hasn't been percy's month for family. which is not to say she hasn't seen other members of her family, it's more that seeing them is not conducive to her routine, especially her sleeping patterns. this causes her parents no end of grief. percy wouldn't be including 'good sleeper' as a "strength" on her resume anyways, with long drives to wollongong or castle hill and back thrown in it definately classifies as a "weakness."
we are not doing these trips again unless completely unavoidable. judges decision is final, no argument/ discussion will be entered into.
on a cheerier note everything else is pretty good. the list of attempted foods (not necessarily all accepted and repeatedly consumed) would now include: plum, kiwi fruit, weetbix, cherries, blue berries, banana, green beans, nectarine, zucchini, red cabbage, toasted cheese sandwich (mostly just the bread bit), chocolate, red wine (not by me! a dipped finger tip from her grandfather) tandoori lamb cutlet (very cutely gnawed on while clutched in a tight fist for a good half an hour) and some store bought mixes including fruit muesli and spaghetti bolognaise. the standard fall back is still baby cereal; farex, mixed with formula or water. it would still comprise 50% of her intake. we're not putting much effort into boiling water for her anymore. she hasn't had any illness yet and she's having straight tap water more than boiled.
crawling is anticipated pretty soon. she now easily gets to a hands and knees position, rocks for a while, sticks an arm or a leg out, then back to tummy down. this is frustrating for her- evidenced by the scrunched face and the whine so we think with the right motivation she'll be on her way to independant travels soon enough.
standing is still the preferred position. she's got the cordination to pull with her arms, get her legs under her and push up 'til upright. what she doesn't have is the balance once she's there. making standing a supervised only activity.
swimming class has been going well. this week is the last class for the year. i've re-enrolled her for saturdays next year, as i'll be working on fridays. this way paul and i could also share her classes while the other does some laps if they like. i think the main thing percy has realised from swimming class, and her baths, is that things still exist under the water. she will reach for things below the surface- toys and toes. i'm not sure she understood the three dimensionality of water when classes first started.
her laugh is infectious and everybody loves her- der!
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