Today Abby waved bye bye all on her own! She has waved bye bye twice before but it was not so obvious, and it was after I had already been waving her arm for her. This time, we were leaving Dr. Adamson's office, and I hadn't said "bye" or prompted her at all, and she started waving her whole arm bye bye all by herself! The receptionists saw and were so tickled and impressed that she could already wave bye! She did it for about a full 15 seconds! Wow!
And then later on with Grandma Lori and her daddy, they were trying to get her to wave bye bye and instead of waving she said "ba ba"! She said it a couple times so we knew she was trying to say "bye bye"!
Then later on when I was shopping at Target, I was on the phone with Grandma CC gushing to her about Abby's accomplishments waving bye, and then she waved again!
Also, she is still signing "milk" every day, especially when she is nursing. It is so cute to watch her nursing contentedly while she looks at her little hand slowly opening and closing to sign "milk". How sweet!
Grandma Lori is visiting still, and Abby is just loving having her here! We were concerned before she came that Abby might not remember her. But there was no need to worry because Abby was immediately comfortable and happy with Lollie, which shows she does remember her! What a good memory she has!
So here are Abby's first words so far:
1. Hi! She said this to a little girl (about 3) at the park and it was so cute! I lowered her down to the little girl's level and she said "Hi!" which I had been saying to her a lot, so I knew she knew what she was saying. She said this at about 5 months old.
2. Mama
3. Dada
4. Milk
5. Dog (or actually "og")
6. Bye bye (ba ba)
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Abigail
I'm sitting here on the couch, while Abby is having fun on her play mat. She is my main reason for starting this blog, or journal, because when she grows up, she will want to know what she was like as a baby. Plus, the prophet said that we need to be keeping a journal. So this is my version of a journal.
Yesterday, Abby started making a new sound. It's a "A" vowel sound where she starts out low and goes high, or starts out high and goes low. It's so cute! What was particularly amazing was that she started doing it to mimic the music on her jumperoo! It would make the sound, and then almost at the same time, she would mimic it! Very impressive for a three month old!
Also, she seems to understand how to talk on the phone! She talks to her Grandma CC, while looking at my cell phone and listening to CC's responses, then "talking" some more. How unusual for such a young baby to already grasp the concept of telephone conversation!
I love how Abigail gives me slobbery kisses! When I pause after covering her chubby little cheeks with kisses, she looks up at me and opens her mouth to show she wants to give me kisses, too! I put my cheek on her mouth to let her give me her slobbery baby kisses! So cute! Today, she grabbed my hand to give it kisses, too! Aww! Such a sweetie pie! I can tell it's kisses, because when she chews or sucks on my fingers that's totally different.
We have been teaching Abby American Sign Language. First, we started with the sign for "milk", or "nursies" as we call it. She's already done that sign twice! The first time, someone else was holding her, she looked right at me from across the room, and did the "milk" sign. I wasn't sure if she knew what she was doing, but I said, hesitantly, "I think she's hungry." Now normally, Abby is very particular about when she eats. She will only nurse right when she wants to, and no sooner. If I offer her nursies before she wants it, she will arch her back away from me and fuss or scream in anger. (Which is why I've been teaching her the "no" sign!) So I offered her nursies, and sure enough, she wanted it! Wow! Then the second time, Andy saw her do the "milk" sign when he was holding her, so I offered her milk and again, she wanted it! The third sign we've been teaching is the sign for "toilet" which we do when she poops in her diaper and we say "poo poo!"
Abigial really loves taking a bath. Normally, I will fill the tub with water, and then get in the bath with her. I put my hand behind her head and neck to support her while she floats in the water on her back. She gets so excited to be in the warm water, she smiles real big, and immediately starts working her arms and legs, kicking and splashing up a storm! She is so fun to watch, and so adorable! I wash her from head to toe with a soft baby washcloth and Burt's Baby Bee Shampoo and Body wash, which is gentle, natural, and smells wonderful! We give her a bath two or three times a week, which is what Pediatricians recommend to keep her clean, but not dry out her skin.
Something funny that Abigail has been doing the past few days, is that when she's nursing, she wants to suck on her index finger at the same time! It's so funny! She keeps trying to get her finger in her mouth, too, and I keep taking her hand away. She got so frustrated today, because I wouldn't let her do it, and she really wanted the satisfaction of having both her finger and her nursies at the same time! She started crying and getting all mad! I would let her do it, but first of all she can't get any milk that way, and second, it's kind of uncomfortable. Such a cutie, though. She's so determined! She just won't quit trying!
Oh also, yesterday she started sucking her thumb! I figured she would probably start doing it sometime, because she loves putting her hands in her mouth so much. I wasn't so happy about it, though, because thumb sucking is a hard habit to break! I would know, I sucked my thumb until I was eight! At that age, it was mostly just at night, but I can remember how hard it was to stop. I had to put socks over my hands, and pin them to my pajamas to keep from doing it while I was asleep! Plus it can mess up your teeth. Apparently, Abby is at least the third generation of thumb suckers, because my mom sucked her thumb, too! Well, my teeth actually turned out okay, and so did my mom's so I guess I won't worry about it. Besides, she's so cute when she sucks her thumb!
Right now, she is sleeping on my chest while I type this. She loves to be held while she sleeps. That is when she takes the longest naps. I love to hold her while she sleeps. She is so sweet, snuggly, and full of love and trust. I have a hard time putting her down!
Yesterday, Abby started making a new sound. It's a "A" vowel sound where she starts out low and goes high, or starts out high and goes low. It's so cute! What was particularly amazing was that she started doing it to mimic the music on her jumperoo! It would make the sound, and then almost at the same time, she would mimic it! Very impressive for a three month old!
Also, she seems to understand how to talk on the phone! She talks to her Grandma CC, while looking at my cell phone and listening to CC's responses, then "talking" some more. How unusual for such a young baby to already grasp the concept of telephone conversation!
I love how Abigail gives me slobbery kisses! When I pause after covering her chubby little cheeks with kisses, she looks up at me and opens her mouth to show she wants to give me kisses, too! I put my cheek on her mouth to let her give me her slobbery baby kisses! So cute! Today, she grabbed my hand to give it kisses, too! Aww! Such a sweetie pie! I can tell it's kisses, because when she chews or sucks on my fingers that's totally different.
We have been teaching Abby American Sign Language. First, we started with the sign for "milk", or "nursies" as we call it. She's already done that sign twice! The first time, someone else was holding her, she looked right at me from across the room, and did the "milk" sign. I wasn't sure if she knew what she was doing, but I said, hesitantly, "I think she's hungry." Now normally, Abby is very particular about when she eats. She will only nurse right when she wants to, and no sooner. If I offer her nursies before she wants it, she will arch her back away from me and fuss or scream in anger. (Which is why I've been teaching her the "no" sign!) So I offered her nursies, and sure enough, she wanted it! Wow! Then the second time, Andy saw her do the "milk" sign when he was holding her, so I offered her milk and again, she wanted it! The third sign we've been teaching is the sign for "toilet" which we do when she poops in her diaper and we say "poo poo!"
Abigial really loves taking a bath. Normally, I will fill the tub with water, and then get in the bath with her. I put my hand behind her head and neck to support her while she floats in the water on her back. She gets so excited to be in the warm water, she smiles real big, and immediately starts working her arms and legs, kicking and splashing up a storm! She is so fun to watch, and so adorable! I wash her from head to toe with a soft baby washcloth and Burt's Baby Bee Shampoo and Body wash, which is gentle, natural, and smells wonderful! We give her a bath two or three times a week, which is what Pediatricians recommend to keep her clean, but not dry out her skin.
Something funny that Abigail has been doing the past few days, is that when she's nursing, she wants to suck on her index finger at the same time! It's so funny! She keeps trying to get her finger in her mouth, too, and I keep taking her hand away. She got so frustrated today, because I wouldn't let her do it, and she really wanted the satisfaction of having both her finger and her nursies at the same time! She started crying and getting all mad! I would let her do it, but first of all she can't get any milk that way, and second, it's kind of uncomfortable. Such a cutie, though. She's so determined! She just won't quit trying!
Oh also, yesterday she started sucking her thumb! I figured she would probably start doing it sometime, because she loves putting her hands in her mouth so much. I wasn't so happy about it, though, because thumb sucking is a hard habit to break! I would know, I sucked my thumb until I was eight! At that age, it was mostly just at night, but I can remember how hard it was to stop. I had to put socks over my hands, and pin them to my pajamas to keep from doing it while I was asleep! Plus it can mess up your teeth. Apparently, Abby is at least the third generation of thumb suckers, because my mom sucked her thumb, too! Well, my teeth actually turned out okay, and so did my mom's so I guess I won't worry about it. Besides, she's so cute when she sucks her thumb!
Right now, she is sleeping on my chest while I type this. She loves to be held while she sleeps. That is when she takes the longest naps. I love to hold her while she sleeps. She is so sweet, snuggly, and full of love and trust. I have a hard time putting her down!
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