Cordelia Anne (11 mo)- was born in Taipei, Taiwan on the 3rd of April 2007. She was born on her due date and is a healthy baby with two modes, truly happy and truly miserable. Cordelia had a nickname just hours after she was born and we’ve called her “Dilly” ever since. She is hard to feed as she is sensitive to milk and eggs so the nursing mom is “a vegan who eats meat.” Everyone is much happier and less stressed when mom follows the vegan style diet!
Dilly had a passport when she was just a month and a half old and flew from Taiwan to America when she was just 2 months old. She loves attention and has always been a good sleeper and is finally sleeping through the night! We had a family bed from the time she was born until we had our apartment in AZ 7 months later and it is a real treat for mom and dad when the kids are actually in their own room.
As Dilly is a high maintenance personality (as were both her parents…) we are truly grateful for “The Miracle Bouncer” that was retrieved from a junk pile just as we were getting desperate. (The Taiwanese don’t do thrift stores because of potentially bad karma.) It is an old thing that would never pass American Safety ratings but it was free to us and worth bringing home in the luggage. We are also much saner because of the power of pacifiers.
She could sit up on her own just after 6 months cut her first tooth at 7 months and scoot-crawl at 8 months by 9 months she was cruising along furniture and loves to stand. At 11 months she can walk when one hand is held. She is very interactive and can even blow her nose when mom holds the tissue! She’s smiley and happy most of the time and loves to be tossed gently and she LOVES tickle kisses all over her head and neck. She gives GREAT hugs when you first pick her up.