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Simone Marin Dylla
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The common cold
Hi all,
I've finally figured out how to upload from my phone, which will make it much easier to post videos. However, there does not seem to be a way to make the video bigger on the blog. I figured it out by right clicking on the video and selecting "watch on You Tube". From there, you can watch it on your full screen.
In other Simone news, this has been one of our more challenging weeks. She developed a cold (probably from daycare) and had a fever of 102 all day Sunday. She slept probably 20 hours that day! Since then, she has been basically fine, but has yucky runny congestion which makes it hard to eat. Combined with a loss of appetite from a cold, she has been eating about half of what she normally takes in, so I have been feeding her when she wakes up in the middle of the night. I haven't had to do this for a while, so it's a bit of a drag, but a small price to pay to get her healthy again. On top of that, she woke up with what seemed to be pain from teething. I'm writing this at 2AM after a feeding - not much sleep this week!
With all of that, you wouldn't believe that the video below was taken today. As you can see, she's just fine!
I've finally figured out how to upload from my phone, which will make it much easier to post videos. However, there does not seem to be a way to make the video bigger on the blog. I figured it out by right clicking on the video and selecting "watch on You Tube". From there, you can watch it on your full screen.
In other Simone news, this has been one of our more challenging weeks. She developed a cold (probably from daycare) and had a fever of 102 all day Sunday. She slept probably 20 hours that day! Since then, she has been basically fine, but has yucky runny congestion which makes it hard to eat. Combined with a loss of appetite from a cold, she has been eating about half of what she normally takes in, so I have been feeding her when she wakes up in the middle of the night. I haven't had to do this for a while, so it's a bit of a drag, but a small price to pay to get her healthy again. On top of that, she woke up with what seemed to be pain from teething. I'm writing this at 2AM after a feeding - not much sleep this week!
With all of that, you wouldn't believe that the video below was taken today. As you can see, she's just fine!
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Monday, December 5, 2011
First real food!
Simone ate her first food today, and it was as if she has been eating all along - she was clearly ready! It was very fun to watch her eat, and hopefully this is the beginning of a very healthy relationship with food. The new recommendation is to start with veggies rather than cereal. I like this idea, as it goes with the new food recommendations for more fruits and veggies and less starchy carbs (did I get that right??). Anyway, she doesn't seem any worse for wear for starting with avocado rather than rice cereal. Enjoy the video!
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving!
It's Thanksgiving, and I haven't posted in a month. Can't believe it! Time flies. Anyway, here is a brief digest of what Simone has been up to...
Simone is over 5 1/2 months old now. She is growing as fast as always, and I'm now buying 6-9 month clothes for her. She is rolling over easily from back to front now, but can't seem to figure out that she can go from front to back, so we have to continually roll her back as she gets very frustrated.
She is one happy baby! Simone laughs very easily. She smiles at strangers and enjoys observing just about everything. The one thing she does not like - being bored. She needs to be on the move! Often it is easier just to get out of the house so she can be stimulated rather than trying to entertain her at home. But we have figured out how to keep things fun and silly around the house - lots of time flying in the air, in the playgym and in front of a mirror.
Sleeping: We have started a sleep plan with some success. This involves CIO (Cry it out) for 5 minutes at a time. Sometimes she has just been talking herself to sleep, and other times we have to endure her crying for up to 15 minutes. The theory goes that she is learning to self-soothe to sleep. It must work, as the past 4 nights she has woken up only once in 11-12 hours or not at all! Mommy is getting more sleep, which is a very good thing! :) This isn't applying to naps right now, which is a whole different story...
Here are some pictures...
Simone is over 5 1/2 months old now. She is growing as fast as always, and I'm now buying 6-9 month clothes for her. She is rolling over easily from back to front now, but can't seem to figure out that she can go from front to back, so we have to continually roll her back as she gets very frustrated.
She is one happy baby! Simone laughs very easily. She smiles at strangers and enjoys observing just about everything. The one thing she does not like - being bored. She needs to be on the move! Often it is easier just to get out of the house so she can be stimulated rather than trying to entertain her at home. But we have figured out how to keep things fun and silly around the house - lots of time flying in the air, in the playgym and in front of a mirror.
Sleeping: We have started a sleep plan with some success. This involves CIO (Cry it out) for 5 minutes at a time. Sometimes she has just been talking herself to sleep, and other times we have to endure her crying for up to 15 minutes. The theory goes that she is learning to self-soothe to sleep. It must work, as the past 4 nights she has woken up only once in 11-12 hours or not at all! Mommy is getting more sleep, which is a very good thing! :) This isn't applying to naps right now, which is a whole different story...
Here are some pictures...
Monday, October 31, 2011
What is Simone up to these days??
Hi everyone,
It's been quite a while since I've posted - things got very busy for a while as I started working and am just now feeling a bit more balanced between taking care of Simone and my part-time work with my employer, Pacific Symphony. Simone has grown and changed so much in the past month. Although she's been rolling from back to front for the past month or so, it's become part of her regular repertoire of tricks only yesterday. She has rolled from front to back a few times, but mostly she gets frustrated on her tummy and wants someone to roll her back over.
Simone is extremely vocal when she is around familiar company or at certain times of day. We love to have conversations with her. She also recently discovered her feet and started touching them. Lastly, when we read to her she likes to turn the pages, and of course, eat the books.
Here are a few fun pictures of her from the past week:
It's been quite a while since I've posted - things got very busy for a while as I started working and am just now feeling a bit more balanced between taking care of Simone and my part-time work with my employer, Pacific Symphony. Simone has grown and changed so much in the past month. Although she's been rolling from back to front for the past month or so, it's become part of her regular repertoire of tricks only yesterday. She has rolled from front to back a few times, but mostly she gets frustrated on her tummy and wants someone to roll her back over.
Simone is extremely vocal when she is around familiar company or at certain times of day. We love to have conversations with her. She also recently discovered her feet and started touching them. Lastly, when we read to her she likes to turn the pages, and of course, eat the books.
Here are a few fun pictures of her from the past week:
Friday, October 21, 2011
Day with the grandmas
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