I can’t believe our baby girl turns one next month!
Polly has been pulling herself up to standing for a full month now (she first did it on April 16th). However, she does not cruise or make any attempt to take steps yet, so she’s still a way off walking – at least three months I’d say. She does push the wheelie panda along walking on her knees and she can now crawl up steps, having finally mastered the ones in our hallway at the end of April. Now that the weather has warmed up, she’s been coming out of the pram at the park a bit more, which of course she loves. It won’t be long before we have to get her first shoes!
Polly loves waving and responds whenever she hears someone say hello or goodbye. She also recognises Buddy’s name and turns her head to look for Bud when she hears us say it.
We’re still waiting for Polly’s next lot of teeth – she only has two bottom ones at the moment, but you can see a whole row at the top waiting to cut through. Her sleeping is still very up and down. Quite a few nights this month she has been up for hours at a time overnight, whereas other nights she sleeps pretty well after waking for her milk (I’m still not sure when or how we’ll tackle this late feed situation, and despite the annoyance of it, one of my favourite moments of the day is how sleepy, cuddly and calm Polly is when she has finished that cheeky late feed). During the day she is still having two naps in her pram, and largely still needs rocking to sleep for bedtime, although I am starting to see a small improvement in the self-settling department.
Just like her sister before her, Polly has a fascination with the bathroom and I often find her stood up against the bath dropping things in (usually toys and torn up toilet tissue!). She also loves playing with Tabitha’s new kitchen and emptying the DVD cupboard on the occasions when the door’s been left open.
With the sudden arrival of the summer season, I once again find myself extremely grateful that, not only have we had a second girl, but that they were also both born in the same season, meaning Polly suddenly has an extensive new summer wardrobe that didn’t cost us a thing!
So, only four or so more weeks until we have a one year old and we can stop sterilising bottles and stop using formula. Now that’s a milestone I’m looking forward to!
Life with Peachy & Polp 