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tooth; baby on vacation
Casper's 8th tooth is through, completing the set of incisors (lower left lateral). She's realy had little to no teething trouble.
On vacation she:
Climbed stairs like a pro even though she'd basically never experienced them before (we live on one floor). Climbed whole flights of stairs. Up, not down, of course. We did some teaching of "go down butt first" at the vaca house with one step down into the sun porch with limited success.
Stood by herself for brief moments with increasing frequency.
She's now back to bear-walking (hands and toes) in addition to crawling and walking with support. Still very lazy and staggery when walking with support.
I don't know if it was ocean air, lots of new people and activity or what, but she was a little sleep doggie at the Vineyard. Went to bed without a peep by 7 at latest and she's actually kept the not crying at bedtime habit since we've gotten home. She's finally got it that in the crib means sleep time, and crying just makes us all sweaty. Last night was a wonderful night - nursed at 11:40, 4:45 and then up at 7. She was up every 3 hours all vacation long, but in houses with lots of people I was reluctant to let her cry, and also felt she might be disturbed by all the upset from her routine so was not willing to be firm with her.
She liked the beach fine. To eat. Did not seem to find mouthfuls of sand at all yucky. Which, you know, they ARE.
Was rather more iffy about waves (we were mostly on the ocean side of the Vineyard, and it was pretty wavy). The first day she walked with support gleefully towards the surf, but when we got there she was nonplussed by the water (it was quite cold) on her feet. Was generally more comfortable being held and looking at the waves. Very cute in her bathing suit, however. We learned that those "swimmy" diapers are not very useful. She peed on mr. flea while wearing one.
Hated the car seat on a regular basis, which made for a number of very cranky car rides (also, she tended to get sleepy and want naps when we were far from a nappy place - we messed with her schedule a fair amount and overall she bore up well.) We've now turned it around so she faces front and she's much happier.
Had a rushed birthday ceelbration as she was falling asleep tired, but she ate a little cake.
Mother (mine) made her a wonderful photo book of her week, with pictures (viva la digital camera) and captions. She's too young not to eat it now, but it'll keep.
On vacation she:
Climbed stairs like a pro even though she'd basically never experienced them before (we live on one floor). Climbed whole flights of stairs. Up, not down, of course. We did some teaching of "go down butt first" at the vaca house with one step down into the sun porch with limited success.
Stood by herself for brief moments with increasing frequency.
She's now back to bear-walking (hands and toes) in addition to crawling and walking with support. Still very lazy and staggery when walking with support.
I don't know if it was ocean air, lots of new people and activity or what, but she was a little sleep doggie at the Vineyard. Went to bed without a peep by 7 at latest and she's actually kept the not crying at bedtime habit since we've gotten home. She's finally got it that in the crib means sleep time, and crying just makes us all sweaty. Last night was a wonderful night - nursed at 11:40, 4:45 and then up at 7. She was up every 3 hours all vacation long, but in houses with lots of people I was reluctant to let her cry, and also felt she might be disturbed by all the upset from her routine so was not willing to be firm with her.
She liked the beach fine. To eat. Did not seem to find mouthfuls of sand at all yucky. Which, you know, they ARE.
Was rather more iffy about waves (we were mostly on the ocean side of the Vineyard, and it was pretty wavy). The first day she walked with support gleefully towards the surf, but when we got there she was nonplussed by the water (it was quite cold) on her feet. Was generally more comfortable being held and looking at the waves. Very cute in her bathing suit, however. We learned that those "swimmy" diapers are not very useful. She peed on mr. flea while wearing one.
Hated the car seat on a regular basis, which made for a number of very cranky car rides (also, she tended to get sleepy and want naps when we were far from a nappy place - we messed with her schedule a fair amount and overall she bore up well.) We've now turned it around so she faces front and she's much happier.
Had a rushed birthday ceelbration as she was falling asleep tired, but she ate a little cake.
Mother (mine) made her a wonderful photo book of her week, with pictures (viva la digital camera) and captions. She's too young not to eat it now, but it'll keep.
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My #3 sister learned to go down stairs by kneeling on the top stair, then going completely rigid, sliding down the stairs backwards like she was a surfboard. Totally disconcerting the first time any of us saw her do it.
Did not seem to find mouthfuls of sand at all yucky. Which, you know, they ARE.
Ummm! Salty!
I have about eight minutes of video of Casper that I'm going to digitize pretty soon, and will send it along as soon as it's ready.
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However, the next day we get birthday cookout with meara, so that's good.