Monday, January 31, 2011
she'll be a (feminist) teen model yet
our friend, Kate, works at V-Day. she gave us these amazing V-Day onesies. so Papa did a little photoshoot. man is that baby starting to look like a kid! here are some of my favorites...
Thursday, January 6, 2011
the updating continues
wow. a lot has changed. Harlow is just a few days short of being 9 months old. NINE MONTHS!!! i am shocked that this little creature has been in my/our lives for so long. Harlow Vienn Locke. born April 11, 2010. i type that as i recently gave someone the wrong birth date AND spelled her name wrong. ha.
she is strong, willful, solid, loving, funny, inquisitive and thoughtful. thoughtful. she is so thoughtful. it's amazing to see a baby in such thought with every action. she is oh so like her papa.
what else? where to start? everything is new! let me see what i can remember...
sleep: as you know, we went through four months of no sleep. it was horrible. difficult. trying. in fact, it made us a bit crazy. but we met with out birth doula, Michelle L'Esperance, met with us to talk about gentle sleep coaching. man, is she amazing. we just couldn't bring ourselves to Cry It Out...no matter how great it is supposed to work. the book that we pulled from is called "Good Night, Sleep Tight." of course we couldn't read it only sleeping a few hours at a time. so Michelle gave us a crash course. i later was able to read the handbook for the book. the moral of the story is that we went from Harlow waking up 6 times a night (every few hours) to sleeping 12hrs straight within three nights. it was magic. pure magic. it has been weeks now and she sleeps 10-12hrs a night. no big deal. just sleeping through the night. i am more than happy to talk with anyone about this further because it drastically changed out lives. drastically.
sings: she lost the sign for "more" after just doing it for a few weeks. she lost "more" around the time she learned to clap. makes sense since they're similar. but the "milk" is her new BFF. she understands what it means and when to ask for it. but she also likes to do it for anything that makes her happy (surprise surprise). so she signs "milk" when she wants to nurse but also when something is funny or the food is good or mama is singing or papa is dancing. it's kind of amazing.
crawling/standing/walking: she started standing around 7m. i don't mean standing as in pulling herself up...i mean standing. on her own. like it was no big deal. please see videos below for proof. it was shocking. she has been doing it for two months now and she is still just as proud every time she does it. hilarious. as for walking? it's coming soon. she toddles around all the furniture and anything that will allow her to grab it (humans, cats, other babies). she even takes steps without holding on. the most she has made are three before toppling over. but she is getting there! she was refusing to crawl. every time we put her down to crawl she would just stand. but she spent Christmas with her cousin, Benjamin, and i am pretty sure that he taught her to crawl. she started crawling as soon as we returned. she went to bed one night unable to crawl. and woke up crawling all over the place. it's amazing how that happens. walking, here we come.
and some picture updates to finish this post off...
this kid is nothing but face.
my new favorite picture of us. urgh, my love.
in her nursery. oh man, i never posted pictures of her nursery. i need to get on that. it's gorg!
just standing around.
with her twin, Gramps!
nothing makes you want to walk like Gramp's foot. good times.
new giraffe from Auntie.
my new fav pic of Harlow and her cousin, Benjamin. love.
she is strong, willful, solid, loving, funny, inquisitive and thoughtful. thoughtful. she is so thoughtful. it's amazing to see a baby in such thought with every action. she is oh so like her papa.
what else? where to start? everything is new! let me see what i can remember...
sleep: as you know, we went through four months of no sleep. it was horrible. difficult. trying. in fact, it made us a bit crazy. but we met with out birth doula, Michelle L'Esperance, met with us to talk about gentle sleep coaching. man, is she amazing. we just couldn't bring ourselves to Cry It Out...no matter how great it is supposed to work. the book that we pulled from is called "Good Night, Sleep Tight." of course we couldn't read it only sleeping a few hours at a time. so Michelle gave us a crash course. i later was able to read the handbook for the book. the moral of the story is that we went from Harlow waking up 6 times a night (every few hours) to sleeping 12hrs straight within three nights. it was magic. pure magic. it has been weeks now and she sleeps 10-12hrs a night. no big deal. just sleeping through the night. i am more than happy to talk with anyone about this further because it drastically changed out lives. drastically.
sings: she lost the sign for "more" after just doing it for a few weeks. she lost "more" around the time she learned to clap. makes sense since they're similar. but the "milk" is her new BFF. she understands what it means and when to ask for it. but she also likes to do it for anything that makes her happy (surprise surprise). so she signs "milk" when she wants to nurse but also when something is funny or the food is good or mama is singing or papa is dancing. it's kind of amazing.
crawling/standing/walking: she started standing around 7m. i don't mean standing as in pulling herself up...i mean standing. on her own. like it was no big deal. please see videos below for proof. it was shocking. she has been doing it for two months now and she is still just as proud every time she does it. hilarious. as for walking? it's coming soon. she toddles around all the furniture and anything that will allow her to grab it (humans, cats, other babies). she even takes steps without holding on. the most she has made are three before toppling over. but she is getting there! she was refusing to crawl. every time we put her down to crawl she would just stand. but she spent Christmas with her cousin, Benjamin, and i am pretty sure that he taught her to crawl. she started crawling as soon as we returned. she went to bed one night unable to crawl. and woke up crawling all over the place. it's amazing how that happens. walking, here we come.
and some picture updates to finish this post off...
this kid is nothing but face.
my new favorite picture of us. urgh, my love.
in her nursery. oh man, i never posted pictures of her nursery. i need to get on that. it's gorg!
just standing around.
with her twin, Gramps!
nothing makes you want to walk like Gramp's foot. good times.
new giraffe from Auntie.
my new fav pic of Harlow and her cousin, Benjamin. love.
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