In other news, Mike was in Chicago most of the week, and thankfully my parents were able to spend Sunday through Wednesday with Rose and me. I don't know how I would have done it without them! They were awesome: my mom helped me rock Rose when she was crying for four hours straight on Sunday night / Monday morning, my dad got up early every morning to eat breakfast with me and to watch Rose while I got ready for work, and I came home to a wonderful home-cooked meal every night. It was great for me, and I'm so glad she got some more quality time with them!
Somehow I didn't get any pictures of my parents with Rose, but here is my dad's arm as he's feeding her and my mom's back as Rose is spitting up all over her. ;)
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| (definitely "keepin' it real"!) |
On Thursday my parents took off and Grammy spent the day with Rose! Once again I neglected to get any photos, sorry. But I hear that they had a wonderful time together. :) Thanks, Marsha!
Today Rose and I had a lovely walk with Dotty and her sons at Lake of the Isles. The tree colors are just gorgeous right now! I love autumn.
By the time we got home from our walk it was about 10, Rose had not yet taken her morning nap, and we had to leave for swim lessons at 10:30. Needless to say, swim lessons were a disaster this morning. Sigh. Rose was so tired that we left early, she fell asleep within about two minutes of getting into her stroller, and she proceeded to sleep for two hours. (This from the girl who usually maxes out with two 45-minute daytime naps!)
After such a long nap, Mike and I figured we needed to do something exciting to keep her awake until her very short evening nap. (Rose usually sleeps for ~45 minutes at about 9:30, 1:30 and 4:30 - we figured her sleep from 11:30 to 1:30 today should hold her over until about 4:30 then.) First we went to Once Upon a Child and got a few "sleeping bags" to try to keep her warmer at night, since being warm seems to help her sleep better (that's mommy's girl!). (For the record, OUaC is my new favorite store for deals on baby clothes and gear that Rose will outgrow within three months. Why did we not shop here earlier?!?) Then we went to Schuler to look for shoe leather and then to Target to buy soda. (Exciting, right?) Finally we went to the Convention Grill for a late lunch / early dinner. Rose was such a big girl sitting up in a high chair for the whole meal! But she would not let us eat without also feeding her... and we were terrible parents and had neglected to bring any baby food with us. Oops! So, without even knowing that this is what we were doing, we embarked on the path of Baby-Led Weaning - aka, just giving your baby table foods and skipping the purees and spoon-feeding. Rose was a fan!
This makes me feel so much better about not following the "rules" for introducing solids - Rose loves chunks, complex flavors, and eating what we're eating, so BLW seems to be a good idea for her. We're going to continue experimenting with this approach at home (while also still giving her some purees) and will let you know how it goes.
I also took some photos of Rose as she was playing today. Just for fun. :)
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| (She had better not be trying to steal MY teddy bear!) |
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| Okay, she can have my teddy bear. (How could I resist that face?!?) |
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| Then again, maybe I'll just give her one of her own million teddy bears instead. |
And I took some photos of Rose as she was watching her Daddy walk back and forth in front of the window as he was mowing the lawn.
Isn't she the cutest?!? But you can see she was starting to get her "tired face" on. And with that, it was about 6:30 and time to start her bedtime routine.
Speaking of "tired faces," it's about that time for me too. We're doing Rose's 26-week / 6-month "portraits" tomorrow morning - stay tuned for more photos!
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