What a month it has been, what a month it HAS BEEN!
So much has happened.
1st thing's first:
11 month update for Hadley.
(1 more month till she's 1 YEAR OLD! EEEEEEP!)
She has grown soooo tall!
Seriously, it has gotten more and more difficult to hold this baby with her looooooooong legs.
Her sleeping schedule has been about the same since last time.
I feel more sleep deprived than ever.. especially with this new time change.
The only difference is the past two days she will only nap once.. for about 20 min tops!!!
no good.
no good.
She wakes up 1-2 times in the middle of the nap and just cries because she wants me to hold her. I know. I brought it onto myself.. but it really is difficult to let her cry when Tyler is sleeping just a few feet away from her and has to be up at 6 to get ready and go to work for 12 hrs a day. So, I pick her up and walk with her, and walk with her, and walk with her until she falls asleep. I haven't had a full nights sleep in FOREVER.
She is now fully on the sippy cup! She was on regular formula but Ty decided that we should switch her to soy to maybe help get rid of the ear infections..(she got a double ear infection after the flu.) Tyler and most of his siblings were on soy milk when they were toddlers. I was VERY hesitant at first with the soy.. I mean, I had read horrible things about the effects of soy. (especially in females) I won't get into it because I could go on forever and ever about it.. when it came down to it Ty and I couldn't agree on it.. so I gave in. I figured, EH, whatever. She will only be drinking it for a short while and then I can introduce milk to her again when she is older. NBD. She seems to be doing fine on soy, besides a little constipation, which I can fix, so I don't see the point in switching her again.
Walking:
She is still not walking.
She just isn't all that interested in it. However, she LOVES standing up. It makes her feel like a big girl. Every once in a while she will take a step on accident and then sits down. She just doesn't feel ready for it yet.. I guess?
That is fine with me though. I want her to walk when she is ready :)
OH BOY does this girl have attituuuuuude.
If I start to do something she doesn't like (dress her, change her diaper, offer her food she doesn't want at the moment) she throws the biggest fit. She swings her hands around and shakes her head no while she squeals. haha. It is bad. Sometimes she even hits and throws her whole body backwards. At first I wasn't sure what to do about this. I didn't know if I should tap her little hand for hitting (but it didn't seem right to counter act hitting with, well, hitting) so, I have now been grabbing her hand when she hits and I hold it there getting real close to her face and say, "No, no. That is not nice. That hurts." (even though it really doesn't, unless she hits me in the eye, which has happened!) That seems to get her to quit, most of the time, or she just cries.. which is fine with me. As long as she is not hitting.
She still pretty much eats the same things. She just hasn't eaten a lot since she got sick. I think her appetite will pick back up again once she's 100% recovered from these ear infections.
She hasn't really made any new friends. She mainly just hangs with her cousins and they have loads of fun together. She looks up to them soo much.
She seems to be minding a bit better. If I tell her no she usually quits what she is doing. (Like pulling on wires, climbing stairs, throwing stuff)
She now has 4 teeth.. 4 beautiful little teeth. And wow, can she bite. That is another habit I have been trying to break her of. I know it is hard for her to help it.. so I don't get onto her too much unless she is deliberately doing it because she is mad at me, then that is a different story.
She also now plays peek-a-boo! She puts the blanket over herself and hides.. then quickly pulls it off and laughs.. it's seriously one of the most adorable things I have ever witnessed.
We didn't have the good camera with us so these are off of my phone
So here she is @ 11 MONTHS!!:
WELP. I guess that is about it on the 11 month post.
As for the weather... RAIN, RAIN, AND MORE RAIN.
We have been cooped up in this RV for 4 DAYS!! UAHNBKJASBFIUADF. We are going crazy. But, God knows we need the rain. So let it pour for a few days and then BE DONE! haha. I am sooo ready for some good weather! It is supposed to clear up tomorrow so I'm thinking Hadley and I will make a trip to Waco! Get some shopping done like real girls do! woo hoo! girl day!!
Hope everyone is enjoying the rain.. I know that overall, I am!!!
:)
Happy Days Everyone!!
xoxoxo
