New Tricks
Wow, it's been awhile since my last update. Will see if I remember everything that happened in the past month.
New Tricks. I feel like that's what it's like these days you know? Seeing Mackenzie do new things is like teaching a dog new tricks. She would pick up a toy and realize she wants to crawl. But then realized that she can't have the toy and crawl at the same time. So she put the toy in her mouth like a dog and proceed to crawl to her destination. It's disturbing and funny at the same time.
She's also learned how to wave and clap. Not on command at first but now she'll wave when we ask. She also would pick the best time to wave and clap - like at dinner time with rice cereal smeared all over her hands. At times like that, I wonder why I even bother giving her a bath. Her cleanliness only ever lasts for maybe 5 minutes.
Ever since moving back to mom's, we've decided to switch from giving her showers (she showered with Bryan before) to giving her baths. You really have to keep them entertained in the bath! She's squirmy, she tries to stand up, and she's trying to pick things up off the edges all the time. She's gone from bathing every other day to now every day, because she's messy, she gets dirty, and she's just plain sticky by the end of the day.
In addition to pulling herself up on every single piece of furniture imaginable, she's now standing on her own. That's right, at 9 months, she's practically ready to run (forget walking, she wants to run). How the heck did this happen? What's next? Full sentences? Slow down kid!
The other day, we gave Mackenzie a rib to eat. This was the result:
She polished that sucker right off. It was cute. And possibly one of the only times she actually swallowed what she ate. I think she mostly just liked the sauce. A true Nickel - Bryan and his kids love sauces to no end.
Mackenzie has also decided to go from 3 naps a day to 2 naps a day. I thought it would be tough at first, but surprisingly not. She still takes about 3 hours of nap in total, so all in all, I still get my quiet time during the day. She goes down between 7:30 to 8. And I've got to say, all those nights of CIO? It was absolutely worth it! Now we do our routine, we put her down, and bam, she's out.
And that was the last month!
New Tricks. I feel like that's what it's like these days you know? Seeing Mackenzie do new things is like teaching a dog new tricks. She would pick up a toy and realize she wants to crawl. But then realized that she can't have the toy and crawl at the same time. So she put the toy in her mouth like a dog and proceed to crawl to her destination. It's disturbing and funny at the same time.
She's also learned how to wave and clap. Not on command at first but now she'll wave when we ask. She also would pick the best time to wave and clap - like at dinner time with rice cereal smeared all over her hands. At times like that, I wonder why I even bother giving her a bath. Her cleanliness only ever lasts for maybe 5 minutes.
Ever since moving back to mom's, we've decided to switch from giving her showers (she showered with Bryan before) to giving her baths. You really have to keep them entertained in the bath! She's squirmy, she tries to stand up, and she's trying to pick things up off the edges all the time. She's gone from bathing every other day to now every day, because she's messy, she gets dirty, and she's just plain sticky by the end of the day.
In addition to pulling herself up on every single piece of furniture imaginable, she's now standing on her own. That's right, at 9 months, she's practically ready to run (forget walking, she wants to run). How the heck did this happen? What's next? Full sentences? Slow down kid!
The other day, we gave Mackenzie a rib to eat. This was the result:
She polished that sucker right off. It was cute. And possibly one of the only times she actually swallowed what she ate. I think she mostly just liked the sauce. A true Nickel - Bryan and his kids love sauces to no end.
Mackenzie has also decided to go from 3 naps a day to 2 naps a day. I thought it would be tough at first, but surprisingly not. She still takes about 3 hours of nap in total, so all in all, I still get my quiet time during the day. She goes down between 7:30 to 8. And I've got to say, all those nights of CIO? It was absolutely worth it! Now we do our routine, we put her down, and bam, she's out.
And that was the last month!
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