Picnics and swings

"I love my daddy so much!"

On Friday, August 15th, Gloria and I met Rob at a park for a picnic lunch. It was a gorgeous day, not too hot with a nice breeze. As Rob and I ate our sandwiches, Gloria played on the blanket and watched a squirrel. After lunch, we let Gloria try out the swings for the first time. She had fun, but just don't push her too fast quite yet.

"What exactly does this thing do?"

"Whee!"

On August 10, Gloria had her first taste of mango and enjoyed it. Two days later, on the 12th, she tried peas. Again, she really liked them. On the 15th, we introduced Gloria to broccoli and that went over great as well. We gave her nectarines and mixed grain cereal (because we were out of oatmeal) on the 16th and the next day we noticed a rash. The rash was on Gloria's neck, chest, tummy, and a little bit on her waist. At first we thought it was from Rob's scratchy whiskers since he had been getting her with kisses. But as the day went on, the rash didn't disappear. So, we figured it was probably from one of the new foods that she had had in the past few days. The rash went away in a day and we waited a few more days before giving her broccoli again. She's had broccoli again with no problems so we'll wait a few more days and try nectarines again. We think it was probably the mixed grain cereal because it has wheat in it, and wheat is a common allergen. We won't be trying the cereal again for awhile, mainly because we don't have any reason really to give it to Gloria since she loves her oatmeal so much.










Gloria has been working on her scooting every day. She's been getting up on her hands and knees a lot and rocking back and forth. She's also been lifting her body up and making herself into a "tent" on her toes and hands.

Every once in awhile she'll try to propel her self forward by rocking forward, but she just lands on her belly. She tried this once last week while she and I were at a breastfeeding group and she bumped her nose on the hard floor, giving her her first bloody nose. She cried for a few minutes and then she was okay and kept swiping at the wet paper towel I was wiping her nose off with.