Teething Newsflash

Holly's two front teeth are already on the way in. The left side seems to be leading, it's totally cut. The right one has almost cut through. Holly's new trick is to rock herself. She leans pretty far forward and throws herself back as hard as she can. Whole lots of fun... :) She's a very active, squirmy kid and you gotta be ready to catch her as she tries to launch herself off of your lap. Or she can bop you in the face while she's rocking herself.

Holly Pictures

Holiday and Daddy

I believe this was rice cereal. Not a fav but edible.

Holly's playing on her baby laptop with Daddy.

Holly playing with Daddy.

Holiday giggles when Daddy holds her upside down.

This was either carrots or sweet potatoes, but both of those she liked.

Snuggling with Mommy.

Laughing with Mommy.

Little Holly tooth buds

So Holly has some more tooth buds coming in, we're guessing in less than a month we'll be seeing Holly's little two front teeth...just in time for Christmas. :) Makes sense since she's been turning on the drool machine again. Her little hands are all pruney from sucking on them. She seems to figuring out more stuff too. Her favorite teething toy has a spinny rattle on it. She used to just smack at it, now she takes one finger and deliberately spins it. Holiday really likes spinny toys.

Poor little pooper

Holly had a little constipation bout yesterday, but after some apple juice everything is running smooth again. She did not enjoy that. I think it's time for her to get apple juice regularly to try to prevent constipation. I mixed in some water in her applesauce last night and Holly liked that way better. In fact, I think it's her favorite thus far. She was smacking her lips and her mouth wide open for more. It was also suggested that we try a sippy cup. She might be needing a little independence, that might be why she pushes bottles away. We'll give that a try.

Hold the green beans please

So Holly doesn't like green beans either. We think she likes the applesauce. She makes a yucky face but she still eats it, it might seem sour to her delicate palette. :) She's been refusing her bottle a lot lately, but really can't do solid food more than once a day. She's been getting food in spite of this, it's just more work for us to get it in her. It seems strange that she's suddenly pushing everything away, but I don't think she's sick. Holly plays with her toys, sleeps, poops and pees as usual, just the feeding is different. Weird. Holly still motions at her teeth though, so all this behaviour could be related to teething pains. Poor little thing. I hope this part doesn't last too much longer.

Elmo's the best

We've noticed that Holly pays more attention to tv now. She likes Sesame Street, she smiles and giggles at Elmo and whenever they have little kids on it. This also means anything PG-13 shouldn't be on till after she goes to bed. Holiday has also moved up to size 3 diapers. Her teething has been pretty hard on her lately. She gets to the point where she's simply done with the day and nothing else can comfort her and we have to put her to bed.

Happy Halloween

You can see the little stinger.

The tights are super cute.


Definitely super cute.


Little Holly Bee.

We all went to Maris farms on Halloween to do the corn maze, watch the pig races and see the other farm animals. Holly did really well and she fell asleep during the corn maze. Soooooo...We think Holly doesn't like peas. She was doing the gag reflex thing. Then she'd hold it all in her mouth until such a time she felt the need to do a "dump truck" on daddy. Anyone in my immediate family could tell you she gets that from me, David has a very short list of foods he'd refuse to eat. But we tried sweet potatoes last night and she liked those just fine. Holiday has also discovered the fun of crinkling newspaper. Poor daddy has difficulty reading his funnies with ... what's the word he used? Ah, yes...a decimated newspaper. :) She lays her hands flat and rubs them on the paper for optimum ink transfer. But that's what wipes are for, right? Her little legs are getting stronger too. She did a couple steps with assistance from daddy. And now she likes to stand up and sit down on my lap while holding on to my hands for balance. We kind of thought that she might just get up and walk around before she'd roll over.