I feel like I just blinked and a month has passed already!
I'm not joking!
Literally yesterday I said to Bud, "Is tomorrow the 27th?"
When he responded, "Yes".
I said, "That means Bitsy will be 11 months old, how is that possible!"
August has flown by ridiculously fast.
Bitsy is still weighing in at 26 pounds.
I can't wait until next months 1 year check-up to find out how tall she is.
Shortly after turning 10 months Bitsy started cruising the furniture like a pro.
Not only that, but she can now get herself down from a standing position!
That is a big deal.
Before she used to get pretty irritated when she couldn't get down, but now she can bend over and pick up stuff and return to standing!
The above picture is an example of what happens when we sing one of Bitsy's favorite tv songs.
This one is from Blue's Clues
It goes:
"Here's the mail,
it never fails,
it makes me want to wag my tail,
when it comes I want to wail,
M-A-I-L!!!!"
She claps and shouts during that song everytime.
This last month we started on some sleep training.
I really wanted to break Bitsy of her all night eating and I figured that since she had more than tripled her birth weight now was a good time.
Bud & I were guilty of rushing to her room each and every time she made a sound.
More often than not, us going in there was waking her more.
So we stopped rushing in and the first few nights we decided we wouldn't go in from the time she went to bed until mid-night.
(Thank you to a friend for suggesting this modified method, better to wean them then to cut them off cold turkey).
That went relatively easy.
Then we extended until 4am.
Again another relatively easy switch.
We have only had a few nights where she cried, but never for long.
Sometimes if she doesn't eat enough during the day, because she's too busy playing, she'll wake up between 4:30 and 5:30.
When that happens I will give her a bottle, I figure it can't be that bad for her to have a bottle for such a short period of time.
Most nights she will sleep from 6:30-7 and on a few occasions she's slept until 8 or 8:30!
It's so nice at night now, because Bud & I have time to watch tv or a movie or just relax together without jumping at every sigh or sound.
I also want to give credit to the book Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth.
It had some great information about how early to bed equals more sleep and late to bed equals less.
Bitsy is on a much better schedule now and everyone is happy.
Dinner at 5:30, bath time at 6, reading and cuddling at 6:15, bedtime at 6:30.
This works most nights, other nights she's in bed by 7pm.
And we totally understand that some nights it's okay if she goes to bed late or her routine is out of whack, as long as we get back to schedule the next day.
She has 5 teeth now and her other lateral incisor is well on it's way to cutting.
All these teeth are making it easier and easier for Bitsy to eat finger foods.
She eats yogurt bites, cereal bites, sweet potato fries, pieces of apple, blueberry Kashi waffles, and just recently string cheese.
She loves her string cheese.
Oh! And look what Daddy taught her to do this past weekend,
...yup....he got her to drink from a straw.
She thinks it's the coolest thing ever!
This is Bitsy zoned out...
...ha ha ha!
Bitsy did run a little warm a few days this month.
One day she was 99.9º, but I knew it was nothing to worry about.
The next day she got to 101.7º, I was a little more concerned, but we gave her a tiny bit of tylenol and she's been fine ever since (it's been a week).
The only other main change that has occurred in the past month is that Bitsy is transitioning to 1 nap a day.
I didn't think it was time for that yet.
In fact only about 17% of little ones this age take only one nap a day.
I guess she is part of that 17%.
The good thing is that her 1 nap does tend to be between 3-4 hours so I guess I can't complain much.
It's just crazy how much has happened in such a short period of time.
I love this little critter so much and I feel so blessed by her.
Next month will be her 1st birthday!
What kinds of gifts did you get for your little ones on their first birthdays?
I asked this question to all my Facebook Mommy friends and got a plethora of ideas, but I am always open to more ideas!
What gifts stood the stand of time?
I hope you all had a Blessed Monday!
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