Crazy Sleeper

Now that Holiday knows that she can sit up and stand up in the crib she does it every time we put her in there. Which means when she eventually falls asleep, it's when she's sitting up then falls forward and then she sleeps like that with her face by her ankles. So during naptimes and bedtimes we check on her and straighten her out so she sleeps on her back and just drape the blankets over her instead of swaddling her. Last night I made the mistake of checking on her too soon. Holly had been quiet so I thought she was asleep...she was probably close since she was quiet, but she was still sitting upright. So when she saw me she wanted me to pick her up and was upset when I just laid her back down. We're all going to have to adapt to these changes. Holly has been trying to walk more. She'll take a step or two and set her butt down and scootch the rest of the way. We just got back to where we were with weaning off of formula and bottles when her molars disrupted things, she's eating more regular solid food too. Holly really likes french toast. We took Holly to her first swim lesson at the Rainier Beach Community Center last Saturday. It just took a minute for her to get used to it. Then it was Holly splashing all the way. We practiced passing her through the water, dipping side to side (via I'm a little teapot), reaching forward, kicking legs, jumping in the water, and dunking all the way in. Holly had lots of fun. There were several kids in our group, only one protested swimming but I think that little guy was younger than Holly. Holly is in the toddler age group so it's ages 6 months to 3 years old.