Ladies and gentlemen, we have a one year old!
I can sum up this month in one word -- BUSY! You are so busy and on the move all the time! Your favorite activities this month continue to be climbing the stairs, playing in the dog's water bowl, and going through cabinets! You point at everything and we talk to you about what you see. We ask you, "where's the dog?" or "where's Dad?" and you point at the correct object. Such a smart little girl.
You had your first injury at school this month. A bloody nose. You got up and walked across the room, lost your balance and bopped your nose on the way down. Your teachers gave you lots of love and made it all better though! For the most part, you've gotten really good at walking this month so we are thankful this is the only major accident so far in learning to walk (knock on wood).
First swim lesson
This month you also started swim classes at Oak Mar Rec Center with some of your baby friends from my mom's group. You loved the pool, even if the water was a little cold and made you shiver. Your Grammie and Granddan drove up to watch you at your first "lesson" and you did great! You love when we sing and do ring-around-the-rosie. You watch mom blow bubbles in the water and you try to mimic me.
Peek-a-boo is your favorite game to play. Dad took you to lunch on Good Friday since you had the day off from school and you were playing peek-a-boo with people at the next table. At home, you like to use your dinner plate or sippy cup to "hide" from us.
Easter 2015
Other updates....
WEIGHT/HEIGHT: your one year appointment isn't until next week but our unofficial measurements at home have you at 20 lbs and 28.5 inches long.
Little bunny
TEETH: 6 (bottom two and top four)
Check out my teeth!
EATING: all time time! You love eggs, blueberries, sweet potatoes, chicken fajitas and peas. You love going out to eat and being able to take in all the sights and sounds. We introduced cows milk last week and while unsure about it at first, you've started to drink a few ounces at a time. After twelve months of only breast milk, we have officially started the weaning process. The plan is to substitute one bottle of breast milk/nursing session with cows milk every week until there are no more bottles left. I plan to keep nursing in the morning and evening for now.
Time for bed; to bed I said.
SLEEP: you are taking two naps (a 40 minute morning nap and 1 1/2 hour afternoon nap) most days but will soon transition to one nap at school. You generally sleep from 7:15pm to 6:30am with one wake-up around 4am.
Things we learned this month...
- Leaving your baby for 7 hours to have a "day date" doesn't mean you won't miss her like crazy!
- When your baby wakes up four times in one night, teething is the only answer.
- Plastic Easter eggs are so much fun.
- Smiling while shaking your head "no" will bring big smiles and laughs from Mom & Dad (at least for now)!
