We are seeing more of her personality and she is really starting to find her voice. She's "cooing" a bit and really talking to me. Of course, only a Mommy knows what she is saying. Funny how a Mom can determine what their child is saying with only a "coo" or two.
Her cries are more discernible now. She only cries when she is tired or hungry. It's actually more "fussy" when she is tired and a full out wail when she is hungry. She will start to fuss when she is ready for a nap. I place her in her swing, turn the music on (she LOVES music) and she goes night-night in a couple minutes or two. Audrey will sometimes fuss for a couple minutes off and on before she gives in to going to sleep. At night, she may fuss for 5 minutes off and on....especially if we give her a bath (every other night). I think giving her a bath over-stimulates her. Otherwise, it's just crying when she is hungry and a couple minutes of fussing before going to bed. We are blessed with another wonderful baby -- how did we get so lucky?
Jackson is still learning more and more words. He is comprehending so much these days. We can ask him questions and he can point and answer them. He's been doing a lot of these things for a while but I just now have time to write and brag about it. We can ask if he is hungry and he'll run to his highchair. We can ask if he is tired and ready to go night-night and he'll run and hang on the baby gate at the bottom of the stairs (the crib/room is upstairs). He can point to his ears, eyes, nose, tongue and teeth when we ask where each one of those is on his face. I ask him where his sippy cup of milk is and he'll run around the house trying to find it. I can also ask if he wants to go play outside and he'll run straight for the back door and try to open it. When we say we are going for a "car-ride," he runs to get his shoes and stands by the garage door. He gives us kisses and hugs when we ask, waves bye-bye and "hi" on que, etc. We ask where the plane and bird are and he points to the sky. Whenever he hears a plane, helicopter or jet fly above the house, he stops and points up to the sky. Such a smart fellow!
We have now started to implement "time-out" and he's figured out quite quickly what it is. He doesn't like it either. I must say a thousand times a day, "If you do that Jackson, you are going to time-out." It definitely is effective. He only has to go one time and he learns his lesson. Unless he is overly-tired and in need of a nap, his behavior is pretty good. Whenever we threaten time-out now, he whines and shakes his head to indicate that he definitely doesn't want to go there. How glorious!
Dan's sister, Bern, is ready to pop anyday. She's actually over-due so we're still on pins and needles waiting for Baby Ann to make her arrival. She must be super-duper comfy in there.
Bern said that Audrey looks a lot like her own baby pictures. Go figure, the Peters' strong genes strike again! I need to see some pictures of Bern as a baby though. I'd love to compare the two! My daughter will probably look more like her Aunt Bern than her own Mommy....:>) Isn't it weird how genetics work?
Dan & Audrey sleeping at the beach this weekend:
A picture of Jackson at Audrey's age:
Audrey:
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