Having my 4th baby I thought I knew what I could expect. Max, Abby, and Lucy all did the same things at around the same age (give or take 2-3 weeks).
Max got teeth right before he turned 7 months. He NEVER fussed during teething and he would get teeth 2 at a time. He never cut just 1 tooth. Once he got 4 on the same day. Seriously, he never fussed and only ran a low grade fever for a couple of days about a week before his first 2 teeth came in. After that, I only knew he had more teeth when he would open his mouth and I would see them in there.
Abby came along and screamed/cried/fussed/drooled her way through every single tooth. Lucy was about the same and they both cut their first teeth between 7-8 months.
Max never really crawled but he scooted his way around (by dragging himself around the house on his belly and using his arms to move). He was FAST too! If he did get up on his hands and knees to crawl he would always drag his right leg behind him. He never did get the hang of it :)
Abby and Lucy scooted for a little while then hit the crawling stage.
They were all sitting up between 7-8 months and it didn't take long after before they would go from lying on the floor to sitting themselves up.
They were pulling up on furniture and standing between 10-11 months and they each walked on their own days before their first birthday. Abby actually walked ON her first birthday.
When Ruby came along I figured it would be similar...
The only thing she's done so far that is like the other 3 is that she was rolling over and smiling at about the same time they did and had really good head and neck control from VERY early on.
She is now at about 8 1/2 months and other than a couple of days of fever last week and the incessant drooling and chewing, I haven't seen any indication of a tooth being ready to break through those pink little gums!
She JUST started sitting up for any length of time on her own (without falling over within seconds) about a week or so ago. She has no desire when she is lying down to attempt to sit up on her own. As a matter of fact, when I do have her sitting up and she purposely falls over to lay down, she gets the biggest grin on her face like she's saying, "Ahhhhh yes, now that's more like it"!
I don't think this child will EVER scoot around the floor like her brothers and sisters did. She has no interest in draggin' herself across the floor to get what she wants. She has just decided to be different and has developed her own unique way of moving around the floor.
She rolls and then will use her foot to twist her body into a new direction and then roll a little further, then twist her body again...the process continues until she gets where she wants to go.
Now, if something is just out of her reach? She kind of rocks and rolls her body back and forth and strrrrreeeeetches her arms, torso, and legs as much as she can to reach for the object. If she still comes up short then she rocks and rolls some more then stretches again (lather rinse repeat the process) until she has it in her tiny little hands.
Well, here. I got some video of the process this morning. Watch and see for yourself. She is bucking the system and doing things her own way. Way to be your own person Ruby!
You didn't get to see it on tape but she did eventually get the paci!
3 comments:
I'm surprised the first three were that alike. All 4 of mine have been completely different and on different timetables! She really is working hard for that paci though!
Look at her go!! She is on the move...in her own way. So cute!
you just never know what to expect with babies!
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