rocking out

elenora is hanging out up on her knees and rocking back and forth. this is new as of friday. and twice she has landed forwards instead of back. it's difficult to keep her on a play rug now, since she backs up and goes in circles. she's now digging into her baskets of toys herself instead of just sticking with the ones i've taken out and laid around her on the blanket.

she's also sick again. runny nose and a gravely cough. she's been waking up pretty frequently during the night and just howling for twenty minutes before falling back to sleep. this is very unlike her lately, as she's been sleeping 9-12 hour stretches a night.

could this be teething?

i thought she was teething before, but no teeth appeared and she stopped pulling at her ears. so now i just don't even know.

this weekend we took elenora to the park for the first time and put her in the little black baby swing that has leg holes. she really enjoyed that. mostly, she likes looking at the other children. and there was a three-legged dog there to watch. as ella would swing towards me i'd say "ahhh-boo!" and she would laugh!

no, unfortunately i did not think to bring the camera. but i will next time.

here is a sixth month picture from saturday: