I'd like to use this post as kind of like an ongoing blog or journal about Aubrey memories. So I will add dates to the top as I add memories!
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June 3, 2014
Aubrey has started lifting up her knees and getting on her hands and knees. She sometimes rocks back and forth. Ready to move!
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May 21, 2014
The crying when put down for naps has definitely improved though there are still occasional times when it lasts for a bit. Typically I think that is when she either is overly tired or wasn't tired enough yet. Oh the guessing game! :)
As Aubrey continues to move around more she has loved finding things that mama and dada would prefer to keep baby away from. Cords for one! That little rascal found one I had covered up with a blanket! Haha. Then there's daddy's electronics! Or shoes...ew dirty. So the baby proofing, or more like baby disguising and blocking has begun! Soon we will need to be buying stair gates!
It's really fun to have Aubrey army crawl on the couch too!
Aubrey loves touching her toy pony's tail hair. She also LOVES tags. Maybe it's the smooth silky texture??
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May 20, 2014
Aubrey loves playing peek-a-boo! So fun to have a blankie covering her face and say "where's Aubrey??" and then to pull it off and she has a huge smile. So cute!!
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May 19, 2014
Sometimes I wonder if Aubrey keeps anything in her tummy that she eats. She spits up so so much. It kind of makes me sick each time more comes out because I realize she's not keeping much in but I hope it's more than I think. Maybe that's why she seems to be more hungry more often now! Although she is on the move now and on her tummy a lot putting pressure on it so I can imagine that being uncomfortable! I don't want this whole stage of her development to pass already or anything, but boy will I be happy when the spit up decreases.
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May 17, 2014
Aubrey woke me up at 4:50 this morning. I went in and fed her, changed her and then put her back in bed as is custom. Typically I turn on her mobile but didn't hoping she would fall back asleep as normally she just watches the mobile for the 20 minutes it goes for and then I get her up and bring her downstairs. This morning she didn't go back to sleep so I went in and turned in the mobile. She was fussing/crying right away so after a short while of waiting to see if she'd fall back asleep and realizing she wasn't going to I went in and got her. I held her on the rocking chair for a while but she kept being upset. So I brought her downstairs and held her and she was still upset so I laid her on the floor and she was still upset. So I got on the floor with her and played and she was okay off and on but was spitting up a lot. She hasn't pooped in two days so I think that is bothering her. I put some digestzen and peppermint essential oils on her tummy with Olive oil and about 5 minutes later when I was changing her (just wet) it seems to be helping as it was the first time she's really been happy this morning. I'm feeding her now again.
Hiccups. No one likes them right? But as a baby they're magnified because your body is so small and they are so intense - it seems to jolt your whole body. At least that's what it does to Aubrey. Poor thing, at first she's fine and then later she gets really frustrated and mad at them. I always tell her to tell them to leave her alone!
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May 16, 2014
If you come over and visit you may notice that our carpet is two-tone or rather has its own fun design or pattern. It is all thanks to our own interior decorator Aubrey. She still continues to spit up a LOT. She loves to be on her tummy and even if I wait a while after she eats, it just comes out so much. But thanks to our very own better than carpet cleaner dog chip, the floor gets cleaned up. I tried to stop him at first but it's a lost cause. He'll always go back to the spots.
A few weeks ago Aubrey started waking up earlier than she had been. She'd been quite consistent waking up around 730, going down at 7:30. Yes 12 hours! Crazy Ha? Then a few weeks ago she started waking up around 540 or 640 depending, now it seems to be pretty consistently 6 o'clock. We'll see if it stays that way or if it's part of her six-month growth spurt.
Aubrey used her new high chair for the first time today! So fun and much better to have her sitting up when feeding her solids instead of kind of laying back in the yellow bouncer!
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May 12, 2014
She's on the move! Army crawling all over the place. And doing this bounce thing on the floor where it's like she's trying to move but can't. It's adorable.
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May 1, 2014
Aubrey has been grabbing my lips and my skin/fat lately.
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March 4, 2014
Aubrey has been grunting a lot lately, when she's eating, sitting...we aren't quite sure why but she sure can make some noise. She's also found her thumb and she occasionally sucks it. She also likes to hook her pointer finger and middle finger into her mouth over her bottom jaw.
She began crying when I put her down for naps around three months, and we aren't sure why but think it may be because she's more alert and wants to be with us. So we have let her cry for a bit and it is so so hard on me. I'm hoping she will soon stop.
She is an awesome sleeper. She started sleeping longer pretty early on but has been sleeping for at least 10 hours for a few months now. She hasn't ever woken up in the middle of the night since probably six weeks old!
She is growing more hair but still has a somewhat bald patch along the back of her head.
She is awesome with tummy time and can lift her head and her legs up a lot. She also likes to do sit ups and pulls herself up but uses mainly her abdomen. She almost rolled over the other day on tummy time, she likes to turn to her side and favors her left side. She will lift her legs up and then just fall over to the side. It's super cute.
When I go in to get her after she's been asleep she always gives me the cutest biggest smile. It melts my heart.
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Aubrey solids:
5/7 - peas
5/11 - carrots (spits up a lot)
5/15 - squash
5/17 - no solids today as Aubrey spit up a lot of the squash yesterday and seems to have an upset stomach today
5/18 - pooped AM, happier baby! :)
Peas today
5/19 - only peas again today. Pooped PM - looked to maybe be squad
5/20 - squash
5/21 - pumpkin
6/3 - made applesauce from a few kinda of apples. Sour face when tried even though not sour. Mixed with veggies and still wasn't a huge fan.
6/8 - green beans for the second time. Aubrey doesn't like them.
6/8 - likes bananas! But don't want to constipate her. :)
6/12 - pears AM, squash and cinnamon applesauce at 2PM
6/17 - peaches, applesauce again
6/25 - two tiny strawberries, sucked on jicama
6/27 - I think Aubrey may have stopped spitting up about a week ago!! Around 7.5 months old
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Aubrey milestones:
11/10/13- First bath!
11/11/13- First dr. appt (down 1 lb- 13%) - told to feed her supplemental milk)
11/12/13- First spit up of all milk she just ate, all over her, me and her nursery rug!
11/28/13- she is able to track movements with eyes
12/9- Smiling at one month old :)
12/17-slept 9pm-4am
12/19-slept from 8pm-2am
12/20-slept from 9pm-7am
3/10/14 rolled from tummy to back 3/12/14 rolled from back to tummy 3/12/14 tried rice cereal didn't like it will again in a week
3/20/14 rolled from back to tummy 3 times during the night
3/21/14 slept on tummy all night
5/12/14 army crawling!
6/20 - pulling herself up on things to her knees
6/27 - I think Aubrey may have stopped spitting up about a week ago!! Around 7.5 months old
