More Milestones

This week Lynnea and Ashlyn have both had a few notable moments. First of all, on Tuesday night, Ashlyn managed to stay dry all night for the first time at home. She has managed this a few times at Grandma's house, but never here. Granted, I am still waking her up once during the night to use the bathroom because she still doesn't wake up on her own, but even with that, most mornings she still wakes up wet, so this is a big accomplishment. As of yesterday, Ashlyn made up her mind that she is ready to be a big girl and give up her pacifier. She made it through the night last night without it, and didn't ask for it at bedtime tonight (there were other bedtime issues, but I think at least part of that centers around the fact that she and Lynnea share a bedroom...). We are very proud of her and are happy to see her do such grown up things.

Lynnea's vocabulary is growing. She still doesn't talk much, but we are hearing more sounds, and she seems to be putting meaning to them. She now says "mama" (which she's been saying for a while now), "hi" and "up" all with meaning at least some of the time ("up" is very new, and she still just likes to say it sometimes because it's fun). She has also begun using a little bit of sign language and will occasionally tell us when she wants "more" and when she is "all done." She has also done an awesome job of tolerating some food orally this week. She's still not a fan of having food in her mouth, and I wouldn't really call her a willing participant at meal time, but we've managed to sneak several bites of baby food in without her completely gagging on them. She has also decided that she likes to drink juice from a sippy cup (prior to this week, she would only drink water). At dinner this evening, she had a small bowl with some baby food carrots and bananas in it, and since she was unwilling to let us feed her any of it, we just let her play with it. She used the spoon to offer us bites of it (which we all politely refused because carrots and bananas is a pretty nasty combo if you ask me...) and by the end of the meal she had managed to get some into her own mouth. That was pretty funny because she kept looking at all of us wondering which one of us had managed to sneak food into her mouth. We continue to be very thankful for any progress that she makes.