Pulling up

Our little girl surprised us on Sunday by sitting up herself and pulling herself up by the crib railing. Fearing she would manage to get over the railing, we promptly lowered the crib mattress and also removed the Pack n Play basinet so that the playpen is at the lowest setting. It's a little awkward to put her down in the crib now, especially without waking her up. And now that she is lower, she can better see us sneaking in or out of her room. Her hearing is quite sharp; she can easily hear the door opening (scraping against the carpet) and will whip her head around to look in that direction.

We can see a little more of her two lower incisors. :)

She is having a hard time sitting still these days. She will roll over while we try to change her clothes and while we try to change her diaper. And when we put her down on the floor, she is already crawling away. We need to babyproof the house ASAP!!!

We got one of these shopping cart seat covers for her. It's nice and cushy, and makes us feel like she isn't touching the dirty shopping cart. Have you seen some of those shopping carts out there? Absolutely filthy! Well, a little false sense of cleanliness is better than none. :) She's still warming up to the whole idea of sitting up in the shopping cart. She seemed OK in it as long as she had something to chew on. We gave her a paper cup to chew on; this kept her entertained for a while.

She is outgrowing her infant carrier/car seat. She has already exceeded the length limit (26"), but not the weight limit (20 lbs). We have ordered a Britax Marathon in Luau print, which will arrive in about 6 weeks. Hope she can still use her infant carrier til then. She is not a happy camper in the car these days. We hope she will enjoy the roominess of the convertible car seat.

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