Introducing Alexa
Jaimie on Nov 14th 2007
Our daughter Alexa was born in October of 2006, and what a surprise she was! She was all the mellow that her brother was not. Yes, she’s a child and she has her days where she’s hard to deal with, and she does prefer to sleep more during the day than she does at night, but she has been agreeable and easy going from the start. She actually sleeps more than 30 minutes at a time and as a newborn, she was usually content to check out the world and let it amuse her vs being entertained. A good quality to have when you’ve got a big brother to keep track of!
As she’s gotten older, Alexa has shown her personality to be very cautious and methodical. She’s still on the verge of walking, which she has been for about 5 months now. She pulled up to standing rather early and since then, has slowly been thinking about letting go and taking a step on her own. But instead, she holds on and walks along edges of things and is content to do so. She won’t do a thing, from eating a new food to letting go of that edge, before completely exploring it and making sure she knows exactly what she is doing. She exhibits mastery over the things she does try in a very short time - she can crawl up our staircase in about 5 seconds flat (thank goodness for gates that keep her from doing it without mommy or daddy!) and she’s recently began building mega-block towers that will soon rival her brother’s.
She adores her daddy, and you will often find her seemingly permanently attached to him, which is a new phenomenon for all of us. CJ was always attached to me, and still is in a lot of ways, but Alexa shows very clear daddy preference. It works for me, because he gets to do bedtime with her. 
We’re looking forward to watching more of her personality emerge as she grows, starts talking more [right now is the standard mama, dada, nunu (nurse), and baba (water bottle) ] and continues to explore her world.
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My daughter was also born in October of 2006 and shares several traits with Alexa. She has just now started to take a few steps and is cautious and curious about her world and has recently started shaking her head when we tell her “no touch” about the tv, the stuff on the end table, etc. They are so much fun at this age, aren’t they?
They are very fun! And crazy. And all over the place. And fun!
CJ is constantly telling her “No touch” but she ignores it lol.
Sounds a lot like my February Monkey!
Love the new blog!
She sounds a lot like my eldest daughter at that age. She learned to stand very early and we kept thinking she would take off, but she waited until she was nearly 13 months old to walk, just like all her playgroup buddies did. She is also very observant, and reserved at times. She has come out of that shell more now that she is almost four, but back in those days she sounds very much like your Alexa.
I also wanted to add that I am so glad you started a new blog with parenting in mind. I love Paid Twice, but it will be nice to hear more about your kids. And the personal side of things.