9 Months…

OK, OK I am a bit late… Wilhelmina is nearly 9 1/2 months already, but I guess it is better now than never.

I can’t believe that more than 9 months have passed since my little girl was born. There are many that insist that there are no differences between girls and boys but I don’t agree, I can see that there are differences, and with 3 boys, I embrace those differences. She seems to admire me as a brush my hair and she loves to have her hair brushed as well and lets me play with her hair. She is a lot more sensitive and more calm than her brothers were at the same age. It might also be a reflection fo the way that her brothers treat her of course, but by 9 months old, Colin and Khéna were both already play-fighting with their older brother(s)…. She in turn is ver gentle. Though she enjoys biting books, she equally enjoys being read to, something the boys never seemed to have the patience for as babies.

When we are out she doesn’t say a word, she just observes and cuddles or goes to play but is so content. She loves being out and about, except for the car ride, though that has been a lot better in the last months. She is shy, but not overly so. She quickly warms up to people, especially the guys. A the workshops I give she just plays contently, coming to see me to nurse or pee… otherwise she is happily doing her own thing.

She loves her brothers, and me of course, but I think her favourite person in the world is daddy…There are evenings that she doesn’t even want me and only wants Simon.A true daddy’s girl 🙂

She has started to eat a bit here and there but it is not a daily thing and she is still getting all of her nutrition from me. She now has 6 teeth and hopefully we will get a bit of a break before the next ones come in. It effects her mood so much and she gets a rash… even though she doesn’t wear a diaper…

EC is going great. We catch about 75% of the pees and all of the poos… Most of the pees that we miss are in the morning. Since she stays dry all night and only wakes in the morning to pee and nurse, she has a lot of pees when she gets up… sometimes every 5-10 min for the first hour… then she goes back to her normal frequency and we catch most of the rest. During the day she wears one-wet underwear or is bare-bum… and the same at night. When we are out it is the easiest, especially when we are busy and going from place to place. She pees when we get out of the car, and then when we get back in and remains dry the rest of the time… even for 2-3 hours…

Wilhelmina now has a few words also… her first word was “Caca”, and she says that when she needs to eliminate. She has been saying that one for at least 2 months now. Her next was “Cat” and now “Mama” and “Dada” and have been added… I love to hear her say actual words… though it makes her seem a bit older than I am ready for…

She can get anywhere she needs to go,but isn’t walking yet… (I say that because I have had early walkers) She is still not completely confidant to stand on her own, but will do so if she forgets that she is doing it. She can walk holding onto our hands, or a toy, or furniture or the wall and will take mini-steps between two pieces of furniture. Once she gets that confidence going it, the steps will not be far behind.

All in all, I am enjoying every minute of her growing and changing. Knowing that she is our last last makes every milestone bitter-sweet. My little baby is changing and becoming less and less of a baby… My kids are growing up…