I'm super delayed with this post! Work has been nuts for the past 2 weeks and I just did not have a free minute to write about Emily's developments. I've been working late, working through all my lunches, and just plain old exhausted. Being a working mom during busy season is so hard. I feel like there just is no time to relax and you need that down time! Either way, here is how Emily has been for the past 2 weeks.
2 weeks ago/Week 33
Emily has gotten way more mobile! She's gotten really good at turning herself on her belly. She'll lie there and just do 360s over and over. And she's even figured out how to drag herself somewhat! One time, she dragged herself completely under our dining table and just hung out down there! It's amazing to see how much she's becoming a little person with real objectives and goals she wants to achieve.
We started feeding Emily these wafer snacks that dissolve in her mouth. I wanted her to keep practicing her food-grabbing skills and she's doing pretty well! She really seems to love eating these snacks, and her ability to pick it up is pretty spot-on. It's so fun to watch her eat. She'll stop playing with her toys bc she just loves to eat. Sy's mom calls her a "muksoonee" which translates to something like "a food lover." She really does love to eat. I love that. I often wonder if she has my love of food. If so, I hope she also has my metabolism to not get too fat!
I think Emily is developing her muscles as well. Lately, when she's sitting in her car seat, when I start to unbuckle her to take her out, she seems to know that it's time to get out, and she pushes herself up with her hands and elbows to get herself more out of the seat. It definitely makes my life easier to pull her out of that tight car seat! But man, it's amazing to see how she knows how to maneuver her body now.
Diaper change - EUGH - is the new word for that. Emily now LOVES rolling over during diaper change. It has made diaper change time exponentially harder. There have been several instances where she rolls over so fast before I can stop her and she gets poo everywhere. She gets mad at us when we try to pin her down. I get mad at her bc we're running late in the mornings to get her ready to get out of the house on time. Diaper change has become the bane of my existence! Every time I smell poo I am filled with dread of knowing the debacle that is coming up. I also read online that this phase is here to stay. She is likely to keep on doing this as she gets older and older. Oh boy... this is so not fun.
1 week ago/34 weeks
Emily went to Carol's dohl over the weekend, and we got to finally see Emily's stranger anxiety really come to life. Granted - she did miss a nap and was working off of very little sleep, but she was still very anxious. A lot of Sy's relatives were seeing Emily for the first time, so they were dying to hold her. And because she had literally no time to get used to everyone, she just kept crying whenever we transferred her to someone else. Once she was back in the arms of anyone she knew well (me, Sy, his parents, his sister), she was fine. But it was with strangers she cried. The good news is she did stop crying if they tried to distract her - take her to look at shiny things - lift her up and down, etc. But inevitably, she would realize that she is with a stranger and would cry again. It made me happy to know that she knows and loves Sy's immediate family well, but it definitely made me sad that she's not too keen on strangers. At one point, Sy and I realized that Emily has learned how to fake cry. She sounds like she's crying, but there are no tears, and there is no actual fear. It's really just her "crying out" to say Take me back! I don't want to be with this person! It was pretty funny to see. What a little rascal!
I've been having Emily practice grabbing/picking up food more. Each night, I will place a bunch of soft foods on her tray to pick them. I'm happy to report that Emily loves trying to pick up stuff - she's just not so good at actually getting it in her mouth. She's able to wrap her fingers around the food, but she couldn't figure out how to open her fist to get the food into her mouth. Her most successful attempts happened when she had food hanging from the bottom of her fist, which she could open her mouth onto. It's been pretty fun to watch her to do this - albeit very messy. She seems to always touch her chair and her hair with her dirty, food-covered fingers. Our nightly clean-up routines have gotten so much longer.
Emily recently has been "talking" more and has been using this adorable voice. It's a new voice that we've never heard before - it's like a soft, gentle voice that she uses when she seems content. It's almost like an advanced coo. It's so sweet to listen to, and it makes me wonder if she's gonna have the most adorable speaking voice.
For the past 2 weeks, it feels like Sy and I have just fallen more and more in love with Emily. Everyday, I just absolutely love looking at her, playing with her, talking with her. Each month, we say this is our favorite age. She just keeps getting more and more fun and cute. I love her so much!
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