Milestones aplenty

Another double post day! Check below for an update on cloth diapering.

Today, Abby rolled over from her stomach to her back. Three times in a row! Which would be one time too few for me to catch it on camera.

I cut her hair in the back last week and have started putting the front in a doofy little ponytail or clipped off to the side. It’s so long it gets in her eyes, though she loves to play with it. She blows air up at it and watches it go up and down in the breeze. Very cute to watch. I trimmed the back because it was down to the middle of her shoulder blades (no joke) and, aside from looking like a Czech Republic hockey player, it was getting matted and stuck in the snaps of her little shirts. She still looks very cute and is patient while I put her kuku in every morning.

And finally. Our little girl no longer needs us to help her find the Land of Nod. Put her in her crib and she puts herself to sleep. Funnily enough, she also no longer wants our help. If you hold her too long, she starts to get fussy, looking longingly at the doobie bears on her crib bumper and craning her body to get over there.

I’m very glad she can do this herself. The gift of sleep is a great thing a parent can give a child.

But damn if I’m not almost in tears over it. She’s getting so big already!

Serenity mentioned that the magic number appeared to be 12. Mine was six.

I should say that I mean weeks, not months. I think we’re going to start trying for No. 2.