Wren seems to enjoy daycare, which always makes the transition back to the office a lot more bearable. We’re lucky to have some of the same teachers that cared for Max & Otto, so they have a soft spot for Wren. She likes all the new friends, teachers and toys to play with. We’re over the hump of the first couple weeks when she refused bottles at school, which means she’s back to getting most of her calories during the day as well as back to waking just once at night to feed. By this age Max was sleeping his 12 hours solid each night, but I’m fine with Wren waking up. She eats and goes right back to bed. And sometimes holding her in the still of the night is the only chance I have to do so.
Another perk of daycare is that they help ensure Wren has a chance to try and eat solids a couple times before we offer her dinner at night. This is huge for me. The other Friday when all three kids were home I felt so triumphant because I actually “had a chance” to feed Wren solids two times during the day. Some days I can’t figure out how to do that…
Exactly one week before Wren turned 7 months she took off crawling. The night before she started crawling daycare had told me that she was sooooo close to doing it. I think they say that when a child has actually done something new at daycare but they want the parents to (think they’ve) seen it for the first time. At any rate, although I was taken off guard one morning when I realized she was crawling towards me and Otto rather than her usual rocking and rolling our way, I really wasn’t surprised by it. She’d been on all 4’s and rocking back and forth for a few weeks looking like she was ready to take off toward her brothers.
I was surprised, however, with what she has learned to do since the day she started crawling. Here I thought crawling was going to be the big milestone I’d get to memorialize in Wren’s baby book and the blog for her 7th month. But in one week’s time - from her 1st crawling until her 7th month birthday - she’s gone from crawling on the ground to climbing up onto things. And then from leaning against things to popping up onto her toes against things. And then from kneeling to pulling herself to a stand.
As fun and exciting as it is to have her moving so quickly, it’s a whole new ballgame now. Wren crawls right over and tries to swipe toys from Max and Otto. She’ll sit down next to one of them and I’ll catch them “parallel” playing. When we headed outside the other day I realized the new challenge – watching all three mobile kids with just two eyes. Setting Wren on a big blanket on the lawn, she was in the woodchips trying to eat them before I could get Otto set up with the hose and watering can. I usually live in flip flops, but I’m on the hunt for some new summer tenners so I can keep up with my six additional legs all going in different directions!
She IS beautiful. I love that she is going to be caught up to those boys in no time. Taking charge, calling the shots, and showing them whose boss! ;)
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