February was a busy month for Penny. She met many developmental miles stones and really ‘woke up’
She is a real Mummy’s girl, and over February she became very attached to me. Which is lovely…but also means I am not allowed to leave her side for very long.
Unless she is with her Daddy. When Daddy is there, she only has eyes for him. She loves her Daddy and I often keep her up to see Lindsay once he gets home from work. He works from home 2 days a week, so is able to have cuddles all day when he at home.
She started letting us know she was tired by rubbing her eyes, which I find super cute.
Penny got much better at tummy time and started holding her head up for longer periods of time
Penny started the “shark phase” chewing on and sucking on everything and anything.
She got in touch with nature
We moved her from a bassinet to a co-sleeper cot. Which basically involved us taking a side off her cot and pushing it up against my side of our bed. So she can easily move from her bed to our bed, which is lovely.
She no longer needs to be wrapped up to sleep, and likes to lay on her right side, sometimes snuggled up to the Nellie the elephant.
Meet Nellie.
She plays Fur Elise…waaaaaayyyyy too fast.
I did a little photo shoot, playing around with Lindsay’s nice camera.
Penny has many funny faces
and she loves being in front of the camera!
We had a couple of cooler days which gave Lindsay the chance to try out the ring sling
And Penny continued to charm her grandparents
And loves showing off to them how she can roll over
She has started taking her naps on flat teddy. She likes to be close to me, and lay on her right side so sleeping on flat teddy in the lounge room is perfect.
I discovered that she loves ‘helping’ with the laundry. She loves watching me hang out the clothes, but she hasn’t been invited back to help me fold the washing.
After rolling over in the big bath and trying to drink up the bath water, giving us a bit of a fright, she now bathes in her tummy tub. Which is great for everyone! No more sitting on the bath room floor and she gets to chew on her feet.
Did I mention she found her feet?
Its super cute when she goes to grab a foot and misses because her foot moved. She stares at it quizzically and grabs for it again.
She is exceptionally cuddly! And is very happy just to sit there an be cuddled. She might vomit on you, but its worth it.
Because with a smile like that, the vomit is hardly noticeable.
While feeding her Penny like to play with my fingers and rings.
We are slowly starting solids. She tried some watermelon at her Gran and Pop’s house. I dared remove it from her mouth and she began to shake and cry until I put it back in her mouth. I guess she liked it then.
I also tried giving her some rice cereal, but have gone back to giving her only fruit and vegetables.
She does massive yawns which are just too cute.
One of her favourite things to do it lay on the floor in the nude watching TV.
She has improved her grabbing skills (much better already again since this video) and is good at picking up toys. She is a real chatter box and loves to squeal!
Playing 8/2/11 from Julia & Lindsay Holmwood on Vimeo.
And finally,
She is obsessed with our iPhones. Wanting to grab them, and suck on them! I don’t know how slobber proof they are… She has so far managed to send 1 SMS and 1 tweet to twitter. Both times I was holding her and the phone in my lap. I looked up and looked down and she had button mashed in the right order! I sometimes let her watch herself on the iPhone screen, and the other day she hit the record button!
Penny vs iPhone #2 24/2/11 from Julia & Lindsay Holmwood on Vimeo.
