Homeschooling in Illinois

Jan. 14, 2009

Lil' L

Lil' L is almost 8 months now. Can you believe it? I can't. I still think of her as such a baby, so when she does things that show signs of human life, I am shocked. Things like learning to wave. She waved for the first time at our friends who came to visit. And today, we were shocked to see she knows how to sign please. She was sitting in her highchair banging her hands and screaching, and then she signed please. I don't think she was asking for anything, I think she was just practicing. But it was really cute when my hubby was trying to take a picture of her and he said, "say cheese" and she signed please.
I also love how she tries to imitate things. She will tilt her head to the side, scrunch up her face, open her mouth and shhh if we do it first. Or even if we don't.

She crawls now. Hubby insists I can't say that becuase it's not the hands and knees crawl. She soldier crawls. I told him that since she doesn't "crawl" I guess I don't have to worry about keeping things off the floor.
In December, she still wasn't sleeping through the night. Well, actually, at about 3 or 4 months she was, and then she stopped after about a month. In Dec, she was waking up 2x a night to nurse. I tried to wean her to once, which worked for a couple of nights, but I couldn't keep up with letting her cry. When my family was staying with us, she was up 3x a night! I think she knew I had to get her right away so she wouldn't wake up the whole house. As soon as my family left, I kicked her out of my bedroom. It was cold turkey time. My hope was that hubby wouldn't hear her cry down the hall. It worked! It took her two nights and now she sleeps through the night no problem. Life is so much better now. My problem now is that the rest of the kids are all in one room. Princess C teases and kicks N while they are supposed to be sleeping. We put her to bed before the older boys, but she takes forever to fall asleep!
Lil' L started solids at about 6 1/2 months. She doesn't really like much. She likes Cherrios and bread with cream cheese. I know I shouldn't give her wheat yet, but she does not like to be spoon fed! It's really hard finding little finger food for a 7 mo old. If you have any suggestions, please, let me know.
I think that's all the milestones Lil' L has reached the past month. I hope you enjoyed this episode of Lil' L.

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Jan. 14, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by cjeeninga

OH MY GOSH!!! She is so freaking cute!! I can't believe that I have never met her. I used to hold every one of your newborns during church. Well except D of course. Seriously, we need to see each other. This whole church plant/ move to the middle of no where is really putting a damper on our relationship!

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Jan. 17, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by LionsLamy

Such cute pictures !!!! Doesn't it make you want another ?

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Jan. 17, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by momanna98

Don't you have enough grandchildren? ;-)

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Jan. 19, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by writmm

She is so adorable! We are coming back to Illinois this summer. Perhaps we can visit you all in your new home:)

Melissa

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Oh, the crazy things that happen in my house.... I am the wife of M for 8 1/2 years now. I am the mother of a 10 yo boy - D, 6 1/2 yo boy - N, 4 yo girl - Princess C, 2 1/2 yo boy -Toddler B, and girl Lil' L 1, and a new little blessing due Jan 31. I've been homeschooling since 2003. I lean towards a Charlotte Mason approach, but more often than not, it's "whatever works".

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