Friday, March 25, 2011

Lillian Seven Month Update




Hi everyone! Lillian went for her checkup this week. It was supposed to be her 6 month checkup, but due to scheduling issues, it was a 7 month checkup. She topped the charts at 21 lbs. 9 oz. and 28 in. She's very healthy except for some minor allergy symptoms. She constantly rubs her eyes to the point of distraction and waking herself up, so the doc gave us some eye drops. They seem to help as she gives us more than two hour sleep stretches at night. Her record is about 5 hours, but she's inconsistent at this point. In other news, a cute little tooth finally popped through: the bottom middle one. She hasn't started crawling, yet, but she's still doing pushups and rolling around like crazy. She's also actually enjoying her food lately. It took a few days of trying, but she now gets excited to eat a bit in the morning and late afternoon. She's had brown rice, barley, and oatmeal as well as bananas, avocados, and sweet potatoes. It's been fun getting back into puree making. I hope to get even more adventurous with her than with Robert, but we'll see what she likes. Robert didn't end up doing purees for very long as he was more interested in finger foods.
Anyway, enjoy these pics of her eating and wearing her new summer bonnet that Aunt Julie just sent. It's so cute and reminds me of the ones I wore when I was little.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Milestones



It's a big week at the Kunes' House! Robert is starting to toilet train this week. I took a picture of him in his new boxers. We had a serious talk about the commitment to wear underwear and not diapers, to strive for dryness, and to take the final steps out of babyhood. He said he was up to the challenge....and then peed in his underwear about 10 minutes later. Nice. It's gonna be a long week. I'd appreciate your prayers.
In other less messy news, Lillian is our house superhero this week. She's been doing push ups and trying to crawl already! She'll be 7 months in 3 days. While I'm glad she's progressing, I'm not ready to chase a crawling baby, yet! She still hasn't gotten those teeth we thought were coming in a few months ago, but she's working on a bottom middle tooth. It's just about to pop through the gums, and she's not happy. That molar that's visible just under the gums never came in. So this could be a big month for her: crawling and teeth. Should be fun! Right?!