14 Month old Toddler!

Yip, Imke is 14 month old today :-D
She is a real pleasure to have around and is entertaining us so with all her new words and noises and discoveries!
She now makes like a monkey when she sees a picture of one, waves her arms about when I say where is the mouse (as if to chase it away), goes bbbbvvvvvvvvv when she hears a plane or a truck or the vacuum cleaner and is in love with her new truck mommy bought her LOL!
She packs the back of the truck full of little toys and then brrrmmmmssss all over the floor with it :-)
Also just adores her dolly, and gives it a bottle and brings it to me for a nappy change every morning, after which she unceremoniously dumps the dolly in the dolly cot to sleep ;-p

She is a real nurturer, she loves plonking other babies' dummies in their mouths for them. At Moms & Babes the other day another tot stole her straw cup and Imke just sighed and carried on playing and then the tot dropped the cup and Imke rushed over to pick it up and then stuffed it back into the other tots mouth LOL!!

She is sleeping so good again! Walks herself to her cot at night and then waves good night to mommy and daddy after she is snuggled in :-)
Day naps are still a bit of a fight; she can't decide if she now wants just one nap or two per day.. But mommy is still insisting on at least one good solid nap - poor child ;-p

I love her to bits and pieces and I am so so so happy that we were blessed with this happy chappy little ladybug!!

TFR
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And she is walking!!

Imke is walking! 

This afternoon she walked from her little table in her room all the way to her chest of drawers - so darn cute how she is so very careful!!!

Ai, how can a mommy's heart just expand and expand to hold more and more love??!! 

I am so, so, so proud of her!!

Now to just have the camera ready next time ;-p

Here is a video of her on day 2 of walking!!

And this is just 10 days later:

First Steps!

My little Imke gave her first steps yesterday :-) 

Ai, I am so proud of her! Sommer out of the blue she took two steps towards me and fell into my arms!!!

I think walking is on the cards soon soon!!

And she is saying 'ewwo' (hello) to everyone she meets and then she waves her little chubby hand at them! 

We just went to the Post Office, and standing in the queue she said hello to everyone who smiled at her and waved at everyone :-)

she is just the most bestest little baba for her mommy - I love her so very very very much!!!

Messy Play Days!

I have been meaning to get Imke messy with jelly & spaghetti, but the thought of the clean-up etc made me so not lus... But Kelly, Cally & Sunika inspired me :-)

So on Tuesday we had Jelly day (which was the baaaad day this week, and my angel was not feeling too lekker, so we will try it again next week).

On Wednesday we had Spaghetti day - and it was a HIT! I posted some pics on FB for those who want to take a squiz :-D

I had just as much fun today as Imke had - just watching her discover this new wormy stuff was priceless! The pics say it all!

Teeth Grinding

Now that Imke has her top 4 teeth out (and they are BIG!!), and now she has this new thing she is doing ALL the time - GRINDING HER TEETH!!! JIGGIE!! I hate that sound, it grils me so lol!! The 'what to expect' says it is perfectly normal and she will get bored with it soon enough, but in the meantime I just have to grin and bear this 'dental orchestra' he he he :-)

She is also now waving - at everything he he he!! So cute :-) And she is standing alone for longer and longer everyday. She is so gonna walk one of these days.... I better get my running shoes ready :-)

The einas start...

My little ladybug has fallen over after standing up against the coffee table (which she does the whole time!) - she cut her little itsy bitsy lip open on those new sharp top teeth.... her mommy's heart is sommer breaking :-(

She is so brave - cried for a few seconds and then I showed her the cute baby in the mirror (he he he) and she was giggling again.

I know she will get hurt lots still, but, ai, it is horrible to see her in pain. Wish I could keep her safe from all hurts for ever...

Upstanding citizen!

Imke is standing on her own! She just stood for 7 seconds (I counted as I was hovering behind her lol!!)

And then she bent down and put her hand on the floor and sat down. She is not falling so much anymore, she gets down from standing so nicely!

I start bawling each time she gets something new right. And I am so sad that Jeroen is missing all these things :-( 

Teething sucks..

Imke started sleeping through (from about 7pm to 6am) at 11 weeks - so we are the most spoiled parents ever.....
So we had 5 months of maybe 1 dummy call a night.
Recently, though, she is waking at about 12am, sitting up on her knees and banging her hands on the headboard of the cot - and humming & talking as if it is 10o'clock in the morning............. She doesn't want milk, she is just awake :-P
So last night I sat with her for almost an hour - battle of wills like you have never seen before!!!! She complained and fought with me - but in the end mommy's will prevailed - and she slept straight till 6:30am. (I did rub some Vidol on her gums, and gave her a sip of water)

I am thinking it is those blasted teeth that are sitting in her gums (they are so swollen and white...) but they just don't seem to want to erupt yet - argh....

So, needless to say, I am a bit of a zombie this morning (this waking thing has been going on for a week now...).

Blah, so don't like this teething thing...


But on a positive note - she is still as cute as a button :-D

Imke 4 Month Update

Name of baby: Imke
Birth date: 02 June 09
How old today: tomorrow she will be 4 months old!!!!!!
Birth stats: 3.24kg, 47cm
Current Weight & length: Will know tomorrow after the 4 month check-up but 2 weeks ago was 59cm & 5.8Kg
Recent milestone reached: She is trying to roll over from her back to her tummy!! And she is laughing & chatting away :-)
Next milestone: Sitting unsupported
How is baby sleeping at night? Like a baby LOL! She sleeps 11 - 13 hours a night. But the last weeks or so she has been waking up but doesn't want a bottle..... I suspect it is her teeth......
And day naps? she is awake for 90 - 100 minutes at a stretch, then she naps for anything from 20 minutes to 1 hour.
Feeding times? Is every 3 hours - she eats well and I am thinking that solids are not too far off.....
What is baby doing right now? Waking up from her morning nap :-)
How is mommy feeling? tired but goooood & in love with my gorgeous baba :-P
How is daddy coping? Don't see her except for bath times & weekends. But he loves chatting to her & playing with her

Our routine at 4 months

06:21 Wake-up (I swear she has a built-in clock - every morning at 06:21 she says aghooooooo!!)
Bottle
Nappy change
Quiet Play
Nap (about 40 minutes)
Play

09:30 -ish
Nappy change
Bottle
Play
nap (about 30 - 40 minutes)
Play

12:30-ish
Nappy change
Bottle
Play
Nap (this one tends to be a little longer - about 55 minutes!)

15:30 -ish
Nappy change
Bottle
Play
nap (a 20 minute nap!)
Walkies
quiet play

18:00
Start bath routine: Put the same lullaby CD on every night.
Play with her quietly on the carpet while daddy gets the bath water
Get undressed
Bath (we take our time bathing her - she loves lying in the bath & Jeroen & I get to chat softly about our days. She loves 'talking' with us!)
Dry-off
Massage (a bit of tummy time while we massage her back!)
Get in to Jammies (she hates this part!)
Cuddles from Mommy
Then daddy gives her her last bottle of the night
He puts her in bed awake but drowsy :-)

We keep the room lit only by a lamp, so she already knows it is now sleepy time.