Rough night

Smiling during tummy time

Ceilidh is pretty good about her night time sleeping. Last night though she kept waking up quite frequently 12 am, 2, 3 and 4. Needless to say I was very tired by morning and looking forward to a relatively quiet day. The culprit I believe is her first tooth. I can see a little nuby sticking out of her bottom jaw on her gum line. She must not be comfortable and kept waking up to be soothed. While I can tell she is fussier during the day at least she has teething toys which she can stick in her mouth. At night she doesn't have this distraction so she must wake up more frequently due to the pain. I am glad they don't remember this later on. Ouch.

My Ceilidh Bear with her daddy

On other notes Ceilidh is hovering around 14 lbs. We are still trying to introduce her to the world of food not expecting her to eat anything but wanting her to get the feel of trying to put food in her mouth. So far she has managed to gum watermelon, peaches, and carrots. We are trying the approach of letting her have whole foods and feed herself and not puree everything. She isn't six months yet so we don't really expect too much. If nothing else she sits in her high chair and plays (sometimes with food) while we have supper. Her favourtie game is throwing her rings on the floor (that's what we give her to play with). She gums each one, and then they end up on the floor. She has enough to last her through supper so we don't have to collect them till the end. Image when she gets food, to bad the cat only likes cat food it would be helpful in cleaning up the mess.

Trying watermelon

Trying carrots

5 months

Everything in her mouth except for food

Today Ceilidh is 5 months and I don't know where the time went. She now weighs 13 lbs 13 oz so she has doubled her birth weight of 6 lbs 11 oz. She has come so far from the little wee thing and is on her way to learning new skills each day. Currently, she is mastering the art of sitting by herself and I notice each day she gets better at it, which means not tipping over as often and correcting her balance.

This morning I tried so see what she would do with some cereal as I had some extra milk left over. She clearly had no interest in food. This is what we have been seeing since we do offer her some food every so often and while she puts almost everything in her mouth when it comes to food she is not interested. She is still young to be eating solids, most start at 6 months so we won't push it. For now we make sure she is there to see us eat and give her a baby spoon to play with.

Playing with spoon and bowl

Not impressed with the cereal

For the fall we have her signed up for swimming lessons with her cousin Cameron, library time with Library Sue and we hope to do some singing classes (rhyme time). I also hope to spend more time at the park as now she has experienced the swing and loves it. Yeah my child can play at the park.
Looking forward to the fall.

Sitting and rolling

Ceilidh has started to roll from her tummy to her back. First time she did it I put her right back on her tummy again to make sure it wasn't random and she did it another time. Then I called Matt over and she rolled back yet another time. Then we immediately went out and bought those mats that look like big puzzle pieces so that when she rolls she doesn't hit her head hard on the ground.  Imagine when she starts crawling we will have to baby proof the house.

Enjoying her new toy courtesy of Vivi and Isabelle

The other milestone this week was Ceilidh sitting on her own. Don't get me wrong she has to be put in the sitting position and she still wobbles but she can sit. It was during our weekly visit to the library where I noticed it. She was so enthralled with the librarian that she stopped leaning on me (I had her sitting in front of me) and was sitting on her own. I cannot say enough wonderful things about Library Sue she makes our weekly visits to the library extraordinary. It takes a special person to be a children's librarian.

Round two vaccinations

For my birthday Ceilidh gave me the gift of sleeping till 7:30 usually she wakes up closer to six am. And sadly all I had to offer her was a trip to the doctors to get her second vaccinations. She did really well though. Of course she cried when she got poked but settled down as soon as I gave her a hug.

For her dad's birthday she got him a big balloon of his favourite beverage. Ironically she was wearing her I love milk sleeper. 
Miss C is now over 13 lbs and her hair is getting long and curly. She enjoys her trips to the library but try as her dad may she has no interest in tractors yet.

4 months

The Smith girls

I must say it is pretty cool to see where Ceilidh is at in terms of development and think back to where she started. Its amazing to witness her learning new things and mastering other things. We take it for granted that we always new how to control our fingers ie for typing or just simply standing up.
Ceilidh hasn't mastered standing up by herself but she likes to do so with help and will often fuss if you sit her down or put her on her back. Not that she can sit by herself either but she now gets more use of her bumbo chair and the tray is especially handy for putting toys in front of her. I think she is ready for an excersaucer or jolly jumper. She is also really into exploring things with her mouth, so much so that now I have to watch how I dress her because if it is a dress she puts the skirt part in her mouth. She can't do that with a onesie. I also now have to travel with toys so that she has some stimulation although she still likes to suck her wrists or fingers.

Showing that she can do tummy time

I had her weighed on Wednesday and she is now 12 lbs 13 oz. She is still on a pattern of sleeping 4-5 hours at night waking up and feeding and then going back to sleep. However, she seems to like a 6 am wake up time. I still wake up around 1am and have a hard time falling back to sleep. I keep thinking she will wake up any moment so I need to work on my sleep habits. 

Miss Ceilidh

Laughing away

All the pictures in today's entry are pictures that my friend Monica took for us . It was really hard deciding which pictures to post. Thanks Monica for the great pictures and thanks Caroline for the lovely pink outfit you gave Ceilidh which she is sporting in all but one shot.

We have hit 12 lbs

I got Ceilidh weighed today and she is now 12 lbs 3 oz. At this rate she will double her weight soon enough. I have to kick up my making of her quilt or she will out grow it before I finish it. She has come a long way. I can't get over how more alert she is in her 3rd month. She pays attention more when I am singing to her and she talks to her self in her baby language see video. She is also starting to grab even more now then my last post. On the flip side she gets fussier when she is traveling around I think she gets over stimulated more easily.

Still has blue eyes

Yummy wrists

She is also still fascinated with her wrists, she has not learned to suck her thumb so she sucks her wrists. See picture.

Tummy time and Grabbing

Ceilidh is on her way to reaching 12lbs. Last Wednesday she weighed in at 11lbs 10oz. I figure by the time she is weighed next week she will have hit the 12lbs on her way to doubling her birth weight. She has also had some more repeats of sleeping 5 hours stretches not quite a pattern yet but getting there I hope.

11 lbs 10 oz Sleeping pictures are still the easiest to take

She has also come a long way from face planting while on her tummy. We had the pleasure of having a friend take some pictures of her (which I will share a few at a later date) and before that she was lifting her head but not necessarily moving her neck but now she does it without a problem. She has also started to try to grab things. Her movements are still jerky but she is getting a purpose. I can't get over how much more alert and interactive she is now that she is in her third month. The cat will need to watch out for her tail. 

On her tummy time mat with a new friend

She is staring at her mirror hanging above.