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Dear Gianna,
You have passed the one year mark and have moved steadily onward. You love:
- clapping your hands,
- playing peek-a-boo,
- pulling up on everything,
- drinking a bottle by yourself,
- dancing to music, by swinging your arms from side to side, and
- showing your disagreement by shaking your head "no" (often).
Right now, you are teething and we are having an awful time getting you to sleep at night. Napping for you is easy. When bedtime arrives, you act tired but you will not sleep. Daddy and I have tried everything: moving your bedtime up, moving your bedtime back, playing with you, giving you more bottles, rubbing your back, reading to you, putting numbing gel on your gums, and on and on. This is tricky because we are afraid that this staying up late is becoming a habit.
You are such a communicative little girl; I just wish you would tell me what the trick is to get you to sleep. You are saying words, like: "maa-maa" (mama), "nigh-nigh" (night-night), "baboo" (bottle) and "bah" (bath). Speaking of "bah," you are a little mermaid. You get so excited when it is bath time. You love splashing and sticking your face in the water (which scares me). And you get so mad when I take you out of the bath, kicking your legs and shaking your head "NO!" Daddy thinks that you are ready for swim lessons, so maybe you will take swim lessons together soon.
You are a foodie. And it is so much fun to feed you different things and to take you out to restaurants. Like Bode, you love nothing more than eating food with other people who share your passion. You have an 'ear' for food. If Daddy asks Bode if he wants to eat something, your little ears perk up. You drop everything and crawl over to your daddy to get the food item that was originally intended for your brother. You are like a dog after scraps, and could give Priscilla a run for the money.
Here you are making a beeline for a food item that Daddy has announced for Bode:
Happy 13 months, Gianna.
love,
Mommyxo
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