Mastering Rolling Over

A week or so ago, Katerina rolled over for the first time. She has now mastered the task and rolls over every chance she gets. I think the days of sleeping on her back are also over. Last night when we went to check on her before going to bed, she had rolled over onto her tummy. This is a picture of her napping this morning.

However, she has only figured out how to roll over in one direction--when lying on her back she can only roll to the right. She tried very hard to roll to her left this morning as she really wanted a toy that was laying in that direction, but she couldn't quite get it. As a result she got very frustrated and started to cry. It was pretty cute.

The solid food adventure hasn't been very successful thus far. She gets pretty cranky after a few bites--which mostly end up on her chin. She continues to spit the food right out, which may actually tell us she isn't quite ready. We can continue to waste time, effort, food and laundry at this fruitless prusuit, or we may just wait another week and try again. We'll keep you posted.

5 Months and Rolling Over

Today is Katerina's 5 month birthday! See how big she's gotten in this picture?

Last night she rolled over from her back to her tummy for the first time. It was actually quite amusing how it happened. She went to bed at 7:30pm, and 2 hours later she started fussing. After a few minutes, Mike went up to try to give Katerina her binky, and he comes back down stairs about 30 seconds later laughing. "What's going on?" I asked. "I just watched her roll over," he said. I couldn't believe it...so I ran upstairs with him and sure enough, Katerina was fussing on her tummy in her crib. We just stood there smiling at each other for a bit, and then we finally rolled her back over. And so it begins...

Then this afternoon, she rolled over twice, but I missed it both times. Tomorrow I might set the video camera up so I don't miss it. If I catch her in action, I'll be sure to share it with you.

Solid Foods!

Katerina had her first taste of solid food today--applesauce! Mike and I were so excited to start.



We decided to start with applesauce because the rice cereal can make babies constipated--and Katerina already has that problem sometimes. So we started with applesauce--high in fiber!



It was amusing watching her take the applesauce in her mouth, then push it out with her tongue. I think she probably got about a tablespoon or so in her stomach, because most of it ended up on her chin, bib and hand. At one point it was all over her hand and then she rubbed her eyes and got it all over her face--she's going to get a bath tonight! :)



The adventure only lasted about 5 minutes--after that she started to get fussy. So we put it back on the floor to play and 15 minutes later she pooped...was that the applesauce??



We'll try again tomorrow and see how she does. Check out Katerina's blog later today because she will be sharing her video of the experience.

Apple Picking

I LOVE the weekends. I never valued them as much before I had a child. But every Sat/Sun morning when I wake up to Katerina "calling" for me, I don't even mind that its early in the morning because I know we can just hang out. Even Baba will wake up early to hang out (well not as early as us girls, but still fairly early for a weekend).

This morning, we had a great big breakfast and then went apple picking. It was Katerina's first apple picking adventure! It was a beautiful crisp morning--and we picked Cortlands, Empire and McIntosh apples. Yum! Katerina really enjoyed herself. She loved looking at all of the trees and kept trying to grab the leaves. It was too cute.

Mike and I got some cider donuts and hot apple cider afterwards. Wow! I especially enjoyed this apple picking experience because I missed it last year...I was too nauscious. :)

4 Month Stats

Katerina had a doctor's appointment yesterday. She is 13 pounds and 14 ounces and 25 inches long. It was so much fun watching her interact with the doctor this time. She tried grabbing his tie--which was a NY Giants tie- luckily Baba wasn't around to witness it. She also tried to chew on his arm. It was quite amusing.

She did so great getting her shots too. When it was time to get the shots, I gave Katerina her binky and started reciting the book "Moo Baa La La La" to her. It's her favorite book. It worked pretty well as a distraction. She didn't start crying until after the second shot and then only for a few seconds. The nurse was chuckling at me as I recited the book--but I say--whatever works right?

Updates

Okay, so I've been meaning to write a blog post for about a week now to give an update on the new things that Katerina is doing.
First, she could roll over any day now. When on her back, she arches her back so far, gets up on her side and has half of her body on her stomach, but then that one hand gets stuck. :)

She has discovered her head. She touches it a lot and plays with her hair...maybe she will be a hair twirler like her Mom!

She giggles a lot more too. In fact, everytime you take off a onesie she giggles!

She has become a lot more possesive about toys. If she is playing with a toy, and is really into it, and then drops it and can't get it back, she starts to fuss or cry. Once you give her back the toy, she is content.

Finally--we are trying to figure out if she is starting to teeth...she bites on things pretty hard. In fact I gave her my knuckle the other day to suck on and it kinda hurt!

She has a doctor appointment on Monday--so we'll send another update then.

Woes of a working Mom

I feel like I am going through the adjustment of being a parent all over again. When Katerina was first born there was all kinds of adjustments: breastfeeding, lack of sleep, and just the constant attention that a new born requires. Now, I have all of that down, but can't figure out how to work, spend time together as a family and do all of the other things necessary--like make and eat dinner. And we only have one child...:)

I've only been working full-time for a couple of weeks, so I am sure we'll figure it out eventually...we just need a little more time.

Luckily, Katerina is doing pretty well adjusting...I just need to catch up!