She's growing up....
Well, I just wanted to post quickly. Jayla is up and ready for her morning bottle but I wanted to give an update on all the new things she does.
I'll just list them, since it's easier and I don't want to forget stuff.
Jayla now walks - with assistance, holding onto our fingers.
She's been clapping again (phew, I guess there were too many other things to learn for a while there).
She feeds herself, stuff like toast, cheerios, cheese, pasta. The fruits and veggies are still too slippery.
Jayla stacks the donuts on the stick (fisher price toy), she loves to put things in bigger things. Like blocks in the bin, or some of the special shapes in the elephant mouth or the birds in the birdhouse.
She understands a lot of commands: give the bird to mommy, can you feed mommy too?, clap your hands, wave bye bye (this is new, just yesterday), give mommy a kiss/hug....it's really great!
Okay, I'm sure there are more, but this is all I can think of right now....
Another thing....I'm officially finished nursing. I was down to one feed per day. Then I just cut it out completely. It's actually been going better than I thought, physically anyway. Not that much pain and a little cabbage in my bra when I feel really full helps tremendously. As for the emotional aspect, yes, I feel sad about it. Especially now that she's not feeling well. This is when it would really be helpful for some comfort for my little baby. But I know that they don't really need it for sucking, or for comfort at this point....but it's just something that I was able to provide for her. I'm very proud of how long we lasted, I just felt that it was time for me to have my body back to myself. It does seem a little selfish I suppose, but I really think that I did a wonderful thing for her for the first 10 months of her life.
So, yes, we are settled and it's going very well. We've slept very well (all 3 of us). Martin and I have been going to bed around 10 instead of closer to midnight and Jayla has been doing 8pm-7am, pretty consistently since we moved in. *knock on wood* I don't want to jinx it...
Okay, so I should go and check on the little monkey and get her a bottle, but I'll try and update with some pictures later.
I'll just list them, since it's easier and I don't want to forget stuff.
Jayla now walks - with assistance, holding onto our fingers.
She's been clapping again (phew, I guess there were too many other things to learn for a while there).
She feeds herself, stuff like toast, cheerios, cheese, pasta. The fruits and veggies are still too slippery.
Jayla stacks the donuts on the stick (fisher price toy), she loves to put things in bigger things. Like blocks in the bin, or some of the special shapes in the elephant mouth or the birds in the birdhouse.
She understands a lot of commands: give the bird to mommy, can you feed mommy too?, clap your hands, wave bye bye (this is new, just yesterday), give mommy a kiss/hug....it's really great!
Okay, I'm sure there are more, but this is all I can think of right now....
Another thing....I'm officially finished nursing. I was down to one feed per day. Then I just cut it out completely. It's actually been going better than I thought, physically anyway. Not that much pain and a little cabbage in my bra when I feel really full helps tremendously. As for the emotional aspect, yes, I feel sad about it. Especially now that she's not feeling well. This is when it would really be helpful for some comfort for my little baby. But I know that they don't really need it for sucking, or for comfort at this point....but it's just something that I was able to provide for her. I'm very proud of how long we lasted, I just felt that it was time for me to have my body back to myself. It does seem a little selfish I suppose, but I really think that I did a wonderful thing for her for the first 10 months of her life.
So, yes, we are settled and it's going very well. We've slept very well (all 3 of us). Martin and I have been going to bed around 10 instead of closer to midnight and Jayla has been doing 8pm-7am, pretty consistently since we moved in. *knock on wood* I don't want to jinx it...
Okay, so I should go and check on the little monkey and get her a bottle, but I'll try and update with some pictures later.
posted by Melissa at 4:03 AM
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