Archive for April 21st, 2006
Observations
It occurs to me that I’ve not posted any pictures for a while, so here’s a few, taken these last few weeks, all at playtime, along with some random observations from the lives of our girls.
Evie’s second tooth is really coming through now. It looks a little wonky but I’m sure it’ll straighten out once it gets company. And she’s finally taking to having them brushed, too.
Every new thing to do with her mouth seems to need a while for Evie to adjust to. I can remember bottle feeding taking over an hour for just a few ounces. For a while she worried us terribly by hardly eating a spoonful solids.
And then it was teeth cleaning. But I decided (as it’s me that does it, after their baths each night) to take things gently and it’s really paid off. I stopped if she wouldn’t open her mouth, made a big game about each and every brush stroke that touched her teeth, let her play with her toothbrush before and after, tried to respond to her reactions, and, bit by bit, she’s come to like it. Until now it’s just as easy to brush her teeth each night as her sisters’.
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Lettie loves labels. Not designer labels. At least, not just designer labels. Nope. Any old label keeps her happy for hours. Toys, clothes, bibs, tea towels, mats. Anything with a label for her to suck on is, as far as Lettie is concerned, the best thing ever. At least, until she spots another label somewhere.
Actually, Scarlett is very much back to being the happy-go-lucky, little bumblebee that she was before she first got ill back in February which is lovely. She’s so chilled out, in fact, that she got her third tooth this week without making the slightest fuss.
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And Jem… What can I say? It’s becoming clear now that when we called her Wriggler in the womb, we were right on the money. She rolls faster and further than any of her sisters, dressing her is like trying to get clothes on a hyperactive octopus, she can escape all but one of the bouncy chairs, bathing her leaves me as wet as her, and ‘nappy-off time’ becomes more high risk by the day – every time we look round she’s off the waterproof change mat we put her on and the carpet’s in danger. It’s exhausting.
She has been doing something rather exciting with all her energy, though. Last week she managed to briefly lift herself up on all fours. This week, she’s gone further. Now she can not only hold herself up for quite a while but can move backwards. Well, it’s a start.
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