Almost 26 weeks (just shy of 6 months)...

Today is day 6 after her fall and her eye is not swollen anymore and has returned to regular size. her eye is all sorts of colors of the rainbow though. but it'll go away. =)

for some reason maddie has stopped rolling over. =(

her teeth are really pushing through now. she is chomping on her fingers like mad. the drool comes out like a water faucet. she has been waking up multiple times after going down for bed. we gave her some orajel 2 nights and she went right to sleep after that, but i watched her very closely. she woke up once last night and i rocked her back without any medication and she went back to bed for the night, so we'll see what happens tonight. just waiting for this tooth to cut!

we tried peas for the first time last night. i think she liked them! i got this great book from MAB for christmas which i like (M - i think its actually better than the book your sister recommended which i also like). I have a whole list of things I cant wait to try with Maddie. I was surprised to learn she can have meats very soon. She seems to be growing up so fast! some things i do want her to try - mashed potatoes, pureed chicken vegetable soup, and yogurt.

Someone suggested it was time for her to start to learn how to eat with her hands. They said puffs were ok... so i gave maddie some but she didnt really know what to do with them when they were in her mouth. i might try to give her some ripe avacado today, just cut up in small pieces that she can grab. I gave her a barley teething biscuit yesterday which she loved. and of course her favorite mum mums which i am still not sure about since they are made in china.

my goal at the end of january is to teach her how to drink out of a sippy. she mostly plays with it. i give her some water out of a regular cup which she can drink out of but she loses interest once she finds out theres only water in the cup. i refuse to give her anything else but water and/or diluted prune juice though so she'll just have to suck it up. can one learn to like water?

oh i forgot to jot down that we moved her to size 3 diapers a week or two ago.

she loves her jumparoo. when she finally learned how to jump in it (earlier this month), it was so cute!