bonnie & jason

What else has Alissa been up to?

By jason, November 20, 2007 on 1:28 am | In alissa, commentary | No Comments

It’s been a while since I did any sort of update on Alissa’s developmental progress (other than the standing thing.) So here are some things that we’ve noticed lately (developmental or not).

1. She loves the bathroom. I’m not sure why as it isn’t the first place I would choose to spend my time. Regardless, she makes a beeline for it whenever she notices the door open. Once inside, she either goes for the toilet (ewww), or the sliding shower doors. The shower doors are amusing because they are clear and make a noise when you bang on them (I guess?) The toilet is amusing because it’s disgusting (I guess?) It’s to the point that she’ll stand outside, whine, and bang on the door if you’re inside. (See picture above.)

2. Alissa has developed a new habit where she makes a quick exhale sound and flexes the rest of her body at the same time. It totally reminds me of a kung-fu person getting ready to get punched in the stomach.

3. The raspberry blowing had gone away for a couple weeks but is now back in full force.

4. Alissa is a tease. She’ll make a move indicating she wants you to hold her but as soon as you get close, she turns away back toward the person she’s already in the arms of. She’ll do this multiple times… as if to say “sucker!”

5. She loves her Cheerios, banana puffs, and Veggie Crunchies! I think she would eat them for each of her eight meals of the day. (6:00am breastfeeding, 8:30am solids, 10:00am bottle, noon solids, 1:00 bottle, 4:00 breastfeeding, 6:30 solids, 7:30 bottle.)

6. She has stinky feet… for some reason, it seems the left is stinkier than the right.

7. She doesn’t really play with toys as much as just toss them around the house.

8. She loves bath time but hates getting water in her face.

9. She does not like putting her clothes on.

10. She is entranced by our automatic espresso machine.

11. She’s starting to be able to anticipate things. For example, the other day she was watching me wash the car from the living room window. When she saw I had gone into the garage to grab a towel, Bonnie said she immediately looked expectantly at the door that leads downstairs, thinking I would soon appear.

12. She likes to chew on her sippy cup but does not drink from it.

13. She is becoming very vocal and seems to want to express herself. We think she says, “mama” with a true understanding of the word but can’t be quite sure. It happens most reliably when she’s mad about something and it seems as if she’s calling out for her mama.

14. Her hair is long enough that it actually gets in her eyes a bit. She has the same part to the side that I do and no longer has the bald spot from when she was a newborn.

15. Her two front bottom teeth have come out nicely. Still waiting on those two front upper teeth.

16. She crawls around the house looking for dust balls to chew on. We’ve had to be particularly diligent about Swiffering lately.

17. She loves playing around the open dishwasher.

18. She seems to like to point at things that amuse her.

19. She can do Hi-Five… most of the time.

20. She seems to be a happy and healthy baby. What else can you ask for?