Milestones?

Yesterday, Charlotte had some solo tummy time. (As in, not on someone's chest.) She is not a fan. She half-rolled, attempting to get off of her stomach, but her big cloth-diapered booty acted like a giant door stop.











Today, we tried naked tummy time. She was much happier, owing to the fact that she was pantsless, no doubt, and spent more time on her tummy before attempting a roll. She's a smart kiddo though, because once she got her top half onto her side, with her hips still facing down, she quit trying to roll. She was happy just being off her tummy and laying half on her side.


After a few minutes of watching her best friend (the ceiling fan), I flipped her hips and legs over so she was entirely on her back. She was even happier, being on her back and naked, and spent the next several minutes squirming, kicking, smiling, laughing and talking. Because, really, who doesn't like to lay around pantsless?
Also, she's only 12wks old, but we're 99% sure she's teething. For the last 2 weeks, she's been super drooly, had an occasional cough, had watery poops, and been extra mama-needy. Last night she was up all night, screamy and inconsolable, and had trouble latching. She's still having trouble with her latch today, and has been chewing on her pappa (pacifier) allllll evening. Her eyes are also red and watery looking, and she's been rubbing her cheeks with her fists. All of these things are way out of the ordinary for her. I know it's early, but according to Dr. Sears' Baby Book, these are all the signs of teething. Plus we've had two seasoned parents say that it sounds like she's teething. She's got a couple teethers, but lacks the motor skills to get them to her mouth. So, she's either chewing on her fists, pappa, or the teether while we hold it.




She likes Sophie the Giraffe.

But the fists are her favorite.

Daddy just took a trip to the store to buy some Hyland's Homeopathic Teething Tablets, and we put some pappas in the freezer. Poor kiddo. She's asleep right now, but just barely. A few people have said that their kids started teething at 3 months but didn't actually get their first tooth until 5 or 7 months. My poor baby. I've already cried once tonight just thinking about the fact that she's old enough to be teething, but if this goes on for 2-4 months before it chills out, I'll never make it; I don't do well seeing her in pain. :(

The First Post

I’ve wanted to start a blog about Charlotte for a while now. I figured I’d better get on it, because she’s 11 weeks old (as of yesterday) and I barely remember this morning, let alone every detail from the last 11 weeks. I think I’ll try to catch up on the last 2.5 months, but no promises.


For about 2 weeks, (maybe less,) she’s been making connections and figuring out that she can affect her world. Sunday morning, she reached up and touched the orange stuffed dog that hangs from her carseat handle. Before that, she’s flail her hands, and accidentally hit one, which would move and jingle and make her so excited that she’d flail her hands again, and repeat. Sunday morning was the first intentional time. I could see the synapses firing in her brain as she thought about moving the dog and then actually did it. Her eyes were so wide when it jingled and moved. She sat in amazement for the rest of the car ride.

Tonight, at the grocery store, she hit the dog repeatedly. She wasn’t giddy and excited like she is sometimes for them, just intently studying how and where it moved when she touched it. We stood there, in the honey section of the King Soopers aisle, just watching her. I got that soppy admiring-parent look on my face, and didn’t even care if it was cheesy. It’s amazing to see this little person learning and growing.

I am in awe of her.