An update on little Miss Rebecca....
She hasn't been rolling much since I last told you she rolled. She'll do it if you start to push her legs to the side when she's laying down, so she can do it, she just chooses not to.
She's babbling up a storm. She's been experimenting with various sounds and every few days she seems to have a new sound she's obsessed with for awhile. A few days last week it was a very high pitched squeal. She did it constantly for about 48 hours. Then she started yelling instead. Now it's a combination of squeals, yells, and jabbering with various combinations of "aah," "gah," or "dah." It's cute, and since she's usually happy, it happens a lot.
Yesterday when I layed her down for tummy time, she showed off some brand new skills. Over the course of a few minutes she turned herself around 180 degrees so she was facing the other end of the room. We were thrilled to see this new skill, as it's her first attempt at moving in any sort of manner. Today when I put her down she did the same thing, even faster. Maybe scooting isn't far behind. She certainly isn't following the "norm" as far as hitting milestones, but she seems to be progressing at her own pace, learning all of the things she's supposed to. I guess someone has to be at the late end of those averages, right?
She's loving the Christmas present, this kitchen, which Rachel picked out for her. It seems to be one of her favorite toys and she knows how to manipulate it pretty well to make it play music. Of course she also loves putting the pot and spoon in her mouth, and "sampling" the carrots, milk, and applesauce jar that came with it, too. Rachel enjoys playing with it, too, and the two of them are interacting more and more as Rebecca becomes more playful. It's fun to watch. She adores her big sister and one of her favorite pasttimes is watching her big sister, breaking out in big smiles whenever Rachel pays her any sort of attention!
Still no teeth, though they've seemed close for so long. One of these days they finally have to break through.
She's currently coughing and sneezing a lot. I hope the ear infection isn't back. She goes back to the doctor this week for a check up, so I'm thankful to be able to find out if there's anything wrong.
She's a very happy baby, gives us lots of smiles, and I just adore her!
1 comment:
We had that kitchen, too! It was an earlier version of it, but my kids loved it too.
It sounds to me like Rebecca is following her own developmental path but is doing great. Nicholas did not roll over until very late and did not move from place to place independently in any way until 13 months, when he learned to scoot in a sitting position. He didn't walk until 19 months but was running by age 2. And now at almost 9 he's doing great in school and is an excellent soccer player (in the opinion of his proud mom)! I think Rebecca will be just fine.
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