I can't believe I have an eleven-month-old (I forgot to change the number on the picture)! Sally is so much fun to have around. Each month has its own set of challenges, but it just gets more and more fun.
- Sally has six teeth, and it all happened at once! We had a few weeks of torture for all of us. But I am so in love with her toothy grin, and I love being able to give her crackers to eat now! I can tell she feels like such a grown up being able to bite into things like Johnny and I do.
- Sally loves to stand on her own but is scared to death of taking that first step. We can tell she's thinking about it, but it still hasn't happened yet.
- She's in the opening cabinet stage. And the tearing things out of cabinets and drawers stage. She is so incredibly busy right now.
- Sally likes having her teeth brushed at night, which shocked me since she tends to hate almost everything I try to do to her.
- Sally still loves nursing. I nurse her in the morning when she wakes up, right before both of her naps, and then at night before she goes to bed.
- Sally goes to sleep at 7:00 and wakes up at 6:00. Johnny and I alternate days getting up with her to lessen the blow of such an early wake time. We did some sleep training with her a few weeks ago because she was still nursing 1-2 times during the night. But now she sleeps through the night like a champ!
- Sally loves putting rings on a cone and putting balls on a ramp and watching them go down. She also loves pushing buttons and playing with water in the sink.
- Sally giggles so hard when we're changing her diaper and tell her it's stinky.
- In the past month, Sally has figured out clapping and shaking her head "no," and she can't get enough of either.
- Sal loves waving at strangers. But it still takes her a little time to warm up to people.
- Sally has started to become comfortable with some of our family members, which is so fun to see! It will be so neat to see her relationships with them grow.
- Sally loves for me to say, "I'm gonna get you!" when she's crawling away. She gives a high-pitched squeal and crawls away as fast as she can.
- Sally still loves Persie and petting her.
- When I'm nursing or rocking Sally, she loves playing with my hair. She brushes her fingers through it so softly, and it's the cutest thing.
Sally likes blowing spit bubbles even though she doesn't know what she's doing.
4 comments:
This is adorable, Joanna!
I have a question for you: How did you do the sleep training? My 7.5-month-old is still waking up 3 times a night to nurse. I've tried front-loading her calories and letting her cry for 5 minutes, but she still will wake up half an hour later because she is starving. Do you have any tips and tricks? I'd do anything at this point for a REM cycle!
i want to squeeze her!
Margaret! My pediatrician recommended a book called The Sleepeasy Solution. We followed it almost exactly. The book tailors your sleep plan to whatever you're struggling with, and it teaches you how to wean a baby who's used to nursing during the night. The book worked wonders, and Sal was sleeping without eating in just four days!
haha I was going to ask the same thing about weaning off of night feeds. Marjorie is great at falling asleep on her own for naps and bed at night, but still regularly wakes up 1-2 (sometimes 3) times a night and takes a full feed to fall back asleep. Also Sally is the cutest chunkster ever!
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