joue a la maman

Rachel started playing more with her doll, copying me. She feeds her, changes her, bathes her, puts shampoo on her hair, rinses it, ... it is very cute. When she comes back from the daycare, she looks for her bebe where are you? The first think she asks is "1 -not 2- just one icre cream.

Yesterday she even lent the doll to Natalie - it was "a premiere".

Rachel joue a la maman avec sa poupee, lui donne a manger, la change, lui donne le bain, c'est mignon. Quand elle revient de la creche, elle la cherche partout, mais la 1ere chose qu'elle demande c'est une glace a l'eau.

time to go to bed Rachel - Aug. 7, 2008

Rachel does not fall asleep as early as she used to. She goes to bed by 9pm and plays till 9.30-10pm!!! (I am exhausted) She wants juice (I give her water in a color plastic cup), milk, then cookies, then has to use the potty (which we never said no of course).

She now shares the bedroom with her sister and is potty trained since early July (yes some accidents at night happen) .
Yesterday I decided to resume putting her to bed at 8.30pm and let her cry/wake up her sister. It did happen, but Natalie fell back asleep very quickly.
Now that Rachel sleeps in her new bed, she can get out and she did and appeared in the living room. She had to use the potty and wanted to draw on her board, that was Monday and Tuesday nights.
Yesterday, I prepared her to go to bed and started telling her at 8pm. By 8.30pm, the moon was out and she said "look mom, moon is high in the sky - time to go to bed" I could not believe it. So we finished the puzzle, did one drawing on the board and off to bed. She got up once and came quickly to the living room for one more drawing. "I am counting to five, you have time to draw one horse", and then off to bed. Ten minutes later, all was quite and it was only 9pm. Wow!

2 teeth

The 2nd one is now visible. She looks like an old lady who has lost her teeth. She makes that "ga ga" noise.

Back pain

Rachel is lying down on her back on the carpet and has pulled her knees up to her chest and is rocking from left to right
"a gauche, a droite"
I am about to do the same exercise to relieve the pain in my lower pack and I lie down on the carpet in the same position
"your back hurts too maman?"
"oui ma cherie, j'ai mal au dos"
"yes, me too"

Natalie's 2nd tooth

it is here. the lower left one is pointed out!
"Ouch"
"What is it maman?"
"Natalie bit me"
"No Natalie you can not bit maman, no no no"

She sleeps on her side

last night, Natalie slept for the 1st time on her right side

Milestones

August: N. slept on her R side. She never cries shen she wakes up in the morning (around 6-6.30am). She is in bed by 8pm

July 2008: Natalie sits alone; Natalie has one tooth (lower right) and uses it; Natalie feeds herself; the 2 girls share the same room

Short night

Rachel did "pipi" in bed and woke us up in the middle of the night. Yossi sat with her in the living room for a while while I changed her bed and fed Natalie who woke up