It's February 1st and we have a nine-month-old here at the Downing household!
The funniest thing Genevieve is doing right now is making different faces and noises. She's been cracking us up and she cracks herself up too. Her giggling is adorable and it can just make your day. On a developmental note, she is eating all kinds of foods and is getting the hang of feeding herself. She uses the pincher grip (pointer finger and thumb) and can now actually get the food into her mouth. This is in contrast to the days when she would almost shove her whole hand in her mouth, but when she pulled it back out, the food would still be tightly trapped in her fist. She's gladly eaten everything we've given her so far. She'll make funny faces when she tastes something for the first time but then shakes her legs and bangs her hands on her highchair tray, signaling that she wants more.
Genevieve is also making her way back to sleeping in her crib. We can make it through most of the night and she'll wake up between 5-6am for a feeding and then she'll go back to sleep until around 8-8:30. Whether or not she gets put back in her crib after the early morning feeding depends on my own sleepiness. I wish she would fall asleep a bit earlier in the evenings but otherwise I think this is a fair schedule. I'm usually able to have some special time with Tristan when he wakes up in the morning. I can get him dressed, teeth brushed, make his breakfast, make his lunch, put his shoes on and have him ready to go to school, before Genevieve wakes up on most mornings. As I'm getting my hugs and saying bye-bye to Tristan, I hear the cries from upstairs. It's so nice to be able to have that one-on-one time with each child in the mornings and I'm grateful that James is able to take Tristan to school.
Our kids make our lives awesome! "Thank you," to both of our babies!
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