One day (about a month ago), I was putting Vaseline on as I do about 20x a day, I look over and Cadence has her mouth open so I put it on her! So smart.
She also makes a pinching motion to my phone screen. I guess that’s how it looks to her!
Cadence’s favorite game right now is talking on the phone. And everything has become one. Sometime she uses one hand and sometimes two.
She also is very good at sharing. As auntie steph says, sharing is caring!
Cadence understands
Steve Holt – raised arms a la arrested development
Water – and she says it too!
Kiss
Dah wah wah
Mmmm
Book – and she says it too!
Clap clap
Dance
Clean clean
Cadence can
Clap
Steve Holt AKA hold up her arms when someone says Steve holt
Kiss
Stand up
Take steps
Climb
Babble
Drink from a cup
Crawl
Pull up
High five
Snuggle
Grandma has taught her so much!
Cadence leaned in to me and kissed me right on the lips! And then my heart melted and I screamed oh my gosh!
Adam taught Cadence how to “kissie” by doing a repetitive bah bah with her mouth.
Grandma has taught her to high five and wave.
Her top two teeth have finally pocked through thankfully. She had a four hour crying stretch with grandma last week. She also had a fever. She’s doing much better now!
On July 6th, Cadence crawled forward (just a couple of days over 8 months)! I was so proud of her that I told Adam right away.
She’s been moving backwards since May. Auntie Stephanie thought she’d be crawling forward by end of May. Luckily, she’s still very cautious and doesn’t move forward very quickly. And she mostly stays in the vicinity of the carpet in the living room. I know this will be short lived…
We got some unpacking/ babysitting support that saved us!
Now that Cadence is starting to move, it’s cool watching her make decisions. The other day she wanted a toy and tried to go for it. It was just out of her reach (which she realized after a couple of attempts) so decided to play with something else. It’s awesome seeing her thought process. She’s good with her hand eye coordination and has determined how to pick things up or reach things with her other hand if the first doesn’t do the job.
Today she was on her hands and knees and was able to move both hands forward. Steph thinks she’ll be crawling this week.
Cadence is now pretty happy playing on the floor by herself. Very nice that she’s able to entertain herself. Every new milestone, she gets happier being more independent. She’s a very happy baby overall and we’re very lucky.
Jane thinks CJ is able to identify me, Adam, auntie and the fan. We try and test her but its difficult to really know if she’s able to name certain objects.
She’s gotten to the point where she prefers me and cries when I leave (which breaks my heart).
I love that she has a giggle fest when I kiss her face and neck. And when she rests her head against me when I hold her. Love that girl. 🙂
Today’s Cadence’s 6 month birthday! How quickly the 1/2 year went!
Cadence has definitely hit the object permanence and stranger danger stage. She used to go to anyone willingly. Now she holds her hands out when she wants to be held. It’s pretty cute when she tilts her head to peek around someone or something so she can see the thing she wants (first time was probably about a month ago at 5 months when dad held something up and she tilted her head to see grandma.
Today I could see the wheels turning. She was reaching for one toy but couldn’t reach it. Then she looks over at a different toy and reaches her arm out to see if that was closer (it wasn’t so she went back to trying for the first).
Cadence is also teething. She’s Ben pulling her ear & has a rash. She’s been super drooly already so not much change there. Adam is grossed out by her drool, which is funny to be since I always thought nothing could gross him out.
Oh she has a side of the bed preference which is funny.
Cadence seems to be slightly ahead developmentally. She doesn’t like being on her stomach much. Also she’s behind in being able to stack the rings.
Mama loves you!
