30 Weeks Old
From babyweekly.com
Your New Baby
At this age your baby may show a strong preference for Jeff over you, or vice versa. Try not to take it personally. Babies generally will go to one parent for a specific need, such as comforting, and the other for play. Remember that parenting isn't a popularity contest, and showing a preference isn't rejection. She actually prefers for Jeff to feed her the "solid" foods and she wants me when she's tired or upset because she bumped her head. We're on equal ground for playtime.
Encourage your baby to practice crawling by placing a favorite toy just out of reach or sit on the other side of the room and call to him or her. Give your baby time and space to practice this new-found skill and to strengthen his or her muscles and fine-tune his or her coordination. She doesn't really show any desire to crawl yet. When she's sitting she'll stretch far out to reach a toy, but if she can't get it, she just watches the ceiling fan instead. When she's on her tummy, she'll "crawl" with her legs, but her upper body is laying flat on the ground so she doesn't really go anywhere. Then she'll pick her upper body up with her arms, but then her legs quit trying. I'm sure she'll put it together sometime in the next few months. In the mean time, we're enjoying our immobile baby & our un-babyproofed home.
Is your baby teething yet? NO! Most babies begin teething between 6 and 12 months of age. Usually, the incisors erupt first (four on top and four on the bottom), and then four molars. These are followed by the four canine (eye) teeth, and the molars will appear when your baby is about 2 years old. Early signs of teething include drooling (which may then cause a rash, cough or diarrhea), fussiness, waking at night, biting, and loss of appetite. To relieve some of the pain associated with teething, give your baby a cool teething ring and, with the consent of your pediatrician, children's acetaminophen.Click here to read more about teething. We haven't noticed any signs of teething, which is a-okay with us. I'm sure our day of painful biting is awaiting us.
As your baby starts eating solid foods, he or she will quickly develop preferences for certain foods and a strong dislike for others. If your baby seems to dislike a particular taste or type of food, don't force it on him or her. Try the same food again in a day or two. If he or she still isn't interested, move on to other foods. After a month or so has passed, introduce it to your baby again, perhaps prepared differently this time. Her or his tastes may have changed in the meantime, or he or she may have forgotten that he or she didn't like this food. If he or she still rejects it, take it off his or her menu. Her or his tastes may change as he or she gets older, or he or she may never like this particular food. Forcing it on him or her can turn into a battle of wills, which can in turn lead to eating disorders. We should start calling Sydney "Mikie" because she'll pretty much eat everything. She definitely loves avocado the best, but doesn't protest anything else we've given her. Well, let me take that back. On the way home from Florida we ran out of food we had prepared, so we brought along pre-packaged baby food. She didn't like the carrots, greenbeans, applesauce, or sweetpotatoes. These are all the things she loves at home when we make them, and I'm not sure what the difference is, but she just decided to only have milk & banana puffs the day we flew home.
Your New Baby
At this age your baby may show a strong preference for Jeff over you, or vice versa. Try not to take it personally. Babies generally will go to one parent for a specific need, such as comforting, and the other for play. Remember that parenting isn't a popularity contest, and showing a preference isn't rejection. She actually prefers for Jeff to feed her the "solid" foods and she wants me when she's tired or upset because she bumped her head. We're on equal ground for playtime.
Encourage your baby to practice crawling by placing a favorite toy just out of reach or sit on the other side of the room and call to him or her. Give your baby time and space to practice this new-found skill and to strengthen his or her muscles and fine-tune his or her coordination. She doesn't really show any desire to crawl yet. When she's sitting she'll stretch far out to reach a toy, but if she can't get it, she just watches the ceiling fan instead. When she's on her tummy, she'll "crawl" with her legs, but her upper body is laying flat on the ground so she doesn't really go anywhere. Then she'll pick her upper body up with her arms, but then her legs quit trying. I'm sure she'll put it together sometime in the next few months. In the mean time, we're enjoying our immobile baby & our un-babyproofed home.
Is your baby teething yet? NO! Most babies begin teething between 6 and 12 months of age. Usually, the incisors erupt first (four on top and four on the bottom), and then four molars. These are followed by the four canine (eye) teeth, and the molars will appear when your baby is about 2 years old. Early signs of teething include drooling (which may then cause a rash, cough or diarrhea), fussiness, waking at night, biting, and loss of appetite. To relieve some of the pain associated with teething, give your baby a cool teething ring and, with the consent of your pediatrician, children's acetaminophen.Click here to read more about teething. We haven't noticed any signs of teething, which is a-okay with us. I'm sure our day of painful biting is awaiting us.
As your baby starts eating solid foods, he or she will quickly develop preferences for certain foods and a strong dislike for others. If your baby seems to dislike a particular taste or type of food, don't force it on him or her. Try the same food again in a day or two. If he or she still isn't interested, move on to other foods. After a month or so has passed, introduce it to your baby again, perhaps prepared differently this time. Her or his tastes may have changed in the meantime, or he or she may have forgotten that he or she didn't like this food. If he or she still rejects it, take it off his or her menu. Her or his tastes may change as he or she gets older, or he or she may never like this particular food. Forcing it on him or her can turn into a battle of wills, which can in turn lead to eating disorders. We should start calling Sydney "Mikie" because she'll pretty much eat everything. She definitely loves avocado the best, but doesn't protest anything else we've given her. Well, let me take that back. On the way home from Florida we ran out of food we had prepared, so we brought along pre-packaged baby food. She didn't like the carrots, greenbeans, applesauce, or sweetpotatoes. These are all the things she loves at home when we make them, and I'm not sure what the difference is, but she just decided to only have milk & banana puffs the day we flew home.
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