Isabella 16 Mo

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So here is a look of Isabella while 16 months. she was close to 17, but still 16. she is a beautiful baby if i do say so myself. i love taking her picture. she is a very sweet baby. says 6 words. Mama, Dada, Andew (andrew), Abba (abby), din-dew (thank you), and Dora. dora is a must for her these days. she LOVES dora dolls, books, and obviously watching Dora is the best thing she can get. she is still a Mama's girl all the way. she doesn't like it when i try to leave her at nursery (which she qualifys for in a month) and she doesn't like to be held by other people, even daddy. she loves playing with her daddy, and she LOVEs when he comes home. but she likes to stay close to mom. its pretty sweet. We also started sleep training her to sleep in her OWN bed all night. i used to rock her all the time when she napped or went to bed. however we ran into problems every night because she wanted to sleep ing my bed.if she wasn't in my arms or my bed when she would wake at night she cried until i got her. which was usually pretty fast because she shares a room with Abby. so finally one night around 10:30  (a signature time for her to wake up), she didn't want to be rocked, or lay down, and i was so tired and out of ideas that i just moved abby into Andrews room and left her be. it took a good hour after the half hour i tried rocking her before she stopped crying and went to sleep. and she woke up several times crying and hating life in the crib.but we've been sticking to it. last night was also rough, she did so well for a few nights and then started crying early in the morning again and only stopped if i picked her up. which i was so tempted to do being 5 or 6 am and the other kids were still sleeping. so its been a little rough. last night she was up 4 different times. 1 am, 2, 3 and 5. i didn't pick her up, and although she did wake up abby a little abby somehow was able to basically sleep thru all that crying.i would offer her a drink of water, or binky, but she just wanted me to hold her. it was hard not to but after a taste of having my bed back and seeing her at times go to sleep happily on her own kept me going. so mean mama i was. i left her in her crib. she did go back to sleep after a while of crying each time. and slept in til 8 am this morning which was fabulous. except that abby woke me up at 6. i got a great nap today which was heavenly. 9 am church is hard to get everybody to on time and dressed half way decent. but the afternoon naps/quiet time is my favorite thing ever. so i am loving that aftermath of 9 am church. its a 3 day weekend bc of martin luther king day. i am really happy about that. anyways well i better get going.