Every day I'm reminded of the challenges in just being, as opposed to doing. Lilly is growing so fast and it is just so amazing to follow her new developments! Yet, despite many years of yoga and meditation practice, it's a struggle for me to stay present, mindful of the moment, just being with her. No matter how much I enjoy it (and how could I not! she's precious, gorgeous, and amazing), my body is always itching to do this and that and my mind is constantly busy, thinking of what I need to get done, what I'd like to write.
These days I'm not the only one eager to do things though; Lilly is too! She is so curious about life! She sleeps well at night and then makes up for it by being bright awake all day (yesterday she was awake from when she got up, at 11 a.m., till bed time, around 9:30 p.m. -- and she didn't get fussy). She has her big eyes wide open and her little forehead all wrinkled up as she gazes intently at our faces, a high contrast children's book, the ceiling of her stroller (instructions in black and white), somebody's black and white shoes. She smiles more, and she talks lots! With great joy and sincerity. She yawns and she coos, stretches and kicks her legs. She's less busy conducting her orchestra (in the beginning she would flail her arms around as if conducting), and will reach out with better aim now to touch an arm or a boob or my hair. She's been peeing and pooping in the toilet (we brought an empty container for our big flight and she peed in that once, but then didn't poop at all during that long flight); I don't have to cue her (by grunting) as much anymore; as soon as I hold her over the toilet she takes care of all the grunting herself as she bears down (while grunting like an old man cleaning his throat). She'll snore when she falls asleep in my arms at night, and she sneezes cute little baby sneezes. And, she's busy growing! We went on the scale with her this weekend and she now weighs more than 5 kg.! Our little girl is almost twice the weight she was at birth (which was a little over 3 kg.). She's outgrown her newborn clothes and since she's so long she's about ready to wear size 3-6 months. But we cling to size 0-3 months and dress her in that, for now.
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That's so great that you're doing elimination communication (or whatever you call it). I have to say now that we're working on potty training for the 4th month in a row only a few months before E's fourth birthday, I really regret not at least experimenting with it. If I'd known potty training was going to be such a struggle I would definitely have done what you're doing!
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