Alot can happen in a week

Well, in the last week, Lila has crawled, pulled up to a standing position, and learned to wave.  After she crawls, she also likes to clap for herself.  It is so cute.  She would still rather be held than anything, but she's growing a little more independent each day.  Her crawl is so cute.  She crawls with one leg and then kind of walks with the other.  It's amazing how much can change in a week.

Yesterday, Ben started wrestling with Lila.  He says "it's clobbering time".  she loved it!  She didn't cry except when he stopped.  He pinned her and she thought it was hilarious.  I think they are going to have a really great relationship.  Brooklyn is a 2 year old at church that Ben loves to play with.  He is so sweet with her, and I think he's going to be just as great with Lila.

Speaking of Ben, he continues to develop both physically and verbally.  His later quote is "Snap out of it". He still loves all of his super heros, but he's beginning to get back into baseball.  With the weather getting nicer, he's been asking to go outside to play.  He watched a little league game the other night and wanted to play with them so bad... so the next morning I signed him up for tball.  He's going to be a PIRATE!  I can't wait.  I hope he loves it.  His teacher talks about how much fun he is at school.  How awesome his imagination and verbal skills are.  Even the people that watch him on Wednesday nights say he is so entertaining.  He and Noah are still working on the sharing thing.  Neither one of the are very good at it yet.  Hopefully that will get better over time.  I'm determined to have a child that shares!  Pretty soon, he won't have a choice.  Lila will just take stuff from him!

So as far as sleeping arrangements go, Hector and I have thrown in the towel... at least for now.  Ben was coming to our room several times a night crying cause he was scared.  We tried to put him back but his crying would wake lila up and the thought of him being scared broke my heart.  So, now he goes to bed with mom.  Then dad moves him to his bed when he comes to bed.  Then if he wakes up in the night, we let him crawl in bed with us.  If it get's too crowded, mom goes to sleep in Ben's bed.  Granted, it's not a long term solution, but it's working for now.  At a parenting conference, we heard a sweet song and it talked about embracing a child's younger years, and letting them "sleep in the middle".  We'd rather that not happen every night, but we're embracing it for now.  He's such an awesome kid.  If night time is his challenge, we want to help give him the security and love he needs.  Plus, i just can't resist when he asks to cuddle!  And at least for now, Lila is ok in her crib.  She wakes up several times, but puts herself back to sleep.  If/when she starts wanting to be in our bed, we may have to change things... or get a king size bed! :)  She we're not giving into the "family bed" idea.  Ben still get's put in his bed every night, but at least half the time, by morning, we hear those little feet pitter patter into our room and crawl up in our bed.  We used to stop him.  Now we just smile and go back to sleep as he crawls up in between us.  I know I'll be begging for that cuddle time in a few years!

Growing like a weed

Since my last post, a couple of big developmental things have happened for Lila.  Mid January, finally, Lila stopped being swaddled.  I noticed that when she would bust out of her swaddle, she would roll over on her tummy.  So, I tried laying her on her tummy, and it worked like a charm.  That way, she can't scratch herself like when she was on her back.  I figured 71/2 months was plenty old to sleep on her stomach.  I think Ben did it sooner than that.

She's also pulling up and pushing up to a sitting position from her stomach.  She started that just last week.  It's actually keeping her from crawling, because every time she gets up on all fours, she sits back.  She will be crawling any day now!  So close.

I don't remember whether or not I posted this last time, but Lila now refuses to take a bottle or formula of any kind.  Since I'm not working away from home, I haven't consistently exposed her to bottles, and now I'm paying for it!  But, I'm treasuring every day I get to nurse her, praying that it helps build up her immune system and makes her strong and healthy!  Especially today, as I'm struggling with allergies MAJORLY.