Monday Emily turned 10 months old. That means pretty soon I'm going to have a 1-year old, and I just can't handle that. Like at all. I feel like she was just born and now she's crawling around, getting into everything, pulling up on everything, saying "mama," "dada," and "ayla" (Layla). Although really, she only knows what "ayla" means... She babbles pretty much all day long and it's really the greatest sound I've ever heard!
She's still rocking the 12-18 month clothes, although I put her in an 18-24 month shirt the other day, and while slightly big, it wasn't huge. She's still just shy of 22 pounds, not sure of how long. She's starting to cruise a bit on furniture, which makes me nervous. I'd like at least a little while longer before she starts walking. But ever since she started daycare 3 weeks ago, she started reaching all of her developmental milestones very quickly (crawling, pulling up, cruising, first ear infection...).
That's it for now! St. Patrick's Day is coming up, so I'll have to get busy with some St. Patty's Day activities!!! (Green beer drinking for me, shamrock painting for Em!)
She always has this dog with her. Her "Snuggle Puppy." Goes with us everywhere. She sleeps with it. And hugs it extra tight, which is pretty adorable.
Unfortunately, to celebrate her 10-month "birthday" we headed to the pediatrician to get all checked out. Emily developed her first ear infection over the weekend. (Thank you daycare.) Friday she started having a fever that bounced around between 101-102 degrees. She was in great spirits despite the fever. The fever hung around all weekend (only giving her Tylenol once when the fever spiked to 103), and by Monday I thought it best to take her to the doctor. She had started making slight gestures towards her right ear (although I wasn't positive I wasn't just imagining that, being a first-time, probably overly-panicked mother), and sure enough, my sweet baby had her first ear infection! Been on antibiotics for 3 days and you'd never know she was ever sick!
Just hanging with my owl.
Emily LOVES to read. Like more than any kid I've ever known. And that's saying a lot because my niece could seriously read for days and not get tired of it. What is it with the next generation being smarter than us?! The other night Emily woke up in the middle of the night and didn't go right back to sleep (which has become quite rare for her). I went in to check on her to make sure her fever wasn't back, and then after some cuddles and rocking her, I put her back to bed. She didn't go back to sleep and started to get a bit fussy, so Paul went in and checked on her. She just kept looking at her books and whining. Paul read her one her favorite books a couple times and put her down and she went right back to sleep. Yeah, my kid wakes up and the middle of the night, demanding to be read to.
She's still rocking the 12-18 month clothes, although I put her in an 18-24 month shirt the other day, and while slightly big, it wasn't huge. She's still just shy of 22 pounds, not sure of how long. She's starting to cruise a bit on furniture, which makes me nervous. I'd like at least a little while longer before she starts walking. But ever since she started daycare 3 weeks ago, she started reaching all of her developmental milestones very quickly (crawling, pulling up, cruising, first ear infection...).
That's it for now! St. Patrick's Day is coming up, so I'll have to get busy with some St. Patty's Day activities!!! (Green beer drinking for me, shamrock painting for Em!)
