Today my tiny turtle turns five months old. This month might have been the most fun because she’s changed so dramatically in the past thirty days.
We started her on solid foods this month, and so far she is digging white rice cereal (hated the organic brown rice I tried to shove down her throat… go figure), bananas and squash. Next week I’m going to start her on sweet potatoes.
She can sit up unassisted for a few minutes now, but then falls over and is quite miserable. Each morning I have her practice sitting in her crib surrounded by pillows, and she seems to really enjoy being able to look out at the world.
My pediatrician chided me for not being more persistent about tummy time. Looks like my kid might roll back to front before front to back.
She is totally digging the dog, and the dog is totally digging her. Each morning when Berlin and I go to get Penny out of her crib there is much squeeing and wagging of tails. Berlin licks Penny from head to toe which seems to delight both of them. I am so happy Turtle is going to have a pup to grow up with.
The sleeping and napping seems to be getting slowly better now that she’s getting more solids in her. I am pretty hopeful that we’ll have a more recognizable schedule within the next few months.
And now for gratuitous pictures…
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November 30th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Happy 5 months, Sweet turtle! Don’t get too down about the tummy time. My niece kind of zoomed right by that phase. She *hated* being on her tummy and pretty much just went straight from laying down to sitting on her own and then crawling a few months later.
November 30th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
I love the updates. Wow. I am impressed that she is on solid foods. I asked our pediatrician just before Thanksgiving if I could start some pureed veggies, but I got shot down. We have to wait until Dec. 18 apparently. Oh well. I am glad she doesn’t have any food allergies. Keep us updated.
November 30th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
I can’t get over how freakin cute she is!!!
November 30th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Priscilla: She is beautiful and you and Matt look radiantly happy!