blue eyed girl
Having a 1 year old baby is so much better than having a 1 month old baby. I think I’m finally enjoying the time I spend with Evelyn and not having so much stress. As Evelyn is getting older she is starting to understand that we are doing what we can to meet her needs and is now trying to communicate them with us rather than just crying angrily all the time. Evelyn understands cause and effect very well - for example if I open the cupboard door and she sees the Cheerois box, she recognises it and wants to have some. If I close the door and don’t give her any, she is annoyed and if I do give her some she is ecstatic. And if we accidentally leave the door open … well, she’s tall enough to reach the box. Dan was home with her on day and left the door open. He found her taking Cheerios out of the box and putting them on her high chair to eat later!
She’s really getting into eating food and I would say that she even enjoys it now! It’s great. She really likes it when I add pureed cauliflower into the vegetable mix with yogurt and she has developed a taste for pureed carrots. Still working on peas, though.
I have found the best way to keep her stationary during a diaper change is to sing “Old McDonald had a farm” to her because she’s always waiting for the next “animal”. Although if I stick to farm animals it gets pretty boring after a while so we have some exotic additions such as robots, monkeys, penguins, aliens and the like.
Dan’s parents came for a visit and while they were here Evelyn learned to walk on her own! This weekend Evelyn also (finally) started showing some interest in imitating what we say. I said “zoom” when cars went by and she tried to copy that. Tonight she tried to say “pears” and “wow” after I said them, which is really cool.
Despite the non-stop teething, Evelyn is developing a wonderful personality and I am finally enjoying being a mother to it’s fullest. It was a really difficult year but it’s so gratifying to see some positive changes.