Smiley (and completely bald) girl
Hey mom--what's that up there?
Why, I believe it's a ceiling fan--look!
So to start off, Evelyn has learned to point. This literally started the day she turned nine months. I was standing with her in the kitchen showing her the colorful lights above our island and she raised her tiny hand and pointed at them. Since then we've been pointing at pretty much everything on the ceiling: fans, lights, crown molding. I'm not sure she realizes that she can point at anything--it doesn't have to be six feet above the ground.
Evelyn has eight teeth now with a ninth (molar) coming in. I know this may sound crazy to some of you, but Will was the same way. I'm expecting she'll have a full set of teeth by the time she turns one like he did.
She's now eating three solid meals a day and her consumption of formula/breast milk has gone way down. She'd rather eat her food at this point instead of drink it, except in the evenings before bed time when she still wants a full bottle. And the breastfeeding is winding down. Since I work part-time and she gets bottles at school, she prefers to drink from a bottle now. She fusses when I try to breastfeed her unless she's super tired. And I hate pumping. Especially when I have to do it at work where I'm so busy that taking the time every few hours to pump is challenging. So I've sort of let it go and our breastfeeding sessions have pretty much waned to once in the morning and once at night. I have mixed feelings about this. Since I'm pretty positive she's my last baby, I'm sort of sad to let it go. But on the flip side it'll be nice to have the freedom not to worry about pumping or having that second glass of wine.
She's crawling all over the place and still getting into EVERYTHING. Girl almost choked on a piece of Luna Bar wrapper her brother left on the floor. And she's pulling up now, so we really have to watch what's in her reach. Oh, and she's pretty darn brave. She's already let go of the table to stand for a few seconds on her own and when she falls she just laughs. I think having an older brother who sort of manhandles her has made her tough, which is good I suppose.
She's still sleeping through the night unless she's sick. Which is pretty much every week. I HATE cold and flu season. When your little one is in daycare two days a week, they catch pretty much every germ that comes through that place. I remember the same thing w/ Will the first year he was in school. She's already had a stomach bug, several colds, fevers, ear infections, etc. The good news is in about a year she'll have an immune system of steel like her brother, but in the meantime, it's pretty painful for all of us. I LOVE my job, but I HATE this part (and unfortunately, paying for a nanny is not realistic on a part-time salary and I do love the school the kids go to.) Already looking forward to spring when the germies aren't so bad.
Overall she's just a happy, fun baby. Hard to believe we're closing in on her first year already.
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