In case you can’t read Clare’s onesie, it says Who’s Your Paddy? with a little shamrock. Our Irish girl celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in style with appropriate attire from Auntie Carrie.
Clari-belle is making huge developmental strides these days. It’s hard for us to keep up with her! Between the time I wrote and posted the last blog it was already out of date. Literally, on Friday Clare was ‘working on the pincher grasp’ and by Saturday she reached for a blueberry, picked it up between her index finger and thumb and put it in her mouth. Somehow that connected in her sleep on Friday night. She’s also gotten a little bit closer to actually talking. On Saturday she and J spent the day together (I, unfortunately, had a 13 hour day at work) and from morning until night all she said was “dadadadadada.” There’s been a lot of “dadada” and “mamama,” sometimes it even seems to be directed at J and I. She’s also imitated some of my intonation – I sang “all done” to her and she imitated my sing-song. I’m thinking we’ll get some words sooner rather than later.

There have been fewer changes this week on the mobility front, much to Clare’s frustration. She is trying to ‘throw’ herself forward but hasn’t figured out getting her arms and legs in motion together. She does use her hands to kind of pivot herself in a circle and with that along with rolling she does cover some ground. She especially likes to practice in her crib instead of sleeping – not our favorite new development.