Daphne Made a Choice!

...and some other fun things Daphne.

Choices

Last night little Daphne made a choice, and I can already see where this is going. My snuggly little infant is starting to assert her very own personality, and I love it! While the rest of the family was eating dinner, Daphne (seated in my lap) spied a shiny purple bag on the table and launched herself towards it, quickly grabbing it with her chubby little hands and bringing it immediately to her mouth. Thinking I'd just give her something else to chew on I grabbed one of her headbands and replaced the bag in her hands with that. (I know, great parenting. Couldn't be bothered to go find a real chew toy.) Well, she tried that headband, spit it out, threw it down, and once again dove for the shiny bag! She got it, too. Amazing. Four months old and already capable of making a choice in her little mind and acting on it. Such a little smartie, already knowing what she wants.

Sleep

Within the last two weeks Daphne has finally started to take a paci. We've seen a marked improvement in her ability to fall asleep on her own, and she can even be coaxed back to sleep from time to time by replacing the paci. But last night, oh! last night!, I fed her, rocked her and sang to her, then put her in her crib while I put Violet to bed. I had to go in a couple of times to replace her paci, but in the end she fell asleep BY HERSELF with no actual crying (just a little fussing when she lost her paci)!!!!! And she stayed that way from 8:30 until 4am when she ended up in our bed as usual, because I'm too tired to get up and nurse her in the chair then put her back in her bed. A-MAY-ZING. She's gone down for both of her naps like that today, too. Wow. After 4 months of no sleep and no plan except to push her for hours in her stroller to make her sleep, this is a huge breakthrough. It feels like we're *just* about to get our lives back. WOO HOO!

Toes

She found them! But she hasn't eaten them, yet. SO cute watching her roll around holing on to those fat little feet, gorgeous legs in the air!