Lizzy Snippets

-The other night, Lizzy was eyeballing Jaxon, who was asleep in his swing. She started to crawl over to him, and I calmly but firmly said, "No Lizzy." Much to my surprise, she stopped mid-cry, sat up, looked at me, and cried. A few minutes later (I think she thought that I wasn't looking), she made a break for Jaxon again. We repeated the process with a firm "No," and again, she stopped, sat up, looked right at me, and cried. Seemingly overnight, Lizzy understands what the word 'no' means. I was amazed.

-Also, I was surprised yesterday when Kaitlin's aunt told me, "Oh...she has some top teeth that just broke through." Sure enough, her top two eye teeth have just broken through the skin. I guess baby girl has also observed the vampire craze lately and wanted to join in the fun! Her teeth are much higher up than I expected though...not right down on her gum line, but actually a bit higher up. I'm not sure if that's normal or not, but I guess we'll see.

-Also, even though I know I'm technically not supposed to be swaddling anymore, doing so has made the difference between not napping ever, and 2-3 hour naps. This is one of those situations where mommy intuition overrules traditional parenting advice is my book.

-In the past few days, Lizzy has gotten really vocal. She says "Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba", but uses inflection in her voice like no other. Sometimes I think she's mimicking what I've said. It is too cute.

-Lately, Lizzy loves to stick her fingers in my mouth, especially if she is tired. The inside of my lip is totally torn up right now from her scratching it--I need to find a way to break this habit!