Going backwards

Hi Maya,
Well lots of new things to talk about since my last post!! First of all you are sure testing dad and me. In the last few weeks you have decided some nights to get up twice to eat!!!! And now that you can sit up on your own you want to play when we put you in your crib at night instead of going to sleep! So your dad and I have been very tired. Last week was the worst! You had a low grade fever that we were watching. However when I got you home from Mary's I checked you temp and it was over 101.   You didn't seem sick overall where I could blame it on a cold, so I ended up bringing you into the ER to make sure you didn't have a urinary tract infection. Your dad was out of town and so were Grandma and Grandpa so it was just you and me! We got in and out of there in 2 hours and fortunately your urine test were negative. You ended up developing more of a cold the next day and a tooth starting popping out (which then explained the fever). So you were really cuddly that day (which I didn't mind). But Friday night was AWFUL!!! Your dad was home and I had a swim meet the next two days so your dad wanted me to get some sleep. But you had other ideas.  I ended up feeding you THREE times that night and your dad spent a lot of time laying on the floor by your crib rubbing your back trying to get you to fall asleep. By the next day we were EXHAUSTED (we weren't getting good sleep prior to that night either). But we packed up and you went to your first swim meet!

You have definitely said your first words. Which is either "mama" or "dada". You babble so much that it was hard to tell if you were saying them by accident or knew what you were saying. You probably said dada first, but once again hard to know.

You continue to eat more finger foods. You like black beans, cheese, greek yogurt, peas etc. I even gave you pieces of green olives when we went out for pizza in St. Paul. I love feeding you new things!

You continue to develop a personality and you are feisty! In addition you play rough and like to hear yourself screech! You take after me with the loudness factor. You are also starting to demonstrate some stubbornness. If I take a something away from you that you wanted you will cry!!! And when I lay you on your back to change your diaper or change your clothes you sometimes throw a fit! But overall you are still a really happy baby. You get really excited about things (which I like to think you get from your dad).

Last night you were back to only one night time feeding, which is great compared to how things were going before that, but I would love to get you down to ZERO!! But I don't have the heart to let you cry it out.

You still like your pacifier but we are going to try weaning you off it, starting with no pacifier during the day!

Well I am about to fall asleep!
LOVES!!!