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Richard wrote:

* Thanks so much for asking. We're doing well. Micaela is taking her time
*outgrowing babyhood -- nine months, no teeth, not crawling, but thriving
*nonetheless. It's starting to look like she's going to walk before she
*crawls. Her legs are strong and she is starting to develop balancing skills.
*sigh. It's time to babyproof the house (a MAJOR task!).

Hehehe. Naomi (Micaela's age-peer, you may recall, DOB 10/20) started to
crawl on 8/1 while I was at work. I work like 15 hrs on an average week,
and she HAS to start while I'm at work - AND the day before we leave for
vacation, so of course she crawled all over the beach, out from under the
shady umbrella and baby tent we set up, all over the non-childproofed
rented home, etc etc . On the fifth day of crawling, she started
pulling herself to standing; yesterday she just about tried to "cruise"
but didn't quite do it.

*We're starting solids. Her favorites are peas and brown rice (out of the jar
*with some breastmilk stirred in) and avocado and breastmilk (her clear
*favorite).

Naomi really rejected solids until just about 8 mos. Now she eats anything
I give her but due to some personal problems of hers she is getting
about 60% prunes, and then tiny bits of everything else at random.

*She and I are taking a swimming course together, "Tiny Tugboats". She's quite

Cool! Nomes took a swimming class with me (my husband took our son to swim
class) and she loved it too. She kicks incredibly well when on her back.
The teacher was very impressed.

*She's a great baby; we're very lucky. She has shown no obvious signs of
*stranger anxiety (though we're keeping an eye out for it) and, most of the
*time, is a great restaurant baby. She had a great nine-month checkup;
*everything looks fine. As I said, we have been (and are) quite fortunate.

Same here - except the past two weeks, Nomi started getting VERY ****ED
OFF when I go out of sight. Sigh.

Glad to see the Micaela update!

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