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October 09, 2006
New clothes
Today I got Linna some new clothes. It doesn't happen often, because frankly she has lots of them already, what with hand-me-downs and gifts. But now that it's getting cold, and of course Ethan's old clothes are all completely the wrong seasons... and Fred Meyer was having a sale on some very cute things. Carter's has branched out into ultra-cute girly blue and purple clothes, not just pink. I have a real weakness for the purple ones. I did, however, resist the purple velvet overalls. But it wasn't easy.
The radius you have to watch out when you set her down is getting bigger, too. She still can't quite crawl, but she sure gets into position and rocks. And she can flip forward onto her tummy and grab things that way. Last week Mya left her on the floor and went to do something, and when she came back Linna had eaten a song out of her book of songs. Ethan's favorite song, actually. Fortunately they've sung it so much he knows it by heart anyway.
She continues to adore solid food, though we had to slow down for a bit because she seemed to be, uh, having trouble pooping. So we're back to every other day or so. Sometimes we just give her a bottle of water to play with and that makes her happy. Today Jeff was squirting it into her mouth, and she got that it was a game right away. She was most amused. Then after dinner Ethan got a bath, and apparently Linna so obviously wanted to go in, that Jeff stuck her in as well. She splashed, and played, and pushed Ethan's head under the water as he sang "Old Dan Tucker." Now she's all clean and new and smells like Burt's Baby Bees lotion.
This weekend was tough, though - lately she's had a lot of trouble falling asleep during the day. Even the usual tricks - walking, wearing her, driving - don't seem to do the trick for long. Both days I ended up wearing her in the Ergo on my back until she feel asleep, and then I continued to play with Ethan. It's fine, but even in the Ergo she gets a little bit heavy. (However, I have totally drunk the Ergo kool-aid; it's a fantastic baby carrier in every way.)
The teeth must be coming soon. She's 9 months old! And still no teeth, not even one.
I'm leaning towards the flower fairy, especially since that was the only vote I got.
Posted by ktingey at October 9, 2006 05:50 AM