Crawling

It's been a long time, but Isabella has finally started to master the art of crawling. Whilst she isn't zooming around yet, it won't be long before I start burning some calories running after her. Right now, she is only taking a few knees forward at a time. But I am so proud of her!

All I want for Christ is my 2 front teeth!

And she finally has them! I was playing around with Isabella the other day and had her upside-down. I looked into her mouth and saw these 2 pearly whites shining at me. Yippee! No wonder it hurt so much the other day when she bit my chin! Now she has a grand total of 4 teeth!

She's starting to stand

Isabella surprises me everyday with how much she is learning. This week, she has started to try standing. I have been giving Isabella the opportunity to practice her swimming skills in our pool several times a week as well as her weekly lessons. A few days ago, she started to stand on my legs when I was sitting in the pool. Prior to that, I have been trying to get her to stand to no avail as she has been used to the jolly jumper. So, everytime I have tried to get her to stand before that, she just tries to bounce instead. Now, even out of the pool, she will stand with my support.

Her personality really is starting to shine. My cheeky little princess. She's full of smiles and giggles and when she sits in her high chair or plays in her bassinet, sometime holds her toys out and drops them on the floor to see what happens to them and then laughs. I wonder what she'll surprise me with next.

My little mermaid

Isabella's had a very big day out today. We went to the city again for her NAET appointment this morning, and the good news is that she doesn't need to have anymore treatments unless she starts reacting to any other allergens in the future. So, after that appointment we walked across the bridge from the City to Southbank Parklands.

It has been a very sunny and hot day today, and Scott and I just did not have the energy to walk fast. I felt the heat just drain any last bit of energy I had. At Southbank, we walked along the markets, where I looked out for one of those people who drew caricatures as we wanted on of Isabella. Before we found one, we had decided to stop by a Cold Rock Ice Creamery for a nice treat. As the day was so hot, it didn't take long before our ice creams started melting. After our lovely treat, we went back to finish the other half of the market, and I finally found the caricature stall. But alas.... my dear darling baby had fallen asleep. *Sigh*... we will have to wait till next time. We decided to head back to the city as we had a few things to pick up on the way home.

As difficult as it was walking from the City to Southbank in this heat, it was harder going back! But it all paid off once we got to the city, as the buildings there provided some relief from the heat, and better still when we went into the department stores there. As Isabella was still sleeping, we decided to cool off at one of the department stores, Myer. As they had some sales on, we went to the Children's section where I found a few bargains, and also decided to get my baby girl her first swimming outfit.

When we finally got home, Isabella and I had a nap, and then later jumped into the pool. Yesterday, we had introduced Isabella to the pool for the first time. She was quite apprehensive, but thought we should persevere with it. Today, she was still quite nervous, but after a few minutes, she was feeling more confident.

"Here is a picture of my pretty mermaid in her cute costume"

She's growing up so fast!

My little munchkin is growing up so fast. She has been sitting up for the last 2-3 weeks. Whilst she can crawl yet and hates being on her tummy, I suspect she might be one of those babies who will just start walking and skip the crawling part.

And for the last week or so, she has been talking almost non-stop. Words like "Mum Mum", "Baba", Buba/Babu". I've been enjoying my little chatter-box. I wonder what her next words will be.

Stay tuned.. for the next development!

High Chair

Isabella has been sitting in her high chair all week, starting with Father's day breakfast. She is having much more fun in her high chair and since it has wheels at the bottom, I have been pushing her around the house whilst I get things done as well, and most of the time she is happy to sit in it whilst I go along my merry way with the house work.

This morning before Scott left for work, already I had put on a load of washing, vacuumed the main areas of the house where Isabella would go to, ie her bedroom, our bedroom, ensuite and kitchen/dining areas. Also got hubby's lunch ready, as well as the usual juice, vitamins, washing baby's bottles, boiling water and also letting the dogs out from the side of the house. Doesn't sound like much, but it was a fair feat for me all in an hour!

8:30am, she is now asleep. I know I was really excited about Isabella's teeth coming out, and I am in a way, but I forgot about the sleep disruptions that come along with it. So, on and off, Isabella's sleep has been better and worse at times. Last night I was expecting a bad night after a stressful day since she didn't get much sleep, but she surprised us. One feed and about 2 or 3 dummy calls.

Anyway, here is a picture of Isabella in her highchair (proudly donated by our friend Paul)

Watch Out! Teeth coming through

Yeay!!! Isabella's teeth are finally coming through. She's been sticking my fingers in her mouth lately.. and I've started to feel something sharp. Last night she woke up crying in pain, not the usual hunger cry. So I knew immediately that she was crying from her teeth cutting through. We gave her some panadol and bonjela. Somehow I don't think the bonjela works.. cause she drools so much and ends up eating it anyway. She went to bed at 8:30pm and woke at 10ish because of her teeth, and then again at midnight, but didn't eat. Then woke again at 4ish in the morning for a feed and then just before 8am. This morning I can almost see 2 teeth pertruding from her lower gums. Yipee! I'll try and get some pictures.... if I can. Lol.