Poppy

Poppy's 10 Month Update

Poppy's 10 months old! And she had her 9 month well visit this morning. She weighs 21lbs 7oz and is 29in long (tall?). She received a clean bill of health from Dr. Roscoe.

Poppy's been crawling for a couple weeks not, but she still prefers to scoot on her booty. Sometimes she does a combination which can get pretty entertaining. She also pulls up on EVERYTHING and cruises around. She still prefers to cruise while holding on with 2 hands; not quite ready for 1-handed cruising yet. She's working hard on perfecting her balance and sometimes she'll stand up unassisted for quite a while - 20 or 30 seconds even! So after she gets the hang of one-handed cruising, it won't be long before she takes those first steps!

Poppy has several signs. She waves for "hi" and "bye", she shakes her head for "no" (or when Lauren says "Poppy" in a certain tone), she shakes her arms for "crazy shake!", she shakes her hands for "all done", and puts her hands together for "more", she claps for "yay", and she raises her arms for "soooo big!". She loves playing peek-a-boo by holding blankets over her face then lowering it and laughing hysterically. She gets very excited by the cats and dog and chases them around occasionally. Poppy's only real words so far are "Mama" and "Dada", which she just recently learned. Now she'll see a picture of Zach and reach for it, saying, "Dada! Dada!"

A lot of Poppy's 12 month clothes are getting too small, so we're on to 18 months now. Poppy has big beautiful rolly chunky baby thighs :) that are super strong from using her leg strength when she scoots. She has light brown/golden blonde hair that's starting to curl up a bit in the back on bottom, which makes her looks really girly. Her eyes are big and brown. She tans super fast so Lauren has turned into a sunscreen maniac. Poppy has 3 teeth, all on bottom, and has had those for quite some time. She's just getting over a bout of thrush, for which she had her first prescription.

Poppy just started having big girl poops, which is not surprising because she's kind of a pig when it comes to food! She'll eat pretty much anything (except nuts, honey, and eggs). Her favorites are beans, Cheerios, bell peppers, melon, chicken, and she kind of has a sweet tooth for ice cream. She still breastfeeds 6 or 8 times in a 24 hour period, by Lauren's best guess. This includes on or 2 night feedings. But she's really stretched that out and sometimes Lauren gets 4 hours of sleep in a row - woohoo!!!!! Poppy sleeps in her boppy between Zach and Lauren in their king sized bed. She ofted picks her legs straight up in the air and slams them down on the mattress repeatedly in her sleep, which is pretty annoying but other than that she's a good bed-mate. She goes to sleep between 8:30 and 9:30 and gets up around 7 or 8. She takes a couple naps each day, one in the morning or early afternoon, and the other around dinner time.

Poppy also enjoys baths, and swimming, and swinging, and playing in the sand. She likes going down slides but someone still has to hold her hands. She rides rear-facing in her Chicco infant seat and probably will for a good while longer. She's a really good car-sleeper. She takes a pacifier for sleep most o fthe time but sometimes will fall asleep without it. Poppy has a wonderful mischivious grin that she wears most of the time. She's a sweet, sweet girl.

Lolli and Poppy still get along great. Sometimes Lolli plays to rough with Poppy, but for the most part she loves having Poppy around and almost always wants her included in whatever she's doing.

Here's a link to Lolli's 10 month post for comparison ;) http://lollip.blogspot.com/2008/07/10-month-update.html

March for Babies

Today was the March of Dimes - March for Babies. Lauren and Zach were members of Team IndyMoms and had been raising money for about a month - a grand total of $220! The walk was this morning in the pouring rain. The girls rode in the jogging stroller which thankfully has a rain cover so they didn't get too wet. Afterwards there was food and Lolli got her face painted. Ya gotta love little activists :)

Poppy's 9 months old!

Poppy turns 9 months old today! She weighs around 21lbs and is ??in tall. She's still got brown eyes but her hair is almost blonde, especially in the sun. She has wonderfully chubby thighs and her arms are still pretty pudgy, too.

Poppy gets around by scooting on her booty. She scoots over to something and then pulls up on her knees (or, a couple times, all the way to standing). She refuses to go on her hands and knees ever since she learned to go from that position to sitting, so Zach and Lauren are trying to figure out other ways to encourage crawling. She's starting to get good at taking steps with someone holding her hand. She cruises a little bit, but not too excessively yet. She definitely gets around, though!

Poppy sleeps in her boppy in between Zach and Lauren in their bed at night. She wakes to nurse about every 2 hours, which must be her compensating for having been a very easy newborn ;) During the day she sleeps in her boppy or on a pillow in her big girl bed. She's a great car sleeper, too. In the evening she generally stays up until 8 or 9 and then snoozes on the couch until Z and L go to bed.

Poppy eats pretty much whatever she can get ahold of. She's a very good self-feeder and doesn't much care for being spoon-fed purees. She likes cereal bars, bananas, enchiladas (ha), pancakes, grilled cheese sandwiches... really just about everything. But she still doesn't consume much quantity of any one thing at a time, so breastmilk is still her main source of nutrition (probably as much as 90%).

Poppy waves when she hears the word "hi" and claps when she hears the word "clap" or "Yay! or the sound of people clapping (like on game shows)" She says "Mama" and means it! She does a lot of other babbling, too, but no one can understand her LOL.

Road trip!

Lauren took Lolli and Poppy on a very long (17 hours) 7-state road trip to see Gma Cathy in Texas. Their friends Jaime and Elise came along, too, which was great! All the girls did better than anyone would have hoped, although the trip was not without its frustrations. Will post more later.

Poppy's Day of Milestones

Poppy had a very big day of firsts today, developmentally speaking! She rolled from back to tummy, and went from tummy to sitting. Then she started saying "mama" and meaning it! And then she pulled herself up all the way to standing (from sitting). She'd been pulling to her knees for a couple weeks but hadn't figured out how to get up on her feet yet. Yay, Poppy!

3 teeth!

About a week or 2 ago, Lauren noticed a new tooth in Poppy's mouth, in the bottom, on the right side of her middle teeth. It's coming in nicely, with no sign of it's corresponding left-side partner! Still toothless up top, too!