Josie was talking up a storm while we were waiting for the doctor yesterday. I had nothing better to do so I took video! This is the very first time I was able to record the way she says "Mommy". It sounds like "My-eeee". I am very happy with this new name because up until six weeks ago, she would not say anything at all that resembled "Mommy". Not even a "MaMa". Now she says a bunch of words! These are just a few recorded in a matter of minutes.
(Josie was at the doctor because she has been sick with an awful cold and vomiting since Tuesday. We got some medicine but she still feels pretty yucky. I am thankful Eric has been off work this week to help give her the extra attention she needs!)
Showing posts with label Josie milestones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Josie milestones. Show all posts
Friday, February 13, 2009
Monday, November 3, 2008
Josie (14 months)
Also know as: Princess/Officer/Superstar/Builder!
I have not updated on any of Josie's milestones in awhile so I will do so now before I forget them.
Josie finally went from "army" crawling to regular crawling at 11 months. She took her first steps just before her first birthday and was walking all over the place a couple of weeks after her birthday. She now can run, climb, jump, and pretty much everything else you need to be able to do to get into everything! She talks very well and her favorite words are Ellie, Daddy, doggie (which means any animal), hiiiiii...(which she says to everyone, especially strangers), down (which also means up), thank you, and more? (which she says usually as she's trying to climb into the refrigerator). She will not say Mommy and every time I try to get her to, she says Ellie or Daddy and then laughs. She thinks she's pretty funny! She has such a firecracker personality (so different from Ellie) and will scream and throw herself on the floor in a tantrum for just about any reason. However, she can go from that to being so silly and sweet that it's hard to ever be upset with her. Her and Ellie are finally finding things they can play together and I love finding them engrossed together in a game of hide-n-seek, building Legos, or reading books.
Our family would definitely not be complete without Josie. She brings so much energy into this house, not to mention joy, love, and laughter. We love you Josie!
I have not updated on any of Josie's milestones in awhile so I will do so now before I forget them.
Josie finally went from "army" crawling to regular crawling at 11 months. She took her first steps just before her first birthday and was walking all over the place a couple of weeks after her birthday. She now can run, climb, jump, and pretty much everything else you need to be able to do to get into everything! She talks very well and her favorite words are Ellie, Daddy, doggie (which means any animal), hiiiiii...(which she says to everyone, especially strangers), down (which also means up), thank you, and more? (which she says usually as she's trying to climb into the refrigerator). She will not say Mommy and every time I try to get her to, she says Ellie or Daddy and then laughs. She thinks she's pretty funny! She has such a firecracker personality (so different from Ellie) and will scream and throw herself on the floor in a tantrum for just about any reason. However, she can go from that to being so silly and sweet that it's hard to ever be upset with her. Her and Ellie are finally finding things they can play together and I love finding them engrossed together in a game of hide-n-seek, building Legos, or reading books.
Our family would definitely not be complete without Josie. She brings so much energy into this house, not to mention joy, love, and laughter. We love you Josie!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
New Milestones!
Josie has been cruising for a few weeks and is now standing all by herself. She has also learned how to climb stairs- so back up went the baby gate. This little one is in to EVERYTHING. We are going to be in so much trouble when she starts walking!Monday, July 14, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
May Pictures, Teeth and Crawling
First teeth! 
Josie is now crawling (at 8 1/2 months). It's the "army" kind of crawl and she can go fast!
Josie is now crawling (at 8 1/2 months). It's the "army" kind of crawl and she can go fast!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
6 Months
I'm a little late on this, but I did want to make sure I marked this milestone. Josie is 6 months old!!! How on earth did that happen? It is truly amazing how fast it has went...
She has such a personality now! She smiles so easily...you just have to make eye contact and there it is! She is also super ticklish under her chin and squeals with laughter even if she just thinks we are about to tickle her. It always makes me laugh when I hear her laugh. She is also a little chatterbox and it's fun to hear all the new sounds she can make each day. She really has turned into such a happy baby and the only times she gets upset is when she is hungry or wants so badly to get to a toy that's out of reach. This baby wants to move! She does roll all over the place, but it doesn't always get her where she's trying to go.
Here are the new things she is doing:
Eating Solids
We started rice about a month ago and have now progressed to many different fruits and veggies. She seems to be hungry ALL THE TIME and I spend a considerable amount of time making food and feeding her each day. She lost all interest in breastfeeding so I started pumping and giving it to her in a bottle. My supply quickly diminished doing this and so her bottles became more and more formula until now that's all she takes. It's a little disappointing, but I never did set out to do extended breastfeeding and I at least nursed her for the same amount of time as I did Ellie.
Sleeping in the Crib
Now I DID set out to co-sleep with Josie for as long as she fit in the co-sleeper. Some of my fondest memories with Ellie were waking up to her beautiful little sleeping face just inches from mine every morning and starting each day with baby cuddles before getting out of bed.
It was the same with Josie...but only for the first 5 months. Then it just started not working for us anymore. For one thing, she sleeps very fitfully. She tosses and turns and makes little baby noises pretty much the whole night. She doesn't actually wake up during these times and doesn't need me to do anything for her, it just never let me actually fall into a deep sleep. Then when she went through a phase of waking up several times a night again, after actually sleeping (rather fitfully) through the night for a few weeks, I knew it was time for a change. I was exhausted. So the logical choice was to move her to her crib in the nursery. The only problem with that, though, was that Ellie still held claim over it! So in sleep-deprived desperation, we borrowed a twin size mattress from a friend and set it up in Ellie's big girl room (next to her toddler bed). And I went from co-sleeping with my 5 month old back to co-sleeping with my 3 year old! It worked, though, and Josie took to the crib immediately. I think she is happy to have her own space and part of her problem was that I was keeping HER awake when she was in the co-sleeper in addition to her keeping me awake. She is now only up once a night at most and has even slept through the night on occasion again. And for the last 3 nights, we have been able to lay her in the crib while still awake and she falls asleep on her own! That did not happen with Ellie until at least a year old or maybe later.
The co-sleeping with Ellie only lasted 2 weeks and then I gave her the choice of sleeping with Mommy or by herself with a tent over her bed.
She chose the tent! She now loves her new big bed and I'm so happy the the transition went smoothly. I honestly did not see how we would ever get to this point and it just goes to show that things will just "work out" and I shouldn't ever worry or stress about how it will happen. I must say that it was a a lot of fun "camping out" with Ellie and I will have fond memories of her wildly imaginative bedtime stories and our more serious late night talks.
Sitting
This has been progressing over the last few weeks. I think the longest she has sat happily so far is about 15 minutes. It's nice because it opens up a whole new set of "sitting" toys for her to play with. Ellie loves it, too, since it is easier to play with her.
So yeah, our little baby is growing up. Way faster than I want her to. Each time I pack up a set of baby clothes (packed up the 3-6 months this weekend), I get so sentimental. Even though I think this is probably our last baby, it's amazing how strong the desire for another one is still there in times like those. I vow to enjoy every moment with Josie and cherish each milestone and to take tons of pictures and video to capture these precious times. She brings so much joy to her Mommy and Daddy and Big Sis!
She has such a personality now! She smiles so easily...you just have to make eye contact and there it is! She is also super ticklish under her chin and squeals with laughter even if she just thinks we are about to tickle her. It always makes me laugh when I hear her laugh. She is also a little chatterbox and it's fun to hear all the new sounds she can make each day. She really has turned into such a happy baby and the only times she gets upset is when she is hungry or wants so badly to get to a toy that's out of reach. This baby wants to move! She does roll all over the place, but it doesn't always get her where she's trying to go.
Here are the new things she is doing:
Eating Solids
We started rice about a month ago and have now progressed to many different fruits and veggies. She seems to be hungry ALL THE TIME and I spend a considerable amount of time making food and feeding her each day. She lost all interest in breastfeeding so I started pumping and giving it to her in a bottle. My supply quickly diminished doing this and so her bottles became more and more formula until now that's all she takes. It's a little disappointing, but I never did set out to do extended breastfeeding and I at least nursed her for the same amount of time as I did Ellie.
Sleeping in the Crib
Now I DID set out to co-sleep with Josie for as long as she fit in the co-sleeper. Some of my fondest memories with Ellie were waking up to her beautiful little sleeping face just inches from mine every morning and starting each day with baby cuddles before getting out of bed.
It was the same with Josie...but only for the first 5 months. Then it just started not working for us anymore. For one thing, she sleeps very fitfully. She tosses and turns and makes little baby noises pretty much the whole night. She doesn't actually wake up during these times and doesn't need me to do anything for her, it just never let me actually fall into a deep sleep. Then when she went through a phase of waking up several times a night again, after actually sleeping (rather fitfully) through the night for a few weeks, I knew it was time for a change. I was exhausted. So the logical choice was to move her to her crib in the nursery. The only problem with that, though, was that Ellie still held claim over it! So in sleep-deprived desperation, we borrowed a twin size mattress from a friend and set it up in Ellie's big girl room (next to her toddler bed). And I went from co-sleeping with my 5 month old back to co-sleeping with my 3 year old! It worked, though, and Josie took to the crib immediately. I think she is happy to have her own space and part of her problem was that I was keeping HER awake when she was in the co-sleeper in addition to her keeping me awake. She is now only up once a night at most and has even slept through the night on occasion again. And for the last 3 nights, we have been able to lay her in the crib while still awake and she falls asleep on her own! That did not happen with Ellie until at least a year old or maybe later.
The co-sleeping with Ellie only lasted 2 weeks and then I gave her the choice of sleeping with Mommy or by herself with a tent over her bed.
She chose the tent! She now loves her new big bed and I'm so happy the the transition went smoothly. I honestly did not see how we would ever get to this point and it just goes to show that things will just "work out" and I shouldn't ever worry or stress about how it will happen. I must say that it was a a lot of fun "camping out" with Ellie and I will have fond memories of her wildly imaginative bedtime stories and our more serious late night talks.
SittingThis has been progressing over the last few weeks. I think the longest she has sat happily so far is about 15 minutes. It's nice because it opens up a whole new set of "sitting" toys for her to play with. Ellie loves it, too, since it is easier to play with her.
So yeah, our little baby is growing up. Way faster than I want her to. Each time I pack up a set of baby clothes (packed up the 3-6 months this weekend), I get so sentimental. Even though I think this is probably our last baby, it's amazing how strong the desire for another one is still there in times like those. I vow to enjoy every moment with Josie and cherish each milestone and to take tons of pictures and video to capture these precious times. She brings so much joy to her Mommy and Daddy and Big Sis!
Friday, November 30, 2007
Three Months and Almost Three Years
Wow! Josie is now 3 months old! It’s been crazy around here and only just recently do I finally feel like I have this “two children” thing figured out. The logistics of just leaving the house has been tough to figure out, along with how to get around once we get somewhere (Combi side-by-side stroller), how to entertain Ellie while feeding Josie (an embarrassing amount of new toys), how to do their baths (together), bedtime (my wonderful husband helps), which safe but SEPARATE places to leave them both while I shower (a completely childproofed loft), what to do with Josie when I must do other things (bouncy seat or sling), and several other things that seem simple enough but is now so much harder with two! Now that I’m “Super Mom” (ha-ha), I say bring on number 3! I’m so kidding…
Now on to my incredible 3 month old. I must say, the first 2 months with her were really hard. She was very fussy, very gassy and did not sleep or eat well. She always had to be in the sling or held by one of us or she just cried and cried. I tried cutting out different things from my diet, supplementing with different formulas, gas drops, gripe water, colic CDs, you name it. It wasn’t until her two month appointment that the doctor recommended trying medicine for infant reflux. I thought that if a baby had reflux then they vomited all the time (and Josie only did occasionally) but I was wrong. A baby can have reflux with no other symptoms besides being very fussy. The medicine was a God send! She is now on Prevacid and has become a whole new baby! I really dislike that she has to take an adult medicine (especially one that contains aspartame) but the results of it make it impossible to not continue. She immediately became less fussy and over the last month has become the most smiley, happy baby ever. She has even started sleeping some 8 hour stretches at night! Now I just feel terrible knowing, that for the first two months of her life, she was in pretty much constant pain.
Fun things that she can do now are:
Smile- 6 weeks
Laugh- 10 weeks
Reach for toys (and Daddy’s goatee!)- 10 weeks
Roll over- 11 weeks
Sleep through the night!- 11 weeks
Her favorite places to be (besides someone’s arms) are in the sling, the bouncy seat, under her play gym, and some short periods in the Bumbo seat. She does not, however, like the swing or her carseat at all. She loves being talked to and especially loves any attention her Big Sis gives her.
Speaking of the Big Sis, she has really taken to the role. She now tells me whenever Josie is crying (like I can’t hear it as well as she does!), and then proceeds to tell me very matter-of-factly what she wants ("She wants a pacifier Mom"). She also likes to hold her and sing her lullabies that she has made up. It’s so wonderful to watch their relationship blossoming!
Ellie will be 3 next month. She just recently became potty trained and is now my potty super star! She has been in underwear for two weeks now and has only had 3 accidents total (all in the first 2 days). I thought I had waited too long to start, but now I’m glad I did…it has went so much easier than I thought it would. Now we still have to get her moved to her big girl bed (she loves her crib!) and get rid of that nighttime pacifier. One thing at time…
She also started preschool in October and goes Tuesdays and Thursdays for 2 ½ hours each day. She LOVES school and acts so independent when we go. She tells me “You can’t go Mommy.”. When I ask how she is going to get there she says “Okay, you drive the car…but you can’t go in!”. Of course I have to walk her in. You think she is embarrassed of her Mom already??
She is also so darn smart!
*Warning: I’m about to overly gush for a few here so don't say I didn't warn you...I just want to be able to look back and remember what all Ellie could do before age 3!
She now knows all her colors, shapes (even the hard ones like trapezoid, parallelogram, octagon etc), recognizes all upper and lower case letters and even know their sounds, recognizes numbers 1-10 and can count to 50. She is really interested in learning to read and write. She can read very easy words like cat by sounding them out and recognizes a few sight words. We are working on blended sounds now and she just loves it! The only thing she can write by herself is her name but we write all kinds of stuff together. We are also working on cutting (finally got her her own scissors made just for left handers), patterns, matching, concepts such as similar and different, opposites etc. We have this really great book called "Get Ready for Pre-K" that I highly recommend. It’s bright and colorful and Ellie loves it! I only work with her when she asks and only as long as she is having fun. She has also mastered all her 24 piece puzzles and now does the 40 piece and even one 60 piece. She has become quite proficient at using a mouse and loves playing on the computer. And, she is learning piano! I bought these decals that stick on the keys and hand wrote out the letters to simple songs such as “Row Your Boat” and “Twinkle, Twinkle” and she just follows along the letters to play. It is so cool!
Her favorite toys to play with are Legos, those big cardboard bricks, her little bicycle and this stop sign on a pole, crayons, playdoh, anything and everything that makes music (she has lots of instruments- even an accordion!), My Little Ponies, Matchbox cars, Little People, her toolkit and her dollhouse.
She is so imaginative and I love listening in on her elaborate conversations that her and her dolls have or that she has when making imaginary phone calls. She still loves everything Dora and her new favorite show is “Super Why!” on PBS HD. She also loves to dance and sing and just plain be silly.
Whew! Guess I had a lot to say about Ellie! Most importantly, though, she is sweet and kind and so loving. And she is growing up WAY too fast!!!
Sorry for such a long post. I know it's mostly my friends who read this so I'm sure you don't mind! :) This is mainly just for me, anyways (and someday Ellie and Josie), to look back at and remember how it was when they were so young. I only wish I had time to write more!
I’ll leave you with a couple of pics...
Now on to my incredible 3 month old. I must say, the first 2 months with her were really hard. She was very fussy, very gassy and did not sleep or eat well. She always had to be in the sling or held by one of us or she just cried and cried. I tried cutting out different things from my diet, supplementing with different formulas, gas drops, gripe water, colic CDs, you name it. It wasn’t until her two month appointment that the doctor recommended trying medicine for infant reflux. I thought that if a baby had reflux then they vomited all the time (and Josie only did occasionally) but I was wrong. A baby can have reflux with no other symptoms besides being very fussy. The medicine was a God send! She is now on Prevacid and has become a whole new baby! I really dislike that she has to take an adult medicine (especially one that contains aspartame) but the results of it make it impossible to not continue. She immediately became less fussy and over the last month has become the most smiley, happy baby ever. She has even started sleeping some 8 hour stretches at night! Now I just feel terrible knowing, that for the first two months of her life, she was in pretty much constant pain.
Fun things that she can do now are:
Smile- 6 weeks
Laugh- 10 weeks
Reach for toys (and Daddy’s goatee!)- 10 weeks
Roll over- 11 weeks
Sleep through the night!- 11 weeks
Her favorite places to be (besides someone’s arms) are in the sling, the bouncy seat, under her play gym, and some short periods in the Bumbo seat. She does not, however, like the swing or her carseat at all. She loves being talked to and especially loves any attention her Big Sis gives her.
Speaking of the Big Sis, she has really taken to the role. She now tells me whenever Josie is crying (like I can’t hear it as well as she does!), and then proceeds to tell me very matter-of-factly what she wants ("She wants a pacifier Mom"). She also likes to hold her and sing her lullabies that she has made up. It’s so wonderful to watch their relationship blossoming!
Ellie will be 3 next month. She just recently became potty trained and is now my potty super star! She has been in underwear for two weeks now and has only had 3 accidents total (all in the first 2 days). I thought I had waited too long to start, but now I’m glad I did…it has went so much easier than I thought it would. Now we still have to get her moved to her big girl bed (she loves her crib!) and get rid of that nighttime pacifier. One thing at time…
She also started preschool in October and goes Tuesdays and Thursdays for 2 ½ hours each day. She LOVES school and acts so independent when we go. She tells me “You can’t go Mommy.”. When I ask how she is going to get there she says “Okay, you drive the car…but you can’t go in!”. Of course I have to walk her in. You think she is embarrassed of her Mom already??
She is also so darn smart!
*Warning: I’m about to overly gush for a few here so don't say I didn't warn you...I just want to be able to look back and remember what all Ellie could do before age 3!
She now knows all her colors, shapes (even the hard ones like trapezoid, parallelogram, octagon etc), recognizes all upper and lower case letters and even know their sounds, recognizes numbers 1-10 and can count to 50. She is really interested in learning to read and write. She can read very easy words like cat by sounding them out and recognizes a few sight words. We are working on blended sounds now and she just loves it! The only thing she can write by herself is her name but we write all kinds of stuff together. We are also working on cutting (finally got her her own scissors made just for left handers), patterns, matching, concepts such as similar and different, opposites etc. We have this really great book called "Get Ready for Pre-K" that I highly recommend. It’s bright and colorful and Ellie loves it! I only work with her when she asks and only as long as she is having fun. She has also mastered all her 24 piece puzzles and now does the 40 piece and even one 60 piece. She has become quite proficient at using a mouse and loves playing on the computer. And, she is learning piano! I bought these decals that stick on the keys and hand wrote out the letters to simple songs such as “Row Your Boat” and “Twinkle, Twinkle” and she just follows along the letters to play. It is so cool!
Her favorite toys to play with are Legos, those big cardboard bricks, her little bicycle and this stop sign on a pole, crayons, playdoh, anything and everything that makes music (she has lots of instruments- even an accordion!), My Little Ponies, Matchbox cars, Little People, her toolkit and her dollhouse.
She is so imaginative and I love listening in on her elaborate conversations that her and her dolls have or that she has when making imaginary phone calls. She still loves everything Dora and her new favorite show is “Super Why!” on PBS HD. She also loves to dance and sing and just plain be silly.
Whew! Guess I had a lot to say about Ellie! Most importantly, though, she is sweet and kind and so loving. And she is growing up WAY too fast!!!
Sorry for such a long post. I know it's mostly my friends who read this so I'm sure you don't mind! :) This is mainly just for me, anyways (and someday Ellie and Josie), to look back at and remember how it was when they were so young. I only wish I had time to write more!
I’ll leave you with a couple of pics...
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