I’ve not been keeping track of Ruth’s growth very closely according to the developmental list till last night, when she found a way to pull herself up into a sitting position while in the playpen. Then I realized how much Ruth has developed so just want to keep a record here:
- started on rice cereal on 16 Oct, after she turned 6 months old. She is a pro at eating, just put the spoon near her mouth and she’ll be ready to take in the food. I don’t need to put the whole spoonful of food in, she will just ‘drink up’ the cereal from the edge of the spoon like the way we would drink soup.
- the first teeth erupted two weeks later, 29 Oct, the earliest among my children.
- these few days she had been trying very hard to get onto her knees and lunge forward
- I suppose she is early in rolling over, starting from 4 months and then proceeded to roll over both ways
- her neck has been very firmly supporting her head since early months, as early as first month, so much so she likes to be held upright most of the time. Since last week, she has been sitting up steadily though she had not pulled herself into the sitting position yet. She had always resisted lying down for too long. When on her tummy, she can lift her head and chest up high steadily with both her arms.
- at six-and-a-half months old, she likes to drop things onto the floor and her eyes can track the movement of the dropped object.
- she has a keen sense of observation of things and people around her, and has developed the ability to indicate her desires through her smiles, body movements and cries.
She is now very attached to mommy, sometimes makes other family members feel a bit rejected… But good thing she doesn’t object much to being left in the cradle roll in church on Sundays, where she gets to play to her heart’s content.
I’m really curious what kind of personality Ruth has…
