Claire Bear did some pretty amazing stuff this past month, so let's discuss all that and not the fact that she'll be one year old in just under 4 months. (ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh x 1,000,000!!)
Claire is now a rock star sleeper. We decided when she was just about 7.5 months that getting up 2-4 times a night was a little much, so we made some adjustments. Claire she took to these adjustments better than we ever thought and now sleeps through the night. She goes to bed between 5:00 and 5:30pm and usually gets up in the 4:00pm hour to chat to herself, play with her lovies and move all over the crib. At this early hour, I ignore her and turn the volume off on the monitor. She entertains herself entirely. She usually falls asleep again and then gets up to eat between 5:00 and 6:00am. If she doesn't fall asleep again, I feed her at 5:00am and put her back to bed until 6:30am. While this schedule is shifted a little on the early sides all around, we are taking it for what it is and enjoying sleeping through the night! We will work on pushing the time frame back a little, but for now, it's working great. Plus, this gives us a few hours a night with just Avery.
Oh, and we no longer use a sleep sack/suit for her at night. She enjoys her freedom now and loves sleeping on her side or tummy while snuggling her favorite toy (a cute little worm).
Claire continues to be an excellent eater. She will eat anything and everything! Just the other day, she ate lentils and beets (the real things - not baby food) and loved every bite. I gave her eggs this morning and she couldn't get enough. There hasn't been one thing yet that she won't eat. That being said, she made a disgusted face with every bite of cottage cheese the other week, but still ate it no problem. I will do everything in my power to encourage her vast palate into her toddler years.
She still loves her voice. Always has, always will. The video below cut off in the middle of her loud "talk scream," but you can hear her other wonderful noises in their full duration.
Claire is still so into Avery and I love that they are starting to do things together. Just the other day, I left Claire in the playroom with Avery while I was folding laundry. When I was done I walked back to the playroom to take Claire and Avery said, "no, you can leave her here. She's having fun." I walked away to do more stuff and snuck this picture...
More sisterly love!
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| Already obsessed with the phone... oy vey. |
Claire loves exploring things with her hands first and then mouth (Avery was definitely the opposite of that!). She can entertain herself like no one's business and can be enthralled with a simple napkin for minutes on end. She is still a complete crack up and smiles with ease. She is also over any stranger anxiety and can be held by anyone. She gives the best baby hugs! She's also getting really close to crawling. She loves the bath (or any body of water, for that matter). She giggles EVERY time she sees Jeff after being away from him for any amount of time... She loves her Daddy like crazy.
Speaking of loving her daddy, happy Father's Day to Jeff!! He is a doting, caring, sensitive, funny, playful, strong and generous father to our girls and would move the Earth for them in a heartbeat. I'm incredibly impressed on how he handles our girls on a daily basis and am blown away at the love and understanding he shows them. We are all so very lucky.
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Speaking of Dads, I love mine and seeing him as a hands on, sweet Papa just melts my heart!
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| She loves his mouth and never wants to let go! |
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