My Lana's Growing Up

I'm SO not ready for this. Why is she in such a rush to grow up? *sigh*

• She officially goes to bed without nursing and when she's wide awake. She has cereal around 7:00-7:30 and may have a little feed before her bath and then it's time for PJ's and bed. I've started laying her in the middle of the crib with one side of her face touching the bumper pad and a stuffed animal beside the other and she seems to like it. She gets a really good view of the mobile and she just drifts off to sleep without making a peep.
• These bottom teeth are growing so fast! She gave me a big smile yesterday and I caught a glimpse of the pearly whites. (I'll try and get a picture of them soon)
• I'll be introducing different solids in the next couple of days, she still loves her cereal (with formula) but I think we're both ready for something new. I think I'm going to start with chicken this time around.
• She's getting pretty good at sitting up. When she's got a couple of fascinating toys in front of her she doesn't realize that she's sitting up without mommy's help but as soon as she realizes there's nothing/no one helping her balance she gets a little spooked and jolts backwards.
• She is just starting to notice Sophie and she usually thinks she's a hoot. I picked up this god awful chicken for Sophie to play with and Lana thought it was the funniest thing she had ever seen (probably was, the kid hasn't seen much yet :P) The chicken lets out this horrible cry (like it's being strangled) and Sophie goes bonkers, which in turn gets Lana laughing hysterically.
• My little girl is SO good in her bucket/car seat! It's like night and day when comparing them with Robbie. I purposely avoided any kind of shopping up until now because Robbie had such a small attention span at her age but she's quite happy taking it all in while sitting in her bucket and playing with her toys! It won't be long until we eliminate the "bucket" all together and get her a convertible car seat like Robbie's.

She's growing up so fast :(

Update

While those teeth were pushing through she was SO upset (understandably so) and the only thing that soothed her was nursing... so she was nursing a lot more than usual. Now that the two teeth are out it's left me in a sticky situation, she refuses to take the bottle. I tried giving the bottle while snuggling with her, rocking with her, sitting her in a chair; even offered different bottles/nipples and Colin tried to feed her - all of which she refused (I wasted a lot of milk in this process). We have tickets to go see a big comedian/actor at Rexal place on Sunday and we've found the perfect babysitter but that means nothing if I can't get little Lana to take a bottle!

This morning, after a days break of trying to get her to bottle feed, I offered it again. She drank 1oz and then didn't want any more, so we carried on with our morning. After about an hour I put her in her pink chair and offered the bottle again with some "fresh" milk, she took another 2oz. She also took a couple tbsp of cereal and then it was nap time! I bounced on my medicine ball for about 2mins until she stopped her fussing then put her down in a semi-conscious state, she rubbed her face into the bumper pad and that was it.... she was out! I can't believe the morning's gone and I have yet to nurse her!! There is hope! My goal is to have a nursing-free day, keep your fingers crossed!

Some Calgary Pictures