more coming… also, check out her teeth at “Teeth”
Last weekend we went to Koke’e, except for the drive back it was beautiful.
It was Leilani’s first time camping in cool weather, and a new experience for us, having to put lots of clothes on her at night, and wrapping her up on the potty.
We had a nice hike on the Berry Flats Trail (among others) and even found berries there. Leilani took a nap while hiking, and impressed co-hikers by eating a tomato.
Sunset above Kalalau Valley
Leilani, playing with her ball in the tent
Leilani likes to pull moss
We found a tree tent along the redwood grove on the Berry Flats Trail
I like recording these firsts. The other night when Leilani was eating rice, she was also chewing on my finger and I noticed her gums felt different. When we tried to look into her mouth, we could tell her gums were a bit red, but she got fussy so we couldn’t get a good look at them. That was probably a sign itself, in addition to all the drooling. Today, we got a good look and could see the gums parting and definitely feel hard teeth underneath.
She drooled a lot several months ago, and my wife lost a bet that Leilani would get teeth early. But since she has actually been less fussy lately we weren’t expecting teeth. Everybody says teething is so painful, and after the early colic, we were afraid she (and we) would be miserable. Some of our neighbors that we don’t know at all have a baby that we never heard until recently, and we assumed that he was teething. But Leilani is showing no signs of discomfort from the teething, which is a small miracle in our eyes (and ears).
Mommy adds: Leilani was not only brave when teething, she also got her first vaccination today, and did not cry at all. We are so proud of her!
No I will not show you my teeth!
With a lot of patience…
I don’t know if this one is ever mentioned in the baby books, but tonight, Leilani managed to feed herself from my plate.
We’ve mentioned before how interested she is in our food when she sits on our laps during meals. She will grab plates and silverware or anything she can reach on the table. She obviously can tell we are eating, especially now that we feed her 2 to 3 meals per day from her own bowl with a spoon. She also likes to grab food and squish it in her hands whenever we’re not paying enough attention.
Today, my wife went shopping with Leilani and bought herself an ice cream bar (since she made her diet public, I can say that here :-). Apparently, Leilani kept reaching for it and trying to grab it, and Mommy had a hard time holding her and eating the ice cream. We knew it was coming, but it’s finally here: one side effect of having a child is that we have to eat more healthy if we want her to eat well.
But until tonight, Leilani had never grabbed food and put it in her mouth to eat it. She was sitting on my lap and reached for my plate as usual. Since I had white rice facing her, I figured it would be easy enough to clean up if she played with it, and it would be safe for her to swallow if she got some in her mouth. But instead of playing with it or squishing it, she consciously picked up a clump, mostly with her fingers instead of her palm, quicly moved it to her mouth and ate it, even licking her fingers to get more grains of the sticky rice. She repeated it a few more times and seemed to like eating rice, until she got bored and just spread it all over.