what's been happening...

more of the same and some new stuff. gee, that's enlightening!

sadly we've slipped back to being dummy dependant. i don't even know how it happened. it's annoying because i'm sure it's contributing to her not sleeping as well as she could thru the nite. our nightly routine seems to be two feeds and two 'settles' at indescriminate times. the feeds generally four hours apart.
sleeping is pretty much the only gripe as she is steadily coming along with the eating caper. i've got to read up on what i can give her and start being a little more adventurous- including combining foods. presently she has one food type at a time, unless i mix some with her baby cereal. meals follow a pattern of vegetable or fruit mashed up to refusal, then baby cereal into which i surreptiously mix small portions of the previous veg or fruit if any was left after the refusal point. and also a good slurp of water from the sippy cup along the way.

on the adorable side she's taking independant steps. if we hold her elbows she will "walk" a few steps without us influencing her by dragging her or manipulating her in other ways. this is very cute to watch her little knees raise up high and her feet swing and solidly plant themselves before the next foot takes off.
she takes great glee in her baths, sucking the face cloth and splashing with whole body convulsions- don't need to clean the bathroom once percy has wet it down! she has some bath toys that fill with water enabling us to squirt her. her preferred target is straight in her mouth! this causes occasional splutters and coughs but she's always back for more. sucking, trying to digest the bath sides is also a preferred activity.
her appetite for paper remains undiminished. we have a really thick papered magazine from mcgrath real estate that has kept her entertained for two weeks now. it's an appropriate use seeing as we can't afford any of the property in it! ordinary magazines are confetti in minutes while newspaper is pulp in seconds. in fact we don't bother with newspaper anymore. i assume i'm not teaching her any respect for books- oh dear. perhaps she can differentiate between mags and books tho as she doesn't try to destroy her books as vigourously as the 'lighter' media.
that's it for now...