So last week we got snowed in all week long. I must say that I love my baby, but I just don’t know that I could be a stay-at-home mom without being able to drop the baby off somewhere for at least a little while! One day a week or a couple of hours over several days… I think my arm muscles grew tenfold from holding her so much over the past week. I really enjoyed the time off and getting to spend all that time with Boo and the hubby, but by Thursday, we were all getting cranky. A was out in the street trying to shovel a path to get the car out. I got A’s car stuck trying to make it in to work against all odds (I failed to even get out of the neighbourhood), and Boo was starting to get cranky at lack of scenery, as well.
On another note, she started crawling backwards! Not forwards, but backwards. She’s been doing the pinwheel for a while now. She can turn herself 360 degrees like it’s nothing, but last week while we snowed in I was trying to encourage her to crawl by helping her into the crawl position and placing something she’d want in front of her, but each time, instead of crawling forward to get it, she’d scoot back. Then she’d reeeeach for it, and scoot back again. Reeeeeach for it again, and scoot back again! Then she’d get so frustrated! It was rather adorable, even though I know it was making her so mad that she couldn’t figure it out.
We’ve still been working on “Baby” and “Mama,” “Dada” and “Dog” every day. I think my repetition of it is driving A crazy. He said to me the other day, “You’re not going to get her to repeat it!” Well, I know this, but I want her learn the association of the words with the objects, and repetition is the only way she’s going to get it.
She’s getting such a little personality. She fights her naps so badly. Over the Snow Week, A kept forcing her to take naps. We could tell she’d start getting tired every day around 10:30 or so, and then again around 3:30, so when she’d start getting fussy, he’d take her, sit in the recliner, and rock her until she fell asleep, which she eventually would every time. She’d fight it, popping her head up and looking around, fussing and even crying a little, but every single time without fail, she’d eventually pop that thumb in her little mouth and fall asleep, giving us a nice rest, as well. So yesterday when I took her daycare for the first time in a week, I told them about it because they always talk about how Bryleigh never sleeps during the day. When I picked her up yesterday evening, her teacher told me she did as we said and that Bryleigh finally napped.
On another note, she started crawling backwards! Not forwards, but backwards. She’s been doing the pinwheel for a while now. She can turn herself 360 degrees like it’s nothing, but last week while we snowed in I was trying to encourage her to crawl by helping her into the crawl position and placing something she’d want in front of her, but each time, instead of crawling forward to get it, she’d scoot back. Then she’d reeeeach for it, and scoot back again. Reeeeeach for it again, and scoot back again! Then she’d get so frustrated! It was rather adorable, even though I know it was making her so mad that she couldn’t figure it out.
We’ve still been working on “Baby” and “Mama,” “Dada” and “Dog” every day. I think my repetition of it is driving A crazy. He said to me the other day, “You’re not going to get her to repeat it!” Well, I know this, but I want her learn the association of the words with the objects, and repetition is the only way she’s going to get it.
She’s getting such a little personality. She fights her naps so badly. Over the Snow Week, A kept forcing her to take naps. We could tell she’d start getting tired every day around 10:30 or so, and then again around 3:30, so when she’d start getting fussy, he’d take her, sit in the recliner, and rock her until she fell asleep, which she eventually would every time. She’d fight it, popping her head up and looking around, fussing and even crying a little, but every single time without fail, she’d eventually pop that thumb in her little mouth and fall asleep, giving us a nice rest, as well. So yesterday when I took her daycare for the first time in a week, I told them about it because they always talk about how Bryleigh never sleeps during the day. When I picked her up yesterday evening, her teacher told me she did as we said and that Bryleigh finally napped.
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