Monday, October 13, 2008

You know how I said...

our child usually sleeps 12 hours straight? I don't think she's done that since I posted it. But every time we check her sweet mouth, there are more teeth in there! In the past few weeks, she's gotten four molars and now we see two more incisors coming in! So when the infant motrin wears off, we're all up and going, trying to find a way in the middle of the night grogginess to cure what ails her! She was so late to teethe so now she's getting a ton all at once, and we're breaking all of our sleeping through the night/cosleeping rules to try to calm her.
Another task at hand is her interactions with others. She is officially the "hair puller" in her class. Not everyone's hair, just the babies with great flouncy, cute hair! Better than being the "biter," I suppose -- she is the bitee though. Hair pulling is especially tough to work on because most babies we're around with other families barely have any hair! She is certainly starting to test her limits and push the envelope a bit. It is interesting explaining to a toddler not to pull hair, how to share toys, etc. I will soon be bringing back Shepherding a Child's Heart and Don't Make Me Count to Three to the top of the stack on my nightstand. Speaking of, I still want to figure out how to do a blog book club with one of these books -- surely this is possible.
Just a little glimpse of what we're working on right now as she approaches 18 months tomorrow!

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, it's like we said these kids should take it as a compliment that Kirk Kirk is choosing their hair to pull she obviously loves it!

John and Brooke said...

This is quite possibly the sweetest picture I have seen of Kirkley in a while. I love the white outfit! Who knows...maybe she is pulling hair because that person is biting her. A girl's gotta stand up for herself!!

Garrett said...

You could not be talking about the same precious Kirkley in that picture! What an angel pie!

Can relate to the teething and nights...sometimes rules are meant to be broken. It is tough, but 'this too shall pass'....Sleep will come one day, until then do what you have to to survive!