Look at that sweet smile! The pictures of her in the red are when I took Keziah's month pictures (four days ago). Adah just can't resist having her picture taken when big sis is and I can't resist using them in her month pictures! Kezzie snuck her way into some of Adah's pictures also! They are just so cute together!
Adah has had some problems with sleep this month. Something in her room has scared her or so it seems. She will lay in her bed and cry and cry until one of us comforts her. She is definitely scared. For four nights in a row we (mostly Brian) would go up to her room and rock her or stand holding her for a little while until she calmed down. She would usually do fine after that and go to sleep. But the fifth night I think both Brian and I had decided that it couldn't continue and we needed to do something about it. Aside from rocking her I tried several different things over the course of that five days...I spent time in her room with her with the door closed, looking around and talking about the different shadows, etc. I talked to her about leaving the door open and she didn't want to. I talked to her about no night light so there weren't any shadows and she didn't like that and lastly, we moved her night light to a different outlet that created less shadows. We were spending a good half hour calming her down. So I decided to try something that I remember worked on Keziah (you will think I am harsh) when she went through this. I just put her to bed as lovingly as usual, when she started crying I didn't wait more then a couple minutes and then I went in there and told her in a stern voice there was nothing to cry about and that she needed to go to sleep. She said, 'okayy' in a whiny voice, but when I closed the door again she was quiet. It worked. I was worried it wouldn't because Adah's personality is a lot more sensitive then Kezzie's and I didn't want to make things worse, but she was a big girl about it. For a couple nights she still whimpered after the initial closing of her door, but I would just peek my head in and remind her that she was alright and didn't have any reason to cry. She would sweetly respond by saying, 'okayyy'. It was around that same time that I discovered her two bottom 2 yr. molars coming in (October 7). I felt bad because I am sure that was part of what was going on with her when she was having trouble sleeping. I put orajel on for a couple nights but for the most part she was done having her crying spells so I just didn't worry about it. She is so tough!
Adah really loves her daddy! She loves to lay in our bed with us/him and cuddle. She will rub his head, give him kisses and scoot as close to him as she can. She will also continually say, 'Hi dad'. It's the sweetest thing ever and I am so glad that they share those moments!
Adah also loves to color, count as best as she can saying, 'two, two. Two, two, twee'. She loves playing independently too. We will often find her off somewhere with a toy, sitting on the floor with her legs out-stretched, just playing contently. It is fun to watch her enjoy being by herself sometimes!
Adah and Austin also have a bond. He loves to make her laugh and teach her things. She loves to cuddle him and watch him do things that she can learn!
Adah does seem to have sensitive skin like Keziah. Her skin around her mouth gets very irritated and red sometimes and although she is potty trained, she still wears a diaper at nap and bed which causes some redness on her bottom too.
My baby girl isn't such a baby anymore. She talks so well and I can easily have a conversation with her. I am amazed at how fast time has gone this year...she will be two next month!!!
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