the brown family

Charlotte is now 8 months old! She is on the verge of crawling - she can take a few steps forward but can go backwards better still. She also likes to pull herself up onto her knees.

We've been trying all kinds of new foods - asparagus, tofu, spinach, ground up flax seeds, and kiwi. She also loves finger foods - the puffs that dissolve in her mouth and I recently gave her a infant biscuit to try. She gnawed on it for about 20 minutes (it took her that long to eat it) - she loved it!

Here is a typical day for us:

6:30 - 7:00 Charlotte wakes up during this time and I breastfeed her. We then go downstairs and I eat my breakfast while Charlotte plays. She then gets oatmeal with a fruit, and ground up flax.

9:00 Morning Nap

10:00 Wakes up, gets juice / water

11:00 Breastfeed her, normally go for a walk after this

12:00 Lunch - yogart with fruit - she LOVES this! Then she normally watches a BabyFaith video while I eat lunch. She is mesmerized by these videos - from what I understand they are like Baby Einstein but they tell bible stories.

1:00 Afternoon Nap

2:30 /3:00 Breastfeed, we run errands if we need to after this

5:00 Dinner for Charlotte - Oatmeal, Veggies, tofu or a meat, then playtime

6:15 Bathtime / breastfeed

7:00 Bedtime

Posted in: on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at at 7:11 PM 3 comments  

Wow it has been such a long time since I've posted on here! Between Christmas and getting back into the swing of things, we've been busy! We had a wonderful Christmas in both Spartanburg and in Lake Toxaway seeing both our families.

Charlotte is getting so big its hard to believe! She sits up great now and is up on all fours ready to crawl. She gets up and rocks back and forth but hasn't quite figured out how to crawl yet. She can also pull herself up onto her knees. She eats just about everything i give her though she's funny about bananas - which I thought all kids loved?!

Charlotte was also dedicated to the Lord the beginning of January. It was a really special time with our parents, one set of great grandparents, cousin Maggie, and Uncle Harrison. Charlotte is blessed to have a great family and a great spiritual heritage!

Posted in: on Monday, January 19, 2009 at at 4:48 PM 0 comments  

Here is Charlotte laughing at David while eating. I was feeding her while David is her entertainment!

Posted in: on Monday, December 8, 2008 at at 11:59 AM 2 comments  

Charlotte has cut her first tooth! It is on the bottom in front. She also has figured out how to get places by rolling across the room. So when I put her down on her playmat, she may be across the room a few minutes later!

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We had Charlotte's 6 month check-up today. She is 27 inches long (90%) and weighs 19 pounds even (90%). This week we also added some solid foods to her cereal meal. She has had butternut squash and apples and really seems to like both of them. Here are some pictures taken over Thanksgiving:

Posted in: on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at at 3:52 PM 0 comments  

Charlotte loves to "play" the piano. We like that she looks around to make sure you are watching her too!

Posted in: on Sunday, November 30, 2008 at at 9:07 PM 0 comments  

Charlotte is now 5 1/2 months old so we decided to start her on a little cereal. She had begun to seem more hungry throughout the day and woke up some at night so we felt those were signs she was ready. She loved it and is already finishing her "meal" of cereal now.



Charlotte's schedule - 5 1/2 months

~ This is really more of a routine as it really can vary depending on the days and what we have going on but this is the average day for Miss Charlotte!

6:30-7:00 Wakes up around this time (though Daylight savings time really messed this up). I breastfeed her immediately (I think around 6 - 8 oz). Then we go downstairs and I eat breakfast while she plays. Then I give her cereal mixed with breastmilk. After this she plays some more on her playmat.

9:00 Morning Nap

10:00 She sometimes sleeps longer but normally she is up by then and we go for a walk.

11:00 Breastfeed (6-8 oz)

11:15 Playtime (watches me do household things, etc)

12:00 Watches a babyfaith video while I eat lunch

12:30 / 1:00 Between these times she goes down for her Afternoon Nap

2:30 / 3:00 Breastfeed (6-8 oz) Afterwards we run any errands

4:00 For the most part she still takes a little nap late in the afternoon unless she sleeps for at least 2 hours during her first afternoon nap. I won't let her sleep past 5:00.

5:00 Playtime

6:00 Breastfeed (6-8 oz) then Cereal mixed with Breastmilk

6:30 Bathtime / Bedtime routine

7:00 Goes to sleep!

Posted in: on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at at 8:22 PM 1 comments