Since the last Ella blog entry Ella’s become quite mobile and grown into a fun, cute, entertaining little baby girl. She hasn’t produced any new teeth so she seems a bit lopsided when she opens her mouth showing her three lower, front teeth, but I’m sure she is working hard on some more. Her hair has gown in quite a bit more so she doesn’t look like a fuzzy que ball any longer and she’s developed her own personality along with a vast awareness of the world around her.
A week or so ago she’d discovered the concept of forward mobility by performing the baby army crawl; reaching out in front of her, hoisting herself up on her elbows, then falling forward on her arms pulling herself forward in 4 inch increments, her feet trying to help propel her forward, sometimes succeeding, other times not. So, combined with her her ability to roll around all over the floor in either direction, she can now move forward, making it that much easier to pester her brother Aidan by moving over to him and trying to touch him, something he’s not all that fond of. It also allows her to entertain herself by moving from one toy to chew on to the next providing 30-minute chucks of entertainment and relaxation value for her parents.
Ella also has, on loan to her thankful parents from her daytime nanny, a little baby scooter – something akin to a lunar rover with four independently turnable wheels and a baby seat in the middle of it allowing Ella’s feet to hit the ground and provide independent leg action. This is her favorite and most used baby item as it allows her to move herself all over the lower level of the house – made that much easier as the floors are all wood. She just scoots herself around following anyone she wants, trying to keep up. Brother Aidan will play with her by running down the hallway to the front door, and Ella will spin her little feet as fast as possible, propelling her baby landing craft down the hallway after him. Many times bumping into one wall or the other, where she immediately adjusts course and continues on to her destination. Upon reaching her brother, Aidan will then run back down the hallway to the alternate end and wait for Ella to get herself turned around and sets off back down the hallway after him.
Ella does not like baby food. Hard to believe given the every so appetizing nature of the multi puréed assortment of vegetables and fruit mush available. She prefers fresh bananas, graham crackers, and baby bread sticks. That all being stated, she has started to accept the Gerber mac and cheese mush which is a victory in itself. She has also developed a taste for the Crystal Light lemonade product. I’ll have to admit right off that this is my fault, I gave her a taste by dipping my finger into the liquid then sticking it into her mouth. She, within seconds, moved to drinking it out of my glass. When she wanted more, she would crane her neck forward, head tilted back and little, pink tongue spilling out over her three front teeth and lower lip, waiting for me to place the cup back in her mouth so she could get more of the best liquid modern chemistry has to offer. Heck, it looks like she’s already in training to pledge a Cougar sorority. I say Cougar only because I’m sure it’s would be more fun to imbibe in her favorite beverage after her school has won a football game and it doesn’t look like the home town team will be doing that anytime soon. Of course, what would I know, it’s not like my alma matter is known for it’s gridiron winning ways, but she’s certainly welcome to go there if she so chooses
