Clara is 7 months old today and we call her squirmy wormy. She has this frantic look in her eyes when she can't find anything to grab, and as soon as she spots something, you see her eyes light up as she dives for the object. It has become almost impossible to hold her on your hip, she just plunges towards the ground, towards anything that catches her attention. I know that she desperately wants to crawl, and she gets pretty frustrated when she can't get where she wants to. She still has the biggest smile on her face all the time, and she will flash a smile to anyone who will smile at her.
We had a bit of a difficult sleeping transition lately, her napping schedule was very sporadic and we have been trying to get her to take 2 naps, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, instead of her 3-4 small cat naps throughout the day. I also had to break her of the need to be swaddled. I used to lay her down, wrap her up, walk away, and she would fall asleep. But then she began bursting out of the blanket every time I would walk away and then couldn't fall asleep. So I decided it was time she was done with swaddling. She is pretty good at falling asleep without it now, however, it requires more crying and she ends up sleeping in all sorts of funky positions. Her night schedule took a turn for the worse when she developed a cold a couple of weeks ago, and boy was I EXHAUSTED! Thankfully she is doing better and in the last couple of days has slept better than ever. I hope it lasts! Overall she is a wonderful baby and one can't help but want to squeeze her and kiss her chubby cheeks.
On other subjects, Jordan's leg is getting better. He should be able to put pressure on it in about 2 1/2 weeks and I am counting them down! We go to the pool pretty frequently for him to work on stretching it under water, and Clara enjoys the outdoors. We are all doing well, just getting a little stir crazy being home so much. As soon as Jordan is better we are outta here, off to do who knows what...as long as it means going somewhere!
Happy Easter everyone! I hope you all have fun times with family in celebration of the risen Lord!
1 comment:
i love that picture of clara sitting up with her 7 month sign, she just looks so proud of herself :) the way you describe how she is always wanting to grab stuff is samuel to a T! except that he CAN crawl, so it can get pretty scary. yesterday i turned my back for a moment and the next think i knew he had crawled into the bathroom and was leaning over the toilet as if he wanted to dive in, with a wad of toilet paper in his mouth!
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