Little Bruiser

Well today Brie got her first black eye. I am sure it will not be her last. While I was in the shower, Marcus was watching Brie. She has been getting more independent with walking and will take a few steps on her own before falling. Well this time when she fell she hit her eye on the plastic garbage can that Marcus was clipping his nails into. He said she did not fall very hard or far, but it was enough to give her a shiner. After a few seconds of crying she is as good as new, except for the little bruise under her eye!

The last few weeks Brie has been attending music class at the local kindermusic studio. There are 3 other kids in the class. She seems to enjoy the music and getting to play with the other kids. She has now begun dancing when we listen to music. The kids are all of similar age ranging from 9 months to 17 months. Brie is of course the smallest, but she makes her presence known. She crawls around and steals the instruments from the other children. We are trying to balance keeping her healthy, but allowing her to interact with other children.

Today we were scheduled to get Brie's one year photos done, but we got snowed in. It is probably for the best as she has a nice shiner that would have looked wonderful in her pictures. Hopefully it will be gone by next Thursday.

As for eating, Brie seems to be on a solid food strike. I think she has two more bottom teeth coming in. Her gums are very swollen and she cried out many times during the night last night. She also woke up twice to eat during the night which happened the last time her teeth came in. She also has been coughing today so she may be developing a little cold. Hopefully it is just teething and she will be better in a few days. Her bottles are going better. She basically takes 3 5.5 oz bottles and one 3 oz per day. She still will not take more then that at a time and we are basically trying to teach her that eating solid food makes her full, not bottles. We are trying to use them more as a snack. She is maintaining her weight and is now at 16lbs 11 oz. We were hoping she would be at least 17 lbs by her first birthday, but I am not sure if that will happen. This week we will have to work on more high fat foods to see if we can reach 17 by next Saturday.