Monday, June 27, 2011
Beginning Crawling
Lily just finished PT today, and has really advanced her crawling. Its still kind of a scoot, but she is so much better! I took some advice and prompted her with Puffs, her favorite treat. She did GREAT!!
Been a long month...
Well, it has been a long month here in South Carolina. Lily is now 11 months old and jabbering more and more every day. The biggest news is two teeth FINALLY came up. She's got her 2 bottom teeth, and may be cutting a third one. They popped up about 2 weeks ago and are still growing into position. I'm not going to lie, I was getting a little worried.
Lily isn't quite ready for crawling, but she really enjoys standing and walking with her toy and some assistance. I can't say she stays put anymore, because between rolling, scooting, and pushing, she moves all around our floors. I have been cleaning the floors more often, and have even toyed with the idea of making her a dustcloth suit. Still may happen while I have time.
Teething was overall, not too remarkable. She was a little fussy, and she had diaper rash. We got some diaper rash cream and it cleared up quite quickly. However, I learned a valuable lesson that I am still paying for: do NOT use diaper cream with cloth diapers. Here's how I figured it out.
Lily had her rash, but we got the ointment and it cleared up in a day or two. Then one day, Lily was standing up against the couch, playing on the seat, when her foot started getting a wet spot around it. I looked, and her pants were completely dry! Turns out, she was peeing and the diaper just funneled it around and down her leg. I still didn't think of the diaper being messed up until... Lily stank. She smelled like fish. Grody. Now, we do bathe the child almost every day, so there is no reason for her to stink. So to trusty Google I go, and realize its the diaper cream. It has cod liver oil in it, and its in our diapers now. They can be cleaned, but its hard. I am currently trying to strip them again, which basically means scrubbing them very thoroughly with Dawn. It took me about an hour to scrub, and then two cycles in the wash, and they smell MUCH better, but not quite clean yet. About to do another round later.
But here is a video of Lily playing with her toy and watching Yo Gabba Gabba. A friend recommended this. Lily liked it enough, but she is all about dancing. We are working with her on sitting in other positions, like on her knees here. Plus, she waves! How cute is that??
Lily isn't quite ready for crawling, but she really enjoys standing and walking with her toy and some assistance. I can't say she stays put anymore, because between rolling, scooting, and pushing, she moves all around our floors. I have been cleaning the floors more often, and have even toyed with the idea of making her a dustcloth suit. Still may happen while I have time.
Teething was overall, not too remarkable. She was a little fussy, and she had diaper rash. We got some diaper rash cream and it cleared up quite quickly. However, I learned a valuable lesson that I am still paying for: do NOT use diaper cream with cloth diapers. Here's how I figured it out.
Lily had her rash, but we got the ointment and it cleared up in a day or two. Then one day, Lily was standing up against the couch, playing on the seat, when her foot started getting a wet spot around it. I looked, and her pants were completely dry! Turns out, she was peeing and the diaper just funneled it around and down her leg. I still didn't think of the diaper being messed up until... Lily stank. She smelled like fish. Grody. Now, we do bathe the child almost every day, so there is no reason for her to stink. So to trusty Google I go, and realize its the diaper cream. It has cod liver oil in it, and its in our diapers now. They can be cleaned, but its hard. I am currently trying to strip them again, which basically means scrubbing them very thoroughly with Dawn. It took me about an hour to scrub, and then two cycles in the wash, and they smell MUCH better, but not quite clean yet. About to do another round later.
But here is a video of Lily playing with her toy and watching Yo Gabba Gabba. A friend recommended this. Lily liked it enough, but she is all about dancing. We are working with her on sitting in other positions, like on her knees here. Plus, she waves! How cute is that??
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