Ivy continues to be super sweet and just plain adorable. Her personality is fantastic and she is pretty chill most of the time. The only times we hear her is when she protests her car seat, when she is tired, when she is hungry, or when her siblings are bothering her. And even then, her whines are more squeals (which can get pretty shrill) and can be easily tamed with attention from Mommy. Speaking of, Ivy is super attached to me. And I am A-okay with this! She is getting better about letting others hold her, but she may fuss a minute at first, and then she keeps her baby eyes on me the whole time.
Ivy is super mobile theses days. She crawls everywhere and will get into everything. She finds any open door and starts exploring (bathroom, pantry, Maclyn's room...) and she seems to be able to reach everything too! In bed she pulls up to tall-kneeling and chews on the rail of the crib. That doesn't make me happy, but there are already teeth marks on the crib from Keagan. I used to think Ivy would be walking by her first birthday, but I don't think so anymore. She doesn't really seem that interested in pulling up to her feet or attempting to walk, unless she is in her walker.
Ivy has been taking bottles like a champ during the day, but from Mommy only. HOWEVER! She takes breast milk from a straw cup like a champ when she is at MeeMee's! So this has been a game changer! Also, she just started eating finger foods and is starting to prefer this over baby food, but she still isn't great at chewing and swallowing. There is still a lot of gagging (and occasional full-on stomach contents emptying). On the same topic of food, Ivy is now only nursing mornings and nights. And it is a wonderful change for me. I know I am going to miss nursing my baby when we are completely said and done, but it has been nice to get back to normalcy during the day.
The best thing that has happened over the last month is Ivy is now -dare I say it?!- SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!! We had taken her off all of her reflux meds several weeks ago and she just wouldn't go down for the night easy and then was still waking once. I didn't really put it together but out of desperation decided to give her a nighttime dose of one of the reflux meds and, wouldn't you know, Ivy went down without a fuss and slept all night long!
As you can see, Ivy is beautiful. Yeah, yeah, she is mine. But she really is a gorgeous baby. Her hair has thickened up quite a bit and may even be starting to show some curl! Wouldn't that be funny?! Ivy's eyes are strikingly blue like her daddy's, and people comment on them everywhere we go. And in the last month she has gained two more teeth! Her two top front teeth. And when she gives us a big smile you can see them! Most of the time, as you can see, she still keeps her tongue out! That's her trademark!
EDIT: so I completed this blog last night and I should have just kept my mouth shut! Ivy didn't sleep through the night last night. (insert eye roll)
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