Remember how last month I had mentioned how the girls had been sick a majority of the month and we thought they were getting better but Matilda had come down with a cough? Well that cough ended up being RSV and we all ended up getting it. Matilda missed a day of school and was better after a couple of days, but Mabel got pretty sick. It moved into her chest and she got bronchiolitis. She wouldn't eat because she was so congested and her throat hurt so bad (despite us trying nursing, bottles, sippy cups, frozen milk pops, syringe feeding, etc.), and she got so dehydrated she had to go to the ER twice to get IV's. Since Matilda was feeling better, we sent her to stay with my parents the week of Thanksgiving while the three of us tried to recover. The girls were healthy for two weeks and now they both have terrible coughs again. It's so frustrating.
But, despite being sick, Mabel continues to make leaps and bounds with development - mostly around gross motor skills.
Stats: Wears 9 month and 12 month clothes. No teeth.
Sleep: Sleep has been tough, tough, tough this month. She's been waking 2-3 times a night.
I feel like we missed the prime opportunity for her to learn how to self soothe because we were having to comfort her so much when she was sick. Now she relies on rocking to get her to sleep. When she wakes at night (which has been crazy frequent), she wants to be rocked back to sleep again. We're trying to put her down slightly awake and giving her time alone, but we don't seem to be making much progress (especially since now she's sick again).
We bought her a little muslin lovey to help her self-soothe. She's starting to use it some, so maybe this will help in the long run.
She's still napping three times a day, usually.
Eat: I feel like that nursing strike a couple of months ago was actually a blessing in disguise. When she was refusing to eat when she had RSV, the not nursing part was the least of my worries. Instead we just worked on getting liquids in her any way possible.
Also, despite her seeming so interested in food for months now, she hasn't really enjoyed eating them. We've tried a variety of purees, but she hasn't been terribly fond of them. We've tried finger foods too, but 1) she doesn't have a great pincher grasp yet and 2) she still has a really sensitive gag reflex.
She did have her first taste of lime though, as seen in these pictures. Teeheehee.
Play/ Milestones: Mabel is all about gross motor skill development. She's legitimately crawling. She can maneuver into sitting and pull up on things. She's at the very beginning stages of cruising now too.
She likes playing with all kinds of toys. We have age appropriate toys scattered around for her, but she also likes getting Matilda's toys off the shelves too. She loves playing with the guitar. She bangs on it, strums the strings, and uses it as a walker. Ha. It really is one of her favorite "toys".
She's starting to be more interested in books, especially the touch and feel kind.
She responds to her name and will reach out if she wants someone else to hold her.
She is an extremely smiley baby. She loves looking at faces and will smile at most anyone that locks eyes with her. We went to a performance of the Nutcracker Ballet this past weekend, and she loved flirting with all the people behind us. (And she made it through the whole show!) I'm looking forward to celebrating her first Christmas with her this month.
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