Hands

Haley has really learned how to better use her hands in the past few weeks. One of the things that is new because of her new skills is that she isn’t swaddled to sleep anymore. Here she is lying in bed first thing in the morning… so snuggly! She can get her binky back in if she can see it… the problem is that during the night she can’t see it at all. But all week I’ve only had to get up less than five times total in the nighttime, so I think that’s excellent progress. (You may not remember that JT had a few hours of screaming attached to his deswaddling, but I sure do!)

She is also becoming a more active part of her eating. Since she can rake and pick up smaller objects and sit on her own, we may try out some puffs soon. I am surprised that she is such a tidy eater. JT kept getting his hands in the way and it was a super mess. Check out how he looked at this age after eating green beans. This is Haley’s face after finishing her own bowl of green beans. Pretty clean, if you ask me!

She is loving water from her sippy cup…

and likes testing out her spoon skills when we’re done.

Wonder what she’s smiling at? Her big brother, of course!

After dinner, Haley has time in her exersaucer while I clean up. The other day JT was playing with his cars near her and had to use the bathroom, so he dropped the cars on her tray as he left. Her eyes lit up. I imagine she was thinking, “Finally! Here they are! He put them down!” She worked very hard to get the cars into her little hands, one at a time, and taste tested each one.