Delaney Alina is thirteen months old!
Delaney is a busy girl! She has started taking a few wobbly steps, though it doesn't seem fast enough to get where she wants, so she usually abandons walking for her very quick crawling. She still needs a lot of practice balancing before her walking becomes steady.
It's fun to start to see Delaney and Everett play together. She tends to take things from him and he is usually sweet enough to give them to her, but if not, she cries and may convince him anyway. It's only just the beginning of these two buddies together!
Her two teeth on the top are just about poking through. But having only two teeth on the bottom and barely two on the top does not stop her from eating just about anything. Though we've taught her "all done" and "more" and "water" in sign language and said the words over and over - she still kind of refuses to use them and shakes her head (yes or no) or turns away as a means of communication. She verbalizes and even repeats certain sounds/words, but we struggle a bit at meal time to understand what she wants. She says mama, dada, eh deh (Everett), ah dah (Emery), nigh nigh, all done (occasionally), na-na-na (banana). She will pretend to sign the alphabet if I sing and sign the letters. She loves to bop her head to music and sing along.
Delaney is sleeping significantly better than she has been. Some nights she only cries a little in her sleep (not needing any help) and makes it from 8pm to almost 8am! She naps from about 9:30-10:30 or 11am and again from about 1:30-3pm.
We love this sweet girl!
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