A lot has been happening over the past month and we’ve just posted the pictures.
This month, both Miranda and Eleanor have been more mobile. They both picked up the ability to scoot around on their stomachs in kind of a military crawl. Just a few days ago, Eleanor seemed to figure out how to get around on hands and knees in a much more traditional baby crawl. It takes more balance and coordination to move alternating limbs. We can’t leave them playing in the family room any more–they start heading for the TV, or the sofa, or the piano, and inevitably get stuck.
Miranda picked up a new smile where she scrunches her face up to the point where we’re not sure she can still see. Eleanor tried to learn to whistle (though she only manages the faintest tone). Eleanor has also been playing with her consonant sounds. She’ll absent-mindedly go “deh deh deh deh deh deh…” for quite some time.
Eleanor can push herself into a sitting position and we often find her sitting in her crib. We haven’t seen Miranda get up into a sitting position on her own yet, but she somehow still pulled down her crib mobile again. She shouldn’t have been able to reach it. Miranda has learned to sit well enough that we don’t worry so much that she’ll suddenly fall backwards.
Both of them started hitting blocks together with one in each hand. Eleanor will drop her blocks and start clapping, too. Unfortunately, Eleanor also has an unhealthy fascination with pools of spit-up. Miranda will still occasionally bring something up and Eleanor’s instantly there, putting her hand in it.
Miranda has still been the one who is more adventurous with her food. She likes eating these small plus-shaped puffs of corn that we picked up at the store. She doesn’t have the dexterity to get the puffs into her mouth consistently, so she’ll pick one up, smear her palm around her face and sometimes it’ll get into her mouth. If the puff just sticks to her cheek, she’ll just reach for another one. Though Miranda doesn’t have teeth yet, the puffs dissolve in her mouth and she’s visibly working her jaw to chew it. Eleanor is generally suspicious of food that doesn’t come in a bottle, but lately she’s been warming to it.
The girls are now two-thirds of a year old. They play on their own for longer periods, but they also require a more watchful eye to make sure that they’re doing okay. We’ll post more pictures in another month.