Archive for the ‘Baby Development’ Category

Bailey stands by herself.

Bailey stood for a full 10 seconds by herself last Monday while my mom was visiting. She’s only done it a few times since then – she never realizes it when she does it. She still would rather crawl than walk, but loves to stand and loves to climb even more!

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9 months this week!

So BB has been changing so fast, she’s hard to keep an eye on, and also drains our energy so that at the end of the day, I really don’t have much time to write – getting photos and videos is hard enough.
She’s gone from learning to sit up from laying on her back to [...]

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Not much

has been going on since we got back from RI. Bailey is still very very close to crawling, doing a great job of standing up when we help her and eating whole jars of baby food in one sitting. I made some sweet potatoes for her last night. Its so easy to do, but I [...]

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Bailey’s New Bounce-A-Bout

Okay, so I didn’t really want to buy her an exer-saucer type of thing. I wrote about it in another post, area of this blog. However, what I didn’t plan on was just how much Bailey would love to stand. Joe and I started to hold her up this past week and let her stand [...]

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Bailey’s Six Month Well Visit

So BB weighed in at 15 pds. 11oz. and was measured at 26″. Which is interesting because I didn’t have those measurements until I was EIGHT months old!
Doctor said she looked great, that the white spot on her upper gum wasn’t a tooth, probably a cyst, but it wasn’t anything to worry about. Said she [...]

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Updates on Bailey.

1. She’s 15 pds.
2. We all swear she’s teething, but have no idea how to prove it.
3. She’s now 6 months old.
4. Bailey is still not sitting up on her own.

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Video: Strong Neck and Head for Tummy Time!

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Video: Bailey trying to crawl.

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Sleep Regression

Your baby is also going through enormous developmental spurts that you can’t see, because they’re dealing with cognitive processes. They work through these spurts the same way they work through the physical spurts, but when your baby is practicing recognizing patterns, you can’t see that. Leading up to the actual new skill the baby is [...]

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The argument against Exersaucers.

Question: What is an ExerSaucer?
Though most people refer to all products of this type as exersaucers, the name “ExerSaucer” is actually a brand name of the stationary play centers made by Evenflo. Other names for stationary play centers include baby activity center, baby play saucer and stationary play circle.
Answer: An ExerSaucer is the modern answer [...]

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