Day 6.5 - First time parenting lessons
Well we've learned a few things in the day and a half we've had Ivie. She is not crawling yet - most Chinese babies are not given a lot of tummy time, especially ones in the orphanage. So all of our worries about a fully mobile baby are for naught. We had her on the bed in the afternoon and put her down on her tummy. She can push up with her arms and kick her legs but she doesn't know how to go forward. In fact with all of the kicking she kind of moves backwards.
We decided to put some toys out of her reach to see what she would do. She rolls over and over until she reaches what she wants - no matter what is in the way - she will roll over stacking cups, dollys and even tries to roll over us. If she wants to change direction - she will kick her legs around till she gets to the right direction. Its all very cute. So hopefully this work will get her crawling soon.
The downside of this rolling over has come in the changing department - she now tries to roll off of the changing pad. Its funny except for after dinner when she had another "explosion". You definitely don't want a baby rolling anywhere when she is covered in poop.
Its funny - Scott said I've never been so not grossed out by something that is so disgusting.
The other thing we learned is to stick to a schedule. The schedule we got from the orphanage said she takes a nap from 12:30 to 2:30. She crashed out for about a half an hour at WalMart in the sling. When we got back to the hotel she played on the bed for a while. We could tell she was tired and we were tired so everyone wanted to take a nap. We tried to get her to fall asleep on us like she did the day before but she kept rolling off of us (another down side to the whole rolling thing). She would not sleep.
Then it was time to see the pediatrician. After we got back we were practially falling over so we decided to put her in the crib to see what happens. What do you know - she fussed for a few seconds and then went to sleep. Of course by now it was 5 pm. We did not want her going down for the night then. So we woke her up at 6 - not happy.
We had some dinner (the explosion) and then a bath and bed at 8:30. She slept till 2 and had a bottle. She went back down until 4:30 am and had been up since then. So today we are going to try the schedule and see how that works for everyone (more naps for mom and dad too).
Today we are going to the Peoples Park and then to lunch at a local restaraunt. Till later.
Renee
Well we've learned a few things in the day and a half we've had Ivie. She is not crawling yet - most Chinese babies are not given a lot of tummy time, especially ones in the orphanage. So all of our worries about a fully mobile baby are for naught. We had her on the bed in the afternoon and put her down on her tummy. She can push up with her arms and kick her legs but she doesn't know how to go forward. In fact with all of the kicking she kind of moves backwards.
We decided to put some toys out of her reach to see what she would do. She rolls over and over until she reaches what she wants - no matter what is in the way - she will roll over stacking cups, dollys and even tries to roll over us. If she wants to change direction - she will kick her legs around till she gets to the right direction. Its all very cute. So hopefully this work will get her crawling soon.
The downside of this rolling over has come in the changing department - she now tries to roll off of the changing pad. Its funny except for after dinner when she had another "explosion". You definitely don't want a baby rolling anywhere when she is covered in poop.
Its funny - Scott said I've never been so not grossed out by something that is so disgusting.
The other thing we learned is to stick to a schedule. The schedule we got from the orphanage said she takes a nap from 12:30 to 2:30. She crashed out for about a half an hour at WalMart in the sling. When we got back to the hotel she played on the bed for a while. We could tell she was tired and we were tired so everyone wanted to take a nap. We tried to get her to fall asleep on us like she did the day before but she kept rolling off of us (another down side to the whole rolling thing). She would not sleep.
Then it was time to see the pediatrician. After we got back we were practially falling over so we decided to put her in the crib to see what happens. What do you know - she fussed for a few seconds and then went to sleep. Of course by now it was 5 pm. We did not want her going down for the night then. So we woke her up at 6 - not happy.
We had some dinner (the explosion) and then a bath and bed at 8:30. She slept till 2 and had a bottle. She went back down until 4:30 am and had been up since then. So today we are going to try the schedule and see how that works for everyone (more naps for mom and dad too).
Today we are going to the Peoples Park and then to lunch at a local restaraunt. Till later.
Renee
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