Zoë has recovered

Zoë has fully recovered from the swine flu. It has been over 1 week that she has gotten over her cough. Now we are dealing teething. This kicked in a couple of days ago. She is whiney and not her happy self. You think she is crying, but when you look at her, she is whining. It sounds like she is complaining, it is the funniest thing. We have even had multiple conversations with her and she is complaining to us. This morning at 7a, on a Saturday, she talked to me for about 5 minutes straight. She complained and complained, you can't help but laugh. She is so funny. She also is chewing on her hands a lot more and drools. We got some Orajel but this seems to help only a little. This also is changing her eating, since she doesn't want to eat at time, and this is starting to worry Daddy. Since we still log her feedings, she is taking in the volume she needs but the times she takes it in has changed. We have about a 2 week break of doctors visits. We start again the begging of August.

She is growing up fast. She is 2 1/2 months adjusted age, but is 5 1/2 months old. She is developing at about a 4 month old pace. Here are some of the new things she is doing since the last post:

• She kicks her blanket off (intentionally)
• Laughs a lot (she's ticklish just about everwhere)
• Has started to grab her left hand
• Sticks both hands in her mouth
• Puts her left hand in her mouth (She gags herself, since there is no thumb to stop how far it goes in)
• Talks a lot. She converses with us and other people
• She pulls off her nasal cannula. Sometimes she sticks it in her mouth.
• Talks to herself in the mirror. It's like in Finding Nemo, Deb the fish has a twin sister Flo, its her reflection in the glass. We call her reflection Chloe.
• Talks to her doll. We haven't named her yet
• Today she grabbed her doll and stuck it in her mouth. It also looked like she was hugging it.
• Tries to grab her chuppie. She'll hold it but doesnt know to put it in her mouth.
• Discovered her right hand. She stares at it and goes cross eyed
• She plays with her blanket, as she stares at her hand
• She is seeing objects farther away
• Spins herself in her play pen, hasn't turned over yet
• Loves it when you sing to her or make her dance
• Recognizes Mommy and Daddy
• Recognizes our voices. Daddy had Mommy on speaker phone one morning and she was looking around for me. I was at work.
• Likes watching "So you think you can dance"
• Loves her friends (animals) on her bouncy, she loves to look at them move above her.
• Is sleeping more through the night. She eats more in the day then at night.
• Doesn't like to be cradled like a baby. She likes to be upright looking at the world. She is very social.
• We moved up to size 1 diapers and she has grown out of most of her newborn clothes.
• Sounded like she said "Mama" when she was talking this morning. I think it was an accident, but Daddy heard it too and says that she said it the other day. I still think it was an accidental "Mama".

We are having fun watching her become a big girl. Daddy right now is worried because she has been getting really fussy the last few days. Teething is the only thing we can think of. One minute she is ok, then the next she is not happy and she chews on her hand, drooling. Right now she is complaining to Daddy and he is encouraging it, she sounds so cute.