Well, today I only breastfed Heidi in the morning when she woke up (at about 8:30am) and then again tonight when she went to bed (at about 8:30pm). She didn't have ANY breastmilk all day in between those two feedings. YAY! Maybe if we can keep this up, she will eventually be weaned, or at least I hope! I would like to have her weaned by 18 months.
Today, we got in the car and drove about 40 minutes to go to IKEA in Round Rock. I LOVE IKEA! It is one of my favorite stores. Brian and I used to go a lot when we lived in Germany. We have a lot of IKEA furniture and gadgets in our house. I mainly wanted to exchange a wooden baby doll bed that I got for Heidi to play with a while back. The wood was not in very good condition. When we got home with the new bed, Heidi had fun playing with it. It came with it's own pillow and bedding. Heidi put her baby dolls in it and also tried to climb in and lay down on it herself, even though she didn't really fit very well.
I also got a couple of other little things while we were there, like: something to cut the core out of apples, some cheap kitchen scissors, a set of cheap plastic containers (since I have had some disappear recently), some cheap flexible cutting mats, a little 99-cent baby pillow that Heidi just HAD to have when we were in the store. She rested her head on the front of the cart with this pillow, so I thought I should buy it for her. She got a little tired and grumpy while we were there. Heidi wore her little pink t-shirt that says Patience Tester in sparkly white letters on the front with her army green shorts... and she Did test my patience today! She was usually either wanting me to carry her or she wanted down so she could run around and look at things, until we found the little 99-cent pillow... and then she was content resting on it for a while. She slept most of the way home.
Today, we got in the car and drove about 40 minutes to go to IKEA in Round Rock. I LOVE IKEA! It is one of my favorite stores. Brian and I used to go a lot when we lived in Germany. We have a lot of IKEA furniture and gadgets in our house. I mainly wanted to exchange a wooden baby doll bed that I got for Heidi to play with a while back. The wood was not in very good condition. When we got home with the new bed, Heidi had fun playing with it. It came with it's own pillow and bedding. Heidi put her baby dolls in it and also tried to climb in and lay down on it herself, even though she didn't really fit very well.
I also got a couple of other little things while we were there, like: something to cut the core out of apples, some cheap kitchen scissors, a set of cheap plastic containers (since I have had some disappear recently), some cheap flexible cutting mats, a little 99-cent baby pillow that Heidi just HAD to have when we were in the store. She rested her head on the front of the cart with this pillow, so I thought I should buy it for her. She got a little tired and grumpy while we were there. Heidi wore her little pink t-shirt that says Patience Tester in sparkly white letters on the front with her army green shorts... and she Did test my patience today! She was usually either wanting me to carry her or she wanted down so she could run around and look at things, until we found the little 99-cent pillow... and then she was content resting on it for a while. She slept most of the way home.
I have been trying to get her to eat yogurt a couple of times a day since she has been taking an antibiotic (to prevent/combat the bad diarrhea and diaper rash that she normally gets as a result). She has been getting a lot better with using a spoon to feed herself... still not perfect, but using it pretty well. Sometimes she will ask for help and she says "help" pretty clearly.
Tonight, after her bath, we brushed Heidi's teeth and read a couple of books. We first read a touchy-feely book called The Touch Me Book several times. She has fun touching and feeling the different textures in the book. There is a soft dog, a piece of real wood on a picture of a table, some sandpaper for sand, a string that you can pull that is attatched to a ball, and some other things. She likes to try to name some of the objects in the book, like the feather on the bird... the fork, spoon, plate, and cup... and the bathtub.
The second book that we looked at was a Little Golden Book of Disney's Lady and the Tramp. She really likes the movie, so she enjoyed this book. I didn't really read all of the pages to her. We mainly just talked about the pictures. She kept wanting to go back and look at the baby That Jim Dear and Darling had in the story. We also talked about how Lady (the dog) was sad because she had a tear coming out of her eye. I made a sad face and kept telling her that the puppy was sad. She smiled and put her hand on my face. I am trying to work on teaching her to understand that other people have feelings too. Lately, I have tried fake crying when she does something that could hurt my feelings, like knock my tower of blocks down or refuse to give me a kiss. I think she is starting to understand. Sometimes she gets a concerned look on her face like she knows that how I am feeling.
Finally, she went to bed in her crib with her babys, her puppies, and her caterpillar (as usual). We also had to turn on her birds (as usual) that hang on the side of her crib. Her bird thing has little birds that move to soft, lullaby music. It also plays a kind of light show on the ceiling with birds in the sky. She even gave me a kiss tonight when I put her to bed! She usually doesn't want to give me a kiss goodnight. I usually just kiss her and tell her "Night night Heidi. I love you," and she usually says "Night night" back.
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