VA Beach Trip: Sarah and I visited with my friends Kate and Lauren (and Anna) in Virginia Beach Oct 8-11. Despite Kate getting appendicitis and having her appendix removed, everything went well and the kids are all enjoying playing together. It's quite an adventure getting them all together, but so great getting to see such good friends.
Quack: For Halloween, Sarah dressed as a duck (although several friends thought she was a chicken -- her costume could be either I think). I got her costume at a Tot Swap sale for $4 and it was well worth it. So fun to dress her up and she liked playing in it too!
Cartoons!: Today I discovered that Sarah will sit still and cuddle when we watch a cartoon. We watched Handy Mandy before church and she sat on my lap under a blanket. It was nice to relax and not have to watch her constantly.
Day to Day:
Eating: She's very easy to feed these days, definitely interested in food and tells us when she's "all done" by waving her hands in the air. We've also been enjoying giving her some extra treats -- some Gerber finger foods as well as some chocolate candy from Halloween. She definitely likes chocolate!
Playing: Sarah is all over the place, getting into all sorts of things we never thought of child-proofing, like some low drawers in our dinning room (she squished her fingers in them when she leaned on them. Both baby gates are installed as of tonight (Hallelujah! and Ted and I are still on speaking terms)
Sleeping: Sarah is still consistently waking up in the middle of the night. We've decided that she is probably more use to being nursed in the middle of the night and that she doesn't really need it, so we're going to try some sleep training -- letting her cry\only nursing a little if she really won't go back to sleep on her own.
Communicating: She's definitely babbling and it must make sense to her. (We often think she's saying "what" or "cat" but we're still not sure). There's lots of intonation in her voice and she looks at us like we understand her. She likes to clap her hands when she's happy too. We're teaching her "High 5" and "Kisses" and she's really picking them up fast.
Growing: No new teeth this month (just 2 on the bottom) but she's definitely been teething, so we expect them to come soon. Her hair is definitely growing -- I think her hair is one of the most remarkable changes from month to month.
Favorite thing about this age: Mischievous look when she knows she's doing something wrong
Least Favorite thing: Still waking up in the middle of the night!
It's harder and harder to get her to sit still. A blog I read mentioned using a laptop with cartoons to capture the kid's attention, I will be trying that next month!
