Over Labor Day weekend Olive made her first visit to St. Louis. It was a short visit, and we stuck to hanging out at my parents house for most of it, but Olive managed to meet a few of my St. Louis friends. I'm sure she will meet plenty more when we are home for a full week over Thanksgiving.
I was a little nervous flying with her by myself, but she did a great job both going and coming. There were no explosive diapers this time, so that was definitely an improvement over the flight home from Albany. She didn't sleep at all, but she also didn't cry. Trying to keep an almost 6 month old entertained on an airplane is definitely a bit of a challenge, and breastfeeding with a strangers sitting right next to me was a little strange, but overall things went smoothly.
Olive had a great time in St. Louis, she as a little cranky, because she was dealing with a cold that left her with a runny nose, and a bit of a sore throat. The first Gator Game of the season took place while we were in STL, and we got to break out her brand new jersey onesie. It is actually made of jersey fabric, and she looks adorable in it. She did a pretty good job during the game, but was ready for a nap around halftime.
It was nice getting to take her to St. Louis, and I have to say a big THANK YOU to my cousins Kathryn and Linda for letting us borrow the carseat and pack and play. Not having to lug those from Atlanta to St. Louis made the trip a lot easier.
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| With cousins Camryn and Quinn |
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| Playing with Camryn |
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| Hanging on the front porch with Gammie and Camryn. |
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| Callie is the new baby whisperer, Olive was in her arms for all of five minutes when she passed out. |
As for the sort of solid foods, it's kind of a funny story... Olive's second week of daycare I was changing her diaper, and not to get too graphic, but it was a little more solid than usual. The thing is I had told her daycare teachers that we were waiting until she was 6 months old before we started her on solid foods. So the solid poop in her diaper was a bit surprising and frustrating to me. I asked at daycare if anyone had "accidentally" given her solids, and they said no. To be honest I didn't really believe them, but I didn't know what to do, I really like her daycare center, and think they have done a great job with her. I decided to wait it out and see if her next diaper had the same solid issues. The next diaper was as runny as ever so I decided to let the incident go.
When it first happened I was really upset. I felt frustrated that they were feeding her rice cereal after I had explicitly asked them not to, and I felt even more frustrated because I didn't know if her teacher was lying to me or not. I figured there was a chance that when her teacher went to lunch or left in the afternoon when someone else came in the room they might have fed her the cereal and her regular teacher didn't know about it. I also felt upset, because I figure there will be plenty of milestones she will reach at daycare that I will miss out on, Olive eating her first solid foods should not be a milestone I have to miss. Things like crawling for the first time and walking I cannot control when and where those things will happen, but I can control the first time she has food.
Anyway I explained to her teacher that I was waiting until we got back from St. Louis over Labor Day. Actually I said we were going to give her solids the weekend after that, because I didn't want to start her during the week. Well the Tuesday after Labor Day they started her on rice cereal at school. Her teacher misunderstood me and thought we were starting right after Labor Day. It's funny because when I thought they gave her rice cereal in August I was really upset, but when it happened after Labor Day I was fine with it. I think I just felt better if there was a misunderstanding about when to start it, versus feeling like I was being lied
to, or it was happening behind my back.
On Saturday, September 10, Olive had rice cereal at home for the first time, and she did great with it. Then today we gave her carrots for the first time. Mark cooked the carrots and mashed them up himself. She loved the carrots and ate a ton of them. I'm hoping she saves that diaper for at daycare.
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| Getting ready for her first rice cereal at home. |
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| Rice cereal is awesome! |
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| Daddy feeding her carrots. |
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| I LOVE CARROTS!!! |
Finally, Olive had her 6 month check up this week. She is 27 inches long now, and 15lb 5oz. She is still in the 90th percentile for height, but only the 50th for weight. The doctor isn't worried about it, she said that lots of babies don't gain weight as quickly at this age, because they are moving around so much that they are burning a lot more calories. And she is definitely moving around a ton. She is sitting up better than ever, she occasionally still face plants, but she does pretty well. She roles over all the time, and now gets up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth. Earlier today I had her on the floor in our bedroom and she started moving like an inch worm. She would get up on her hands and knees, then lay flat on the floor, and then get back up on her hands and knees. She kept doing it until she got over to where I was a couple of feet away. She also has a lot more personality now, and is making more noises. She makes "da" noises from time to time, but not with any consistency. I am loving having a six month old, she is so much fun now, and is usually full of smiles, she also will play by herself for longer periods of time now so we can actually get a load of laundry done occasionally.
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| This is her activity center, the part she is in allows her to walk all the way around the table, sometimes she plays with the things on the table, but lots of times she just runs around and around in circles. It's funny watching her when she picks up speed. |
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| Hanging with Titi Taco. |
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| Getting ready to watch the game with Daddy, wearing her jersey, and awesome leg warmers. |
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