Week 27

Started on oatmeal for the first time this week!  I really love it!  Tastes super yummy.  I have it every day for breakfast.  

Remember when I was telling you how I am amazed by my hands?  Well guess what they can do now?  I can wave them in the air, play with my ears, and scratch my head with them!  How useful...let me tell you, I discover new things I can do with them every day!  When I see something I want to feel, I scratch and grab at them over and over again to really get down the texture of it, especially with books!  Not only are my hands quite thrilling but my legs I noticed, can be used for jumping up and down!  Stellar!

Mommy and Daddy haven't been so happy this week because I woke up a few times in the middle of a few nights to get my needs met.  Unfortunately for me, they didn't pick me up or feed me.  I quickly learned that they were not going to play that game! 

Weeks 25-26

Things are just great lately!  I play all of the time, my parents are at my beck and call.  This is the life!  My hand/eye coordination is so much better these days.  I can rake in a small object with my fist or fingers.  When I drop a a toy, I search around for it and at times(when I want my parents to get it for me) get upset because I can't reach it.  I like to switch a toy from one hand to the other, examining its features closely.  My hands are truly amazing.  I stare at them frequently, amazed by their ability to do things!  Opening and shutting my hands are becoming a favorite thing to do around here.  I have figured out that I can use my hands to hold my bottle for a few minutes at a time.  I reach for anything in front of me but if its the bottle and I am not hungry, I certainly will not grab for that!  Duh!

I am a bit more balanced these days.  While sitting, I can look up at someone or something and not fall over!  Most of the time, I catch myself from falling backwards.  When I get really tired, I fall right over though!  I reach for things in the sitting position, grab a toy and sit right back up, without falling forward all of the way!  

I started eating sweet peas, carrots, and green beans these past few weeks.  I prefer the sweet peas!  They are one of my favorites!  Green beans are not so much but I will eat them because I want my Mommy to be happy.  

My hair is falling out in droves.  I am starting to look like George Castanza.  The doctor says this is normal.  When we went to the doc(AGAIN, UGH!) she said at 26 weeks, I weigh 15 1/2 lbs and am 26 inches in length.  Average on all accounts.  I had to get more shots which was no fun at all.  This time, I got a new shot, the flu shot.  Mommy told the doctor to hold off on the Hepatitis B shot until 9 months because she didn't want me to get too many shots in one sitting.  Glad Mommy's got my back!