ok i am a bad mom. i neglected doing an 8 month post. not that i forgot about it; time for doing it just kept slipping away and before i knew it, maizie turned 9 months old. so my few lucky readers get two months in one post!
maizie has started saying a few things. sometimes she repeats things but mostly she says things at random. her favorite right now is "ooh". her other words are "mama", "dada", "wow" (which she said while i took a corner a little fast), and "uh-oh".
she graduated herself onto real food. she won't take baby food unless she is totally desperate. her favorite thing is string cheese.
she kisses her dolly...and then shakes it by the arm.
maizie pounces. she sits on her knees a lot and bounces, and then BAM she pounces on a toy. it reminds me of a kitten learning to hunt.
maizie thinks that nice furniture is there for her to chew on. i know that teething isnt fun, that's why we have spent a small fortune on teething toys and medicine. but our sweet girl prefers to gnaw on tables, chairs, and these glass knobs on a dresser at my mom and dad's house.
she has started standing by herself for longer periods of time. i think so far about 30 seconds has been the longest she has been able to do.
she LOVES books. she has one book that she plays with regularly and the only way she could open it was by throwing it around.
she is trying to walk. we bought her a little stroller to push around. she loves it!
maizie started climbing the stairs. she just cant figure out how to get back down.
she really likes fires. whenever we make one and the flames are big she can hardly stand it, and shrieks and laughs.
today maizie got her hands on a pear, and before i knew it she had taken 2 huge bites out of it.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
worst. idea. ever.
i keep hearing about this "cry it out" method that works wonders for everybody's kids. i kept thinking someday we will try it. i thought today would be that day. and it was that day. we tried it. and we have dismissed it as something that will work for maizie...let's be honest, it wont work for us either. i was almost in tears, and in the end adam and i were fighting about who gets to rock her.
when we got in there poor maizie was standing in her bed sobbing, and then kept going back and forth between adam and me. like she wanted us both at the same time. she had a totally confused look on her face and was shaking. i got her for a few minutes while adam used the bathroom, and then she wanted him. i think she is totally pissed at me because i was the one who put her in her bed and left her alone.
adam is currently rocking her. every couple of minutes she lets out a sob. the worst part is i know that she is crying in her sleep. it makes me feel heartless, like i was totally abandoning her, and that, my friends, breaks my heart. i would rather have her sleeping in our bed til she's 10 than have her think we dont love her or that she is alone.
when we got in there poor maizie was standing in her bed sobbing, and then kept going back and forth between adam and me. like she wanted us both at the same time. she had a totally confused look on her face and was shaking. i got her for a few minutes while adam used the bathroom, and then she wanted him. i think she is totally pissed at me because i was the one who put her in her bed and left her alone.
adam is currently rocking her. every couple of minutes she lets out a sob. the worst part is i know that she is crying in her sleep. it makes me feel heartless, like i was totally abandoning her, and that, my friends, breaks my heart. i would rather have her sleeping in our bed til she's 10 than have her think we dont love her or that she is alone.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
7 months
right now i am listening to maizie scream her self to sleep while adam rocks her...bedtime is not her best time. so this month maizie has been perfecting everything that she was doing last month and i feel like there isnt much to tell you about that is new.
her first tooth has FINALLY made its way to the surface! the second one is on its way but is taking its sweet time. fingers crossed, it will be here this week.
maizie has started blowing raspberries on people. it cracks me up! when i pick her up from day care she will always give me a huge hug and then a sloppy kiss with a raspberry at the end.
she has started doing a full body shudder when she eats something she doesnt like or gets a flavor she wasnt expecting.
she loves baby dolls. as soon as she sees one she has to have it. if another kid has it she will take it.
maizie is getting used to hearing the word "no!", and the phrase "maizie, thats not for you!". she listens most of the time and will move away from whatever she is going for, but sometimes she just has to have whatever it is.
she is learning to whisper. she will whisper "da-da-da-da-da-da", and then smile and giggle a lot.
she is also learning to recognize herself on the camera after we take a picture. she gets really excited anytime she sees the camera and starts to smile.
maizie is so much fun and she is learning so much so fast it just amazes me.
her first tooth has FINALLY made its way to the surface! the second one is on its way but is taking its sweet time. fingers crossed, it will be here this week.
maizie has started blowing raspberries on people. it cracks me up! when i pick her up from day care she will always give me a huge hug and then a sloppy kiss with a raspberry at the end.
she has started doing a full body shudder when she eats something she doesnt like or gets a flavor she wasnt expecting.
she loves baby dolls. as soon as she sees one she has to have it. if another kid has it she will take it.
maizie is getting used to hearing the word "no!", and the phrase "maizie, thats not for you!". she listens most of the time and will move away from whatever she is going for, but sometimes she just has to have whatever it is.
she is learning to whisper. she will whisper "da-da-da-da-da-da", and then smile and giggle a lot.
she is also learning to recognize herself on the camera after we take a picture. she gets really excited anytime she sees the camera and starts to smile.
maizie is so much fun and she is learning so much so fast it just amazes me.
Friday, October 1, 2010
gah!
so i used to be crazy good at keeping all of maizies 10 million blankets and things folded and put away...i even had a special order in how i put them away. lately though i have gotten to the point where its the ultimate triumph to put stuff away. not just maizies, but mine and adams too. and i hate it. i think i used to be pretty tidy but since moving, and maizies arrival i let things slide. somehow there is always an excuse to justify not doing something. so i guess i have to take away my lame excuses and send myself to tidiness boot camp. here goes. no more "i will do it tomorrow", "i just got home from work", "maizie was crying all day and i had to take care of her" (we all know that crying kids can cry in their bed or on the floor just as well as in your arms). from now on i will pick something up when leaving a room and take it with me to put it away, and i will clean up as i go along in projects. wow my boot camp is the wussy kind of boot camp, hopefully it works.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
6 months
at this point six months ago we were at the birth center just starting to have contractions. it's really weird to think back to that time. it feels like a lifetime ago and at the same time not. maizie has changed so much and is able to do so much it's crazy!! i miss how she was, but love who she is becoming. every day she makes me laugh, and every day she learns something new. this last month has been a crazy month for her. here are a few of the things she is doing now:
maizie was army crawling around labor day and by the end of that week was really crawling. still a little wobbly but she was getting it and now has it down.
along with the crawling she started pulling and pushing herself up on things. she has had a few bumps on the head so far, but nothing too terrible.
she is tough. when she gets hurt she sort of fusses for a minute and then wants to get back to whatever she was doing.
maizie is finally sitting on her own on the floor. for a while she would lay on her side and play with toys but yesterday she pushed herself up and sat playing with her toys. now thats all she wants to do.
she is teething like crazy. she has been teething since she was like 2 months old, but now there is some hope on the horizon. there are a few minuscule points breaking through her gums so i sincerely hope her teeth come in now.
maizie is getting used to sleeping in her own bed...sort of. we got her a crib because she was too big for the cradle and i didnt like leaving her in our bed by herself. she likes the crib but still wont sleep through the night in it.
she pulls this funny face a lot where she tucks her bottom lip in her mouth and just sucks on it:
maizie is a talker! she loves to join in conversations or just have someone listen to her. she has been saying "dada"...i'm not gonna lie it makes me jealous and we have had many coaching sessions trying to get her to say "mama" but she just looks at me like i am crazy. someday she will get it.
when she eats she almost always points her index finger, jams it into the tabletop, and wobbles her hand back and forth. it's almost like she is demanding something be put "right here".
maizie was army crawling around labor day and by the end of that week was really crawling. still a little wobbly but she was getting it and now has it down.
along with the crawling she started pulling and pushing herself up on things. she has had a few bumps on the head so far, but nothing too terrible.
she is tough. when she gets hurt she sort of fusses for a minute and then wants to get back to whatever she was doing.
maizie is finally sitting on her own on the floor. for a while she would lay on her side and play with toys but yesterday she pushed herself up and sat playing with her toys. now thats all she wants to do.
she is teething like crazy. she has been teething since she was like 2 months old, but now there is some hope on the horizon. there are a few minuscule points breaking through her gums so i sincerely hope her teeth come in now.
maizie is getting used to sleeping in her own bed...sort of. we got her a crib because she was too big for the cradle and i didnt like leaving her in our bed by herself. she likes the crib but still wont sleep through the night in it.
she pulls this funny face a lot where she tucks her bottom lip in her mouth and just sucks on it:
maizie is a talker! she loves to join in conversations or just have someone listen to her. she has been saying "dada"...i'm not gonna lie it makes me jealous and we have had many coaching sessions trying to get her to say "mama" but she just looks at me like i am crazy. someday she will get it.
when she eats she almost always points her index finger, jams it into the tabletop, and wobbles her hand back and forth. it's almost like she is demanding something be put "right here".
Saturday, August 28, 2010
5 months
a sad confession: i keep forgetting to post this. part 2 of the confession...i even wrote this a week early so i wouldn't forget. that didnt work too well. so better late than never here is maizie's 5 month up date...a week late.
today maizie is 5 months old! i know i have said this before but the time is going by way too fast!!
maizie has found her feet. it doesnt matter where she is; she is almost always holding onto her toes, especially if i put socks on her. i am tempted to paint her toenails to see what she does. she has also become more interested in her hands. it's really sweet. one night after she was done feeding, she was laying on my lap, holding her hands up and turning them over and over, staring at them.
she likes to play peek-a-boo. she really likes it when you play with a blanket and kind of drag it over her.
maizie is becoming mobile. if you lay her on a blanket for some tummy time she will be off of it in five minutes or less. i consider this really good for a kid that doesnt realize that rolling more than once in the same direction would be faster than dragging herself inch by inch...if you dont tell her, i wont.
maizie loves the color orange. it's really awesome to see that she has a favorite color already. any toy with orange on it is bound to get a spit bath when she is around.
she likes to sit at the table with us in her very own chair. adams parents have a chair that hooks onto the table so she is right at our level. we give her toys and she will sit there for a long time scattering them and yelling at them. it makes me think of a little dictator and their army pieces planning strategies and then losing their temper and shoving them all to the floor.
maizie is getting pretty good at sitting up. she still tips but is going for longer amounts of time without help.
well that was as far as i got and planned to add more from the week leading up to her 5 months mark, so in that week she realized she could go more places with rolling. she also discovered pushing on her hands and knees...no not crawling, it's more belly flopping as she doesnt move her hands at the same time that she pushes with her knees. it wont be too long and she will get it down.
maizie also loves to eat peaches. every mouthful she has a big "mmmm...mmmm...mmm" to go with it.
maizie makes us laugh and brightens our lives, we are so grateful to be her parents!
today maizie is 5 months old! i know i have said this before but the time is going by way too fast!!
maizie has found her feet. it doesnt matter where she is; she is almost always holding onto her toes, especially if i put socks on her. i am tempted to paint her toenails to see what she does. she has also become more interested in her hands. it's really sweet. one night after she was done feeding, she was laying on my lap, holding her hands up and turning them over and over, staring at them.
she likes to play peek-a-boo. she really likes it when you play with a blanket and kind of drag it over her.
maizie is becoming mobile. if you lay her on a blanket for some tummy time she will be off of it in five minutes or less. i consider this really good for a kid that doesnt realize that rolling more than once in the same direction would be faster than dragging herself inch by inch...if you dont tell her, i wont.
maizie loves the color orange. it's really awesome to see that she has a favorite color already. any toy with orange on it is bound to get a spit bath when she is around.
she likes to sit at the table with us in her very own chair. adams parents have a chair that hooks onto the table so she is right at our level. we give her toys and she will sit there for a long time scattering them and yelling at them. it makes me think of a little dictator and their army pieces planning strategies and then losing their temper and shoving them all to the floor.
maizie is getting pretty good at sitting up. she still tips but is going for longer amounts of time without help.
well that was as far as i got and planned to add more from the week leading up to her 5 months mark, so in that week she realized she could go more places with rolling. she also discovered pushing on her hands and knees...no not crawling, it's more belly flopping as she doesnt move her hands at the same time that she pushes with her knees. it wont be too long and she will get it down.
maizie also loves to eat peaches. every mouthful she has a big "mmmm...mmmm...mmm" to go with it.
maizie makes us laugh and brightens our lives, we are so grateful to be her parents!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
4 months
maizie turned 4 months old on last tuesday. just one day after her tumble off of my lap. she had a follow up/4 month checkup on wednesday. she has successfully beaten everybody her age at being tall and weighs in at 18.3 pounds. she is officially off the charts in both categories. the doctor kept saying that if she was shorter and weighed the same then he would worry but that she is perfectly proportioned. this makes me happy, as we dont want any disproportioned kids in our house ;)
maizie might be one of the happiest kids i have ever met! she always has a huge smile on her face that makes everyone she meets light up.
she has recently taken to pulling my earrings out of my ears. not just the dangling ones; studs too. thankfully it doesnt hurt and she hasnt ripped my earlobes. along with the pulling of earrings, maizie likes to claw people, specifically their faces. i am currently sporting a red streak down my cheek from a temper tantrum in the doctor's office.
i am currently trying to teach her what "soft" means. maizie can be a rough little kid. i dont think that she is aware of how strong she actually is, especially when she is pulling you in for a kiss.
maizie is starting to sleep in her bed...sort of. she will lay in there for a while and then cry to be out. we were going to have her in there all night last night but i couldnt do it. it made my heart ache to not have her with us. so this process is going to be a long one, and it will mostly be because of me.
maizie has found her toes! its awesome when we put socks on her. through out the day she pulls at the toes of the socks so they are barely staying on her feet.
she is starting to last a little longer at church. its nice to be able to stay and hear most of what is being said.
maizie might be one of the happiest kids i have ever met! she always has a huge smile on her face that makes everyone she meets light up.
she has recently taken to pulling my earrings out of my ears. not just the dangling ones; studs too. thankfully it doesnt hurt and she hasnt ripped my earlobes. along with the pulling of earrings, maizie likes to claw people, specifically their faces. i am currently sporting a red streak down my cheek from a temper tantrum in the doctor's office.
i am currently trying to teach her what "soft" means. maizie can be a rough little kid. i dont think that she is aware of how strong she actually is, especially when she is pulling you in for a kiss.
maizie is starting to sleep in her bed...sort of. she will lay in there for a while and then cry to be out. we were going to have her in there all night last night but i couldnt do it. it made my heart ache to not have her with us. so this process is going to be a long one, and it will mostly be because of me.
maizie has found her toes! its awesome when we put socks on her. through out the day she pulls at the toes of the socks so they are barely staying on her feet.
she is starting to last a little longer at church. its nice to be able to stay and hear most of what is being said.
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