Saturday, July 01, 2006
Nine Months
Finally another post on this blog! I am sorry, but I have been a bit busy with other things lately, so there was very little time left to keep you posted about the latest developments. But, here we go again.
Time flies, and Mylène is already nine months old. One week ago, the daughter of friends of ours, Lisa, celebrated her first birthday! That was a bit shocking to me ... soon Mylène will be there as well. As time goes by so quickly, we'd better not forget enjoying every single day, as it happens!
Anyway, let's get to what you have been waiting for: the pictures and a wrap up of the developments in the previous month.
Talking: Great progress! Mylène has said her first word, as you have read before: "Dag", or "Daaahaa" as Mylène pronounces it. Besides that, she succeeds to imitate more and more. The first attempts of "hoera" have been heard as well. Also funny is that she can move her fingers over her lips while making sounds; this sounds very funny. More about that later.
Crying: Mylène really does not cry so much anymore (she DOES shout a lot, though). She cries when she is tired, when she is woken up by something suddenly, when she has pain, and when we continue to do something she really does not want. Shouting she does all day, especially in case of an accute lack of attention (in her eyes).
Laughing: she giggles and laughs ... what a happy girl she is :-)
Moving: she is moving around very quickly, already. Still on her belly, but she is getting quite successful in getting on her arms and knees already. She is very good at climbing, over arms and legs, up over our shoulders to check out what is behind the sofa, and up and down pillows. While doing that, she moans loudly: "uuuuuhhmm, hhhmmuu" :-) Also in sitting, she is getting better and better. Furthermore, we noticed that Mylène can coordinate her fingers better and better. This is visible, when she is picking up and playing with very small objects, like hairs, small pieces of paper, dirt on the floor :-( .... etc.
Sleeping: As it is summer now, Mylène's bedroom is quite light. Consequently, Mylène woke up very early (around 5AM). After blinding the window with a blanket, she wakes up at normal times again (between 6 and 7).
Eating: we did not change the schedule. We are finding out what Mylène likes to eat, gradually. She still likes her H.A. milk bottle a lot. Banana, she also fond of. Regarding her warm lunch, she prefers chicken with rice and carrot or corn. She does not like sour fruit, and warm lunch prepared by Shiqi :-(
Observing: Everything around her is observed carefully, with a curious and sometimes critical facial expression.
Hair: Still growing, but not getting lighter anymore. Mylène's hairs have approximately the same colour as mine.
Weight: STILL around 9 kg ... a bit more, actually: 9,3 when we last weighed her. We'd better not think about it too much; she is obviously a healthy girl.
Size of clothes: No change (74), even though she is definitely getting taller.
Other: Mylène is happily imitating the noises we make when we put her on the toilet, but usually nothing comes out. She pees sometimes, but singing a song is done in her diaper only!
