I wish I could say we celebrated Ridley's 3 month birthday with a bottle, but alas, she is still holding out. Our last hope bottle came in yesterday though. It's an Adiri bottle that is supposed to be the closest you can come to the breast. Phil is trying it out today while I am at work. Fingers crossed. If Phil can't get her on the bottle, then maybe Elena will.
Elena is going to be watching Ridley starting next week. She's a mom too with a one and a half year old girl. I'm grateful to have found her so that I don't have to put Ridley into daycare at such a young age. I've told her about Ridley's problem with the bottle and she didn't run away screaming...so she must be a keeper!
Ridley is really such a great, smart and strong baby at three months! She loves grabbing her toys and trying to shove them in her mouth. She has a little sock monkey that she'll grab by the tail and then bring to her mouth while turning her head up as if she's just going to devour the little stuffed animal! And she loves holding on to the stuffed toys with the crinkle material inside. We've noticed she tends to favor her left hand so far, so we think she might be a lefty, but we're going to just wait and see.
She also received a Sing A Ma Jig for Christmas that she loves to stare at while it sings.
Her favorite thing though is probably the mirror by her changing table. When we first put it up a month ago, she stared and stared at it. Then she started chatting with the baby on the other side and grabbing the mirror's strings and pulling it towards her. The baby on the other side must be giving her ideas.
Ridley's also sitting up by herself when she's propped up against the back of the couch and she's sitting in her Bumbo really well now. She loves to get her poop on while in that seat. It must be a good position for her. We started calling it her Bumbo toilet.
Last month on the 30th, she rolled over! Well, she was on her tummy propped up with a small pillow and she got to her side. Then she kind of fell over the rest of the way onto her back. But hey, it counts in my book.
Another thing that counts in my book is her first word. Oh, yes. When she cries it often sounds like she says "Moooom!" So, I'm counting that as her first word. "Yes, Ridley you were saying the word Mom at three months! I don't care what the doctors say about childhood development, you were talking to me, dang it!" I'm a proud mom, can you tell?
It's amazing to see her develop. The smallest of things seem so huge. When she "rolled over" I freaked out! I was so excited about it! Ridley had a look on her face like, "Yay, Mom's happy! Although I'm not sure exactly why..."
She's got a big year coming up in 2011. She's going to start eating, crawling, walking, and talking! AND, she's going to turn 1! It's a lot going on this year for her. Of course before she does all that, she's going to take a bottle. :) Optimism.
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