The Subject really sums it up! Olivia turned 6 months old last Friday and had a successful checkup with the doctor. But let's back up.
SOLID FOODS:
Last weekend, Olivia started 'solid' foods! Her first food was a tiny taste of banana, but for real was avocado mixed with breast milk. Then she had baby oatmeal cereal, butternut squash, carrots (LOVED it!), pear and baby rice cereal. Oh yes, and prunes! She's such a good little eater. Last weekend I made a batch of butternut squash, yam, and sweet potato purees and froze them in ice cube trays. I didn't quite get around to making food for her this weekend but maybe tomorrow I"ll make some extra green beans and we'll try those.
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For most of the week we fed Olivia in the Bumbo seat on the kitchen table, but it's dangerous because she'll arch back and could pop out of that thing. So yesterday I managed to get to the store and picked up a high chair - SO much better! Olivia fell asleep in it this morning while breaking it in!
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This evening we had Gma Delores, Aunt Kathy and Great Aunt & Uncle Patti and Steve over for dinner to get to hang out and see Olivia. They arrived while Olivia was still in the high chair for her little dinner and both Kathy and Delores had a chance to feed her. Very fun!
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Last Friday Olivia ate cereal at daycare for the first time and they said she was loving it - just wanted more and more! Her poops have definitely changed but still mostly smell like before since the bulk of her diet is still BM. I'm so proud of myself for making it through 6 months of nursing and pumping. After the nursing issues were finally worked out, I find I really enjoy it (at home), but can't wait to be done with pumping. It's just not particularly comfortable. I'm looking forward to being able to feed Olivia solid foods during the day when we're out and about - nursing in public is just awkward. You just don't have pillows around to prop up your arms.
STROLLER:
The big news here is that his past week (Monday, Tuesday), we started putting Olivia in the stroller without her carseat! Such a big girl! I think she really loves looking around at the world! Now I need to pick up a pair of sunglasses for the little cutie. :) She's so funny - when she's happy, she'll absentmindedly kick her little feet around a bit. So even though I can't see her face in the stroller, I can see her little kick-kicks. Love it!
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On Friday, Kevin was supposedly working late (he came home at 1:30 am Wednesday night, 12:30 am Thursday night) and we took a long walk with the dogs. ( The weather has been phenomenally nice - but no rain so we're in severe drought territory.) We ended up meeting neighbor Nani and her 3 month old schnauzer, Epsilon. So cute! We ended up letting the dogs all play in Nani's backyard for a little while. Pretty cute. :) When we returned home, Kevin's car was there - nice surprise! So we fed Olivia and went out to dinner while she was fast asleep in the carseat.
DOCTOR APPOINTMENT:
At Olivia's 6-month checkup last Friday, she was given a clean bill of health. Her head is in the 96th%ile, her weight at 14lbs 4 ozs is in the 16th %ile, and finally her height at 25.5 in is in the 35%ile. She's tracking well and has a little pudge on her thighs and wrists. So very very cute. And, her dad's big noggin. The doctor commented that she has fantastic leg strength (attributed to the jumperoo) but needs to work on her trunk strength for sitting. It really is amazing how well she'll do assisted standing, before collapsing without warning! :)
Olivia received 4 shots at the appointment, including a flu shot, and slept most of the day (according to daycare). She had a few flu symptoms over the next few days and is fully recovered now.
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SITTING:
I took the doctor's comments on sitting seriously and we practiced a bit yesterday. Olivia sat on her own for about a minute with me on the floor. That was fun. Saturday was a good day of just us hanging out. I read her books, we cuddled, we eventually bought her high chair. All good things. Bummer that dad had to work all day. Suzanne came over in the evening for dinner and to celebrate her quitting Google. Kev was home around 11pm or so and had a glass of wine with us.
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CAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES:
Last weekend we went to the Science museum with Suzanne up in San Francisco. LOTS of happy kick-kicks from Olivia, so I'm sure she enjoyed it. We pushed it a little through her nap time so Olivia slept soundly the whole way home and most of the way through the 49er game (which they lost). Olivia seemed to like the fishies at the museum. I can't wait to take her back up there!
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WORK:
I have one last week of "part time". I'm not looking forward to "full time". My days off have kinda been a joke anyway though because I've worked anyway or they expect me to dial in to meetings. I simply am looking forward to moving on to another position. This last week I'm going to be steadfast in not working on my days off. I'll make up for it when I'm back "full time". I need to finish my resume for absolute certain, and work on LinkedIn and start looking around / applying to new places. I can't do that if I'm doing my LM job.
I also really need to start working out again for me. It's tough with Olivia and the dogs - I can't take O out without the puppies because they need exercise too. But I cant' handle all of them at once and actually run. Since Kevin's not really going to be interested in running with me ever, or is on travel or working, and Olivia needs some outside time, I'm pretty much just stuck walking and wrestling with the dogs and stroller. It'll improve. I just need to keep trying and training the dogs.
Kevin's been working a ton, as I mentioned, and will be traveling a fair amount in the next month. He promises that it will calm down in a couple weeks and there will be no work... but that's what he said at the end of last year as he worked through Thanksgiving and pretty much right up until Christmas, so we'll see. I'm basically setting up a daily schedule that works independently of his work. That was Olivia (and I) have some consistency. Speaking of which, it's really time for me to go to sleep!
OTHER STUFF:
Olivia loves her Saturday morning Music Together class - lots of happy kick-kicks there. She's so stimulated that upon being put in the car, she's asleep before I can hop into the driver's seat! It really helps me to listen to the Music Together cd and go into the class with a clue about the songs. It's all about repetition, so they say. :) No pics or video in class, so nothing to post on that part. Maybe we'll dance around at home and I tape it. Speaking of which, I need to look for a tripod!
Okay, bed time. I know I had more to say, but my mind is mush.
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