For Julia

Since Julia keeps on reminding me that my blog wasn’t updated for awhile, here is update on Cat.

She outgrew most of her 3-6 months clothes and some of 6-9 ones as well. While waiting for Real Estate appointment yesterday I had time to browse some of the charity shops at West Hampstead. And was pleasantly surprised to find some baby clothes in very good condition, so I got her some 9-12 months and 1-1 1/2 year tops. While my rational side understands the need to buy bigger clothes, emotionally I don’t feel ready for getting her clothes marked as 12 month/1 year. She can’t be that big! But if we run out of the right size outfits I can always leave her naked as she still doesn’t like putting on of clothes, but likes them being taken off. While she hates dressing up, she is in love with sucking and chewing on any clothes within her reach.

She likes being upright and tries very hard to lift herself up into vertical position from lying down and 45 degree one in the rocking chair. So I spend a lot of time on the floor with her lifting her up, helping her sit and lowering her down.

She is still not a big fan of tummy time, but started turning her upper body left and right while on her tummy to see what’s happening on the sides and to find her favourite toys. Once she spots them, she tries to sweep them closer to herself. So eventually she ends up with two-three toys under her chest/face. I also discovered that most of the time, while on her back, she can grab light rattles and teething beads by using trial and error method. But if I’m next to her she just stretches her arm upwards, opens her hand and waits for me to place the toy into it.

Clive pointed out that in a last week or so she learned to wiggle her toes independently of each other. Her fascinations for her own hands shifted to being mesmerized by her own legs/feet. She can now grab both her feet with corresponding hands at the same time and also grab right one with her left hand.

During the day, just before falling asleep, she likes practicing making sounds. She starts with very soft gggrrrr sound, which slowly gets louder and louder and transforms into very loud Aaaaaa. Then she starts varying the loudness and pitch/intonation. Eventually she stops, smiles and starts again with the very soft gggrrr. Very cute, but can get a bit irritating after awhile.