5 months

Everyone is holding steady here in the Wasse household. I have one more month of maternity leave, and we found a  fantastic nanny to care for the girls when I go back to work. She is a doctoral candidate working on her dissertation in music, so hoping some of her musical skill will rub off on the kids as they are not getting any from their parents 😀 

Gloria's flat spot still has not quite resolved and I am kind of obsessing over it. Hard to accept that my perfect girl has any imperfections! She is still waking once in the night and taking 3 short naps. She soaks through 3 bibs per day drooling and sucking her hands/toys/ anything that gets near her mouth. Gloria is an adrenaline junkie- she loves getting tossed up in the air and giggles with delight. Her laugh is amazing, a full body chuckle. We have got to capture it on video!

Charlotte got a bike and is working on pedaling skills. Her tricycle was a push cycle so somehow she never learned to pedal! But she's making quick progress. And we'll soon be starting up with swim lessons as well. Charlotte had a bad experience last year so we're changing things up a bit. Fingers crossed!

Mother's Day/ 18 weeks

Gloria had her 4 month check up last week. Her head and height are average but her weight is in the 10th percentile- tall and skinny! She also has a bit of a flat head so we just have to try to minimize time on her back, hopefully she'll round out and we can avoid the helmet. Her sleep and naps continue to be all over the place but usually waking once in the night to nurse. 

Gloria has been vocalizing up a storm and loves to have long conversations where we copy her noises back to her. She goes entire days without a cry or a fuss, as long as we get her to bed in her magic window (no more than 2 hours from when she last woke). She loves sitting at the dinner table with all of us and taking it all in. She especially loves watching Charlotte and makes huge belly laughs at just about anything she says or does.

The day after Gs appointment was Charlotte's class field trip to Carkeek park. Gloria was a little feverish from her vaccinations so she was not her usual smiley self, but she was a trooper and  we all had a great time.

Charlotte made me a ton of beautiful gifts for Mother's Day and we started the morning with sleeping in (for me) and waffles. Yum. Then we celebrated with the whole family and had amazing deli from Golberg's plus carrot cake for Titi's birthday.