You are continuing to demonstrate your independence and like to remind your dad and I that you we don't have as much control over you as we thought or wanted!
This week you decided to go through a stage where you won't let anyone (me, dad, grandma) feed you! You would take a bottle and breatfeed and of course feed yourself food but you would not let a spoon near you at all. Of course this was right after I had a made you a big batch of this homemade apple oatmeal yumminess and dad had made you an ever bigger batch of this awesome soup. (which contains tons of good veggies along with rice and chicken). You wouldn't even let me feed you yogurt which you usually love. So we were getting frustrated with you! You little stinker. I would try to feed you and you would pretty much swat/push the spoon away in defiance and make a big mess! So I then went on to make you homemade mac and cheese and you initially wouldn't eat that, instead you rubbed it all of the counter with your hands and of course all over yourself (including in your hair!) But now you will feed yourself the mac and cheese in addition to other things. And you let grandma feed you food yesterday and Mary had no problem feeding you today. We will have to try the soup again some other day, but for now it is all pureed and in the freezer!
In other news you have slept through the night the last two nights-yeah and I have vowed to never feed you during the night again!!! I was getting tired and a little resentful toward you because everyone time you wouldn't eat during the day I would think to myself, "ahh, now she is just going to get up and want to eat at night". I didn't like being frustrated with you and therefore it was time to let you cry it out. The first night was Friday night and it was a little rough. You woke up around 3 am. We let you cry 10 minutes before we went in to soothe you (which we were unsuccessul). We then went 15 minutes. I don't know what I was thinking, but somehow in my sleep deprived state I thought it would be a good idea to crawl in your crib with you to soothe you! It didn't really work because all you wanted to do was eat and your dad was not happy with me and ended up going downstairs to read. I don't how much longer it took but you did eventually fall asleep. I went to check on you and of course then you woke up! Ahh! So then we had to start again, but it didn't take as long and then you slept until after 7!!! We all survived!!! The next night it didn't take nearly along and then the next two nights you didn't wake up at all!!!!
Sunday was mothers day and we celebrated by going to lansboro with Grandma Karimi. We rented a bike for her and a little bike trailer for you! You weren't quite sure what to think about it, but I think you overall enjoyed it. We want to get one of our own now so we can go on family bike rides. We have been going on family runs (including lucy) so you have started to spend a lot of time in your jogging stroller and you love it!!!
The other bigs news is that you are crawling more and you can now pull yourself up into the standing position. And you figured out how to go up a couple of stairs. It is so fun to watch. You crawled up into the landing at the bottom of the stairs. I let you stay there for a while to see if you could figure out how to get back down. You weren't quite sure but you definitely were cautious and didn't just throw yourself down. It is amazing that you already have a "danger" instinct.
Well I think that is enough for now, my little nut nut!!!
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