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Since this is the equivalent of Eliza's baby book, I just wanted to add some bits and pieces of her development for myself.
Our biggest milestone reached this month is the eating of finger foods. She thoroughly enjoys feeding herself with her fingers. Her favorites at the moment are cheerios, avocado, cheddar cheese, , banana, hard boiled eggs, and melon. In fact, she'll pretty much eat whatever I put in front of her. But if I start with cheese, then she won't touch anything else, so I feed her sequentially from least favorite to cheese. This week she's been LOVING yogurt and has a newfound love for green beans.
She's been working on clapping her hands for a few weeks now and today, while she was sitting in her crib playing, I caught that "ah ha" moment. She'd pull her arms way out to her sides and then with all of her might, bring them together. If her hands made a clapping noise, she'd shriek with delight. Too cute. Atta Girl EK.
She's been working hard on saying "earl." It sounds like "Oool."
Still no crawling, although she rolls a bit more and scoots backwards like a champ. She'll stand while holding onto the furniture and thinks it's awfully fun to push herself off and try to balance by herself. This gives me much stress. If I leave her to sit and play with her toys on the floor, she somehow manages to spin herself a full 360 degrees in about 20 minutes.
Speaking of spinning, the girl never wakes up in the same place she falls asleep. She spins like a top in that crib of hers.