irene is frustrated because she wants to stand up on her own and gets really ticked off when she can’t.