On Sunday Reagan will be 9 months old! This month has been full of milestones and we are just enjoying her so, so much. She's eating tons of baby food and this week has started eating chunks of food. She still doesn't have any teeth yet, but she either gums the food or swallows it whole!
Reagan loves playing the piano and with all the knobs. Looks like she has the love of music too.
This video shows Reagan's rolling over skills. This month she has learned to roll around consecutively to get what she wants.
Last night I sat her in this little chair and she kept herself there really well. She has abs of steal I guess because when she'd drop the movie, she'd bend down and pick it up without ever falling off. I was impressed!
The biggest news for me is that Reagan finally sleeps better! A month ago my mom-in-law, Julie, took Reagan for the night so that we could get some good sleep (that was the greatest gift!). So that night she slept for 8 hours straight at Julie and Dave's! While she was gone, I decided I would move Reagan into Myah's room and just see how that went since both were waking up a bunch of times in the night anyway. I figured it couldn't get much worse!
I also decided I was going to try my hardest to keep Reagan awake when I nursed her in the night and then lay her down awake so she could fall asleep on her own like she does in the day. (When I would nurse Reagan in the night, she'd fall asleep and when I'd lay her down she'd wake and I'd have to get her back to sleep and lay her down again, repeated way too many times.)
That night I implemented the plan and Reagan only woke up to nurse twice and after, went back to sleep on her own each time without my help. The next 4 nights she slept for 10 hours straight! Both her and Myah seem to sleep better in the same room. Reagan just needed a consistent place to be and Myah needed her sister!
So now Reagan either sleeps through the night or wakes up to nurse once, which is fine with me! So Myah usually goes to bed around 7 and then Reagan goes down around 8:30 'ish. They sometimes go to bed at the same time and it seems that having Reagan in there helps Myah stay in bed and go to sleep quicker because she knows if she gets up and plays that Reagan will start crying!
(The sun was too bright for Reagan!)
Reagan is such a joy in our lives and especially now that she sleeps better, she is the perfect baby! We love her so much and are so lucky to have her.
