Maya - 11 Months Old

Maya is 11 months old now. I can’t believe that it’s time to think about her birthday. We’re not having a party, but we are having family over and friends are stopping by. I am planning on baking her cake and having a princess theme. And she is a princess, make no mistake. Her personality shines through more and more each day. She is very headstrong. When I correct her, I say No! She gets highly upset. And it’s not a sob like she’s so sad ‘cause she wanted it so bad. It’s more like a shriek like she can’t believe anyone dare so no to her.

Some of the new things we’ve seen this month included a new tooth on February 8th. I felt so bad for her. She seems to have a difficult time with teething. She can also stand without holding on to anything for at least 30 seconds. She knows how to clap and is happy to do so. She can drink from a sippy cup. In fact, I had been giving her a cup to practice with once a day and mostly what she was doing was spilling it everywhere. One day we were out at the store and Maya was crying and carrying on. Jayden felt so bad for her that he gave her his sippy cup. And she began to drink and quieted down. I didn’t notice. I was so happy that she had settled down and I could finish my shopping trip. When I peek in on Maya, there she was happy as can be with her brother’s cup. So cute! Now, they share cups. It never matters what is in it or which kind of cup it is. Jayden always Maya’s cup and she always wants his.


Here she is up to no good. She's climbed onto the bouncy seat and was biting the sofa when I caught her.
And probably my greatest breakthrough is that now Maya and Jayden sleep together in their room. I usually put Maya down first around 9pm. Then I hold off on Jayden until about 10pm, when Blue’s Clues is over and he goes in. By this time, he’s usually tired and goes down without too much fuss. But sometimes he doesn’t want to go to bed yet and wakes his sleeping sister. I just rock her back to sleep. Sometimes, I put them both in the room and put up the gate and they start playing together and you can hear Jayden chatting with Maya and being so tender towards her and other times she’s crying ‘cause he’s banging into her with his ride on toys. Other times, I put Jayden in bed and Maya in her crib. I can always hear them chattering, laughing and carrying on. It’s so cute to hear them. I always want to tip toe in and spy on them, but Jayden is hip to my tricks so I usually stay away and imagine what they must be up to. When they are both in and awake together, I do story time and Maya clearly loves it. Sometimes Jayden stays in bed and other times he crawls into my lap. I’m so happy that we are one step closer. Now, if I can only get Maya to sleep through the night.

Here she is standing next to her teddy since she will no longer sit next to it in her crib.