OLIVIA GRACE, you are ELEVEN months old!
What have you been up to?
*Well, for starters, you were NOT interested in taking pictures this time around. Thankfully I was still able to get a few good ones, but it was a battle of the wills for sure!
*You weigh somewhere around 24 pounds. I'm not sure on your height. We'll find out in a month at your ONE YEAR OLD appointment, but it seems you have stopped sprouting so much.
*You are still mostly in size 12 month clothes. Every once in a while you wear an 18 month item, but it depends on the brand. Some are still quite a bit too big for you.
*You are still in size 4 diapers, but I think we will be moving up to 5's as soon as we run out with what we have (and we have a lot!). We especially need to move up for the nighttime diapers.
*Your schedule has remained the same. You sleep from roughly 7 to 6:30/7. You go back down for your first nap around 9. Then you go down for your second nap at 1. Some days I have to wake you at 2:30 when it's time to go get Little Man. Sometimes your morning nap is the long one, but usually your afternoon nap is the long one. Either way, you nap between 2 and 3 hours total. Unfortunately, your schedule will be all messed up soon because of Little Man being out of school.
*Speaking of... you make me so proud that you can just go with the flow. You are in and out of the car way too often on a daily basis. You are woken up from your nap more afternoons than I like, and that's not really fair. But you still have a smile on your face. Sometimes you have to be part of Little Man's schedule instead of being able to do what you would like. You do it all with a smile on your face and I feel so blessed.
*One thing you are not so "go with the flow" on is diaper changes. They are like an Olympic event lately. Mommy's got the gold--let's chill out!
*You are still eating 3 meals a day and having 3 bottles. You've started drinking a little less at your nighttime one. The doctor said to give 8, but it was ok to go down to 6 if you wanted. You take about 7 now.
*We are still working on the whole sippy cup thing. I've found a few that you will tolerate, however you just HATE water. You won't even drink it out of a bottle. I've even tried adding juice, when I really really didn't want to, and it didn't work either. Hopefully you'll get over this real soon. Your days of 19/20 ounces of formula are quickly coming to an end!
*It's hard to pick your favorite foods because you really do eat almost anything we give you. You LOVE broccoli, homemade sweet potato fries, pancakes, hummus, turkey meatloaf/meatballs, spaghetti and mandarin orange segments.
*There have been a few things you didn't really like (pesto on your pasta), but you will still tolerate it. The one food you absolutely refuse to eat--I'm talking purse your lips closed, turn your head, and swat your hand at me--is avocado. You will eat hummus (yuck!), straight up unseasoned black beans (yuck!), lima beans (yuck!), but not yummy avocado. The avocado lover in me is saddened by this.
*This has been a month of many milestones. You started clapping literally the day after you turned 10 months (April 24). You were so proud of yourself too. Anytime you clapped you wanted us to acknowledge you with a "yay!" or a clap of our own. Now you just clap at appropriate times and don't really expect us to do something in return.
*The very next day (April 25) you started waving. I always throw your paci back in the crib after getting you up from a nap. I always say, "Bye Bye Paci" and on that day you waved bye bye to your pacis. You've been waving ever since.
*You crawled up some stairs this month as well. There are a few sets to choose from at work and you head straight to them. You have climbed up 10 right in a row. I usually let you do this about once and then I get tired of spotting you and we try to move on.
*You blow kisses. One day my boss was saying bye to you and blew you a kiss and you just blew her one right back!! It was so cute. You are picky and choosey about when you want to do this though.
*You also give kisses. Of course they are wet, slobbery, mouth fully open baby kisses, but we love them nonetheless. We do not love when you decide you want to stick your tongue out during the kiss.
*You are still rocking the same 4 teeth you've had for a while now, but I know there are some on their way. I can see them--when you let me have a peek! I tell daddy that I think you are just going to wake up with a mouthful of teeth one day.
*You give high fives too, but you aren't as consistent with that one yet.
*You crawl, cruise, pull yourself up and stand all day long. You are on the go! go! go!
*You like us to be in the same room as you, but you don't necessarily want to be held or sit with us. You want to do your own thing...just knowing we are available if and when you want.
*You say all sorts of words and I'm pretty sure you associate some. It's hard to tell when you went from just mimicking us to knowing what you were saying. I'm pretty sure your first real word(s) was "Uh oh!" and daddy and I are a little worried what this may mean for our future. ;) You also "say" bye bye, da da, ma ma, wow, hi and a few others. I'm trying to get you to say "love you".
*You have also started dancing. Your dance moves come in all varieties--the typical baby booty bounce, swinging your arms, bobbing your head, or swaying your whole body. Adorable.
*Along with all your fun, new, great firsts this month, we had a few not so great ones. You got your first fever ever. It wasn't bad--101.5, but enough to make you a little grouchy for a weekend. I think you may have had a mild ear infection. It was gone before Monday when I was going to take you to the doctor though.
*Not two days later and you woke up with your first cold. (This could have something to do with daddy taking you to the McDonald's play area and let you crawl on the dirty, nasty, germy floor... but we will never know.) The cold lasted about a week, but wasn't bad enough to go to the doctor. You were pretty manageable actually. You just didn't enjoy your nose wiped--a normal kid thing. I'm actually pretty proud of the fact that we made it 10 and half months without a single fever or sickness!!!
*You got your first boo boo too. I wasn't there, but apparently you slipped on a book and bonked your head on the shelf. You've bonked your head many times since learning to stand/cruise, but this one left a little mark on your head.
*While daddy and I sometimes wish you were more cuddly, we can appreciate your adventurous, independent spirit. You come by it honestly.
*You love to scream. We've heard more than once that you have a "good set of lungs" on you. Again, I'm pretty sure you come by it honestly. It's not the upset kind of scream. It's just you telling us what is up... or hearing yourself "talk"... or telling me to hurry up with your food. You especially love to do this in hallways and spaces where the sound echoes or is amplified.
*One time you were screaming at our friends house and her baby was sleeping. I put my finger over my mouth and shh'ed you and you put your finger to your mouth and shh'ed me right back.
*You stand by yourself often and for good lengths of time, but you haven't yet taken your first unassisted steps.
Apparently she thought she was getting some of mine! :)
Things you love right now: books, stuffed animals, your Elefun, playing with your water table, being outside!, pull stuff off or out of something, climbing and cruising, and music.
Your least favorite things right now: getting something taken away from you or being removed from a place you should not be, being left in your play area alone
HAPPY ELEVEN MONTHS BABY GIRL!
WE LOVE YOU!
*You also give kisses. Of course they are wet, slobbery, mouth fully open baby kisses, but we love them nonetheless. We do not love when you decide you want to stick your tongue out during the kiss.
*You are still rocking the same 4 teeth you've had for a while now, but I know there are some on their way. I can see them--when you let me have a peek! I tell daddy that I think you are just going to wake up with a mouthful of teeth one day.
*You give high fives too, but you aren't as consistent with that one yet.
*You crawl, cruise, pull yourself up and stand all day long. You are on the go! go! go!
*You like us to be in the same room as you, but you don't necessarily want to be held or sit with us. You want to do your own thing...just knowing we are available if and when you want.
*You say all sorts of words and I'm pretty sure you associate some. It's hard to tell when you went from just mimicking us to knowing what you were saying. I'm pretty sure your first real word(s) was "Uh oh!" and daddy and I are a little worried what this may mean for our future. ;) You also "say" bye bye, da da, ma ma, wow, hi and a few others. I'm trying to get you to say "love you".
*You have also started dancing. Your dance moves come in all varieties--the typical baby booty bounce, swinging your arms, bobbing your head, or swaying your whole body. Adorable.
*Along with all your fun, new, great firsts this month, we had a few not so great ones. You got your first fever ever. It wasn't bad--101.5, but enough to make you a little grouchy for a weekend. I think you may have had a mild ear infection. It was gone before Monday when I was going to take you to the doctor though.
*Not two days later and you woke up with your first cold. (This could have something to do with daddy taking you to the McDonald's play area and let you crawl on the dirty, nasty, germy floor... but we will never know.) The cold lasted about a week, but wasn't bad enough to go to the doctor. You were pretty manageable actually. You just didn't enjoy your nose wiped--a normal kid thing. I'm actually pretty proud of the fact that we made it 10 and half months without a single fever or sickness!!!
*You got your first boo boo too. I wasn't there, but apparently you slipped on a book and bonked your head on the shelf. You've bonked your head many times since learning to stand/cruise, but this one left a little mark on your head.
*You love to scream. We've heard more than once that you have a "good set of lungs" on you. Again, I'm pretty sure you come by it honestly. It's not the upset kind of scream. It's just you telling us what is up... or hearing yourself "talk"... or telling me to hurry up with your food. You especially love to do this in hallways and spaces where the sound echoes or is amplified.
*You stand by yourself often and for good lengths of time, but you haven't yet taken your first unassisted steps.
Things you love right now: books, stuffed animals, your Elefun, playing with your water table, being outside!, pull stuff off or out of something, climbing and cruising, and music.
Your least favorite things right now: getting something taken away from you or being removed from a place you should not be, being left in your play area alone
HAPPY ELEVEN MONTHS BABY GIRL!
WE LOVE YOU!
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