Day 32 Monday 8/18
Today was a very busy day. Holly took a nap with daddy this morning, and when they woke up on his chair she was rested, changed and had a full belly, so she was ready to play. Joel reported that he made faces at her and she laughed and laughed at him. This was great as the last few days she has not been very cheerful with him.
Instead of her normal nap around 10:30 we dropped Joel off to work and went to a trail Gymboree session. While it probably wasn't as good as a session geared for her age group, we had great fun. There was another mom there with 9 week old Sarah, and several moms with toddlers from 14 months to maybe 4 I think. They had these very large foam barrels and we put it on its side and put Holly on her Belly and rolled it back and forth rocking it, she stayed like this for a very long time in the center. Then we made room for Sarah to join us, but this was at an angel, so she started to turn over. We laid on it backwards also which stretched out her neck and back. We also slid down the slides on our belly's and had more tummy time on the wedges.
Holly liked looking at Sarah who was also very social, and the two smiled and Holly kept reaching for her face. The little kids loved holly, as they all have dolls at home, and she is like a little doll, so they all wanted to hold her hand and pet her head. She was happy to oblige, and in return got to hold there hands and touch there faces. There were these large stacked donuts, and i put holly in the middle of them, standing, leaning over the side. She stood up for a few minutes then would plop down onto the mat, since she was inside of the donut she would be sitting when she "fell" rather then going all the way to her back, and she liked this. They also had these wedges that looked like the top 3rd of an orange, that holly stood up against, sorta like tummy time but mostly standing. later they had circle time with songs around a large parachute. They drummed on one which she liked, and on another waved the parachute up and down, she grabbed the edge of it and held on. Then they blew bubbles which she tried to grab, and she listened to the songs. She stayed awake and alert the entire time, and then at 12:15 passed out on the way home.
When she woke we watched a little baby Einstein, but she wasn't very interested in the Baby Noah Episode, it was animals, and not as interested as the more animated characters and puppets in the other episodes. We read a story and then had to go and visit her new Daycare. It is actually the center she will begin in January, Aquatic Park. She was quiet and playful, and sat in her car seat for about 15 minutes playing with her fish when we arrived, then she wanted out and played on my lap with her loopy toy. We then got to go into the baby room and meet the teacher and some of the other kids, she was right at home and ready to grab and mouth the toys. I am very happy about this daycare and wish she were starting this one right away. In January they have a 1 week transition period where you attend with the child each day and leave for a certain number of hours while they transition, I think it will be great. This program only has 4 "baby's which goes to about 14 months, and another 4 at 14-24 months.
We went home to meet Katie for a session but it was cancelled. This was good, as Holly had not had a nap for about 3 hours and was very tired again She took a short nap, and was refreshed but rather fussy, so we had a fun baby massage. This was a long massage, and she had a good deal of naked baby time. She liked this a lot, and since she hadn't eaten in almost 4 hours, I made her 6 ounces of food. She drank 2.5 but then 20 minutes later had another 2.5.
She played with Daddy when he got home and was cheerful to see him, she has a new game where she wants to eat his glasses, and she takes them off his face with two hands. She has been almost sitting on her own, she can not get to sitting, but she can stay seated for maybe a minute and she is starting to fall forward which I am told is good, This I believe is because she is playing with her feet so much.
Also, over the last few days, Joel thinks she has been singing, we do have music playing quite often, especially in the car, and she is very verbal, he says that her babbles sound like they are going in the pattern or rhythm of the song, and it sounds like she is singing along. Who knows if she is, but its very cute.
Tonight she last ate at 8:30 and I gave her a 25 dose of Minocycline with 4 ml of apple juice and 3 pinches of sugar at midnight. She was starting to wake up while I was mixing the medicine, and I gave her the pacifier and she fell back asleep, she was sorta awake a few minutes later for the medicine, but drank it, and then with the pacifier fell back asleep again. its only been 30 minutes, so I hope she stays asleep another 1-2 hours at least before I feed her again.
Tomorrow we drive up to UC Davis, and complete the second Eye Tracking test.
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