I’m back today with another (bi)monthly update!
It seems I’m only managing to post these every other month at this point, but at least it’s something.
Lilah seemed to have a big developmental leap at the beginning of the month and it was fun to watch all of the changes!
She learned to sit up on her own, crawl on hands and knees, pull up to stand, clap her hands, and wave all within a week or so. Lots of excitement!
Personality
Lilah still shows lots of stranger danger (we tried to leave her in the church nursery once…it was a DISASTER), but she is becoming friendlier in some ways.
If we are out at the library or a park, she will smile and wave at people. She is more timid if it’s a one on one situation where someone is likely to touch or talk to her, which I totally get as a shy introvert myself.
When she is home though, and especially with James, she is a total goofball and makes hilarious dinosaur noises and bounces around everywhere.
Her favorite thing in the world is absolutely goofing around with James. Watching their relationship develop has been the highlight of the last couple of months.
I’m not surprised that she wants to follow him everywhere, but I have been pleasantly surprised by how much he actually likes to play with her!
While he used to frequently tell me to put her down for a nap (lol), he now complains when she has to take a nap and says he wants to be with her all of the time. It seriously melts my heart 🙂
Other favorites include being outside, playing in water, and music class.
Development / Milestones
As I mentioned, she met a lot of milestones this month!
She is truly mobile now, which is always a game-changer, but it has been very fun to watch.
She crawls around the house trying to eat any stray crumb or leaf she can find and testing our child-proofing skills.
She waves with more enthusiasm than anyone I’ve ever met and it’s so funny. If I ask her if she wants to go say hi to James, she’ll start waving right away before we even see him. I love seeing evidence that she’s understanding more and more of what we say!
Speaking of language development, she is consistently saying “mama” and I love it. At first, I wasn’t sure if she was just babbling or referring to me, but she has very clearly stopped crying and said “mama” a few times when she was upset, or crawled over and pulled up on me and said “mama” so I’m convinced it’s real.
At her 9 month appointment, she was 92nd percentile in height, so she seems to be tall just like her brother! I’m only 5′ 4″ myself and we’re taking bets on when they’ll surpass me in height….
Eating
Lilah loves to eat solid foods and shows definite preferences. She loves pancakes, scrambled eggs, cheese, watermelon, bananas, sweet potatoes, pouches, cheerios, mac and cheese, baked ziti, and bread of any kind.
She will eat almost anything (though she is not a fan of beans at this point), but she will eat all of her favorites off of her plate, complain a little, and then eat the other stuff.
Sleep
Lilah wakes up pretty early (often around 5:30 or so), but she usually just lays or sits silently in her bed looking around, so I only know if I’m already awake and looking at the monitor.
She still takes 2 naps, around 8:45 AM and 1:30 PM and goes to bed around 7 PM and sleeps through the night.
She no longer naps well on the go, but is otherwise pretty flexible with sleep and seems to generally like going to sleep. If she’s tired and we’re out, she’ll sometimes just pop her thumb in her mouth and close her eyes.
We certainly have weeks when she takes short naps, but generally, she is an easy sleeper so far (knocking on all the wood and crossing all fingers and toes that this sticks!)
Lilah is super fun and fits so well into our family. It simultaneously seems like time is flying by and like she has been here forever. I can’t imagine our family without her at this point and makes me so ridiculously happy every day.
What has the highlight of your month been? I’d love to hear what you’ve been up to!
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