Weight: 18 lbs, 6 oz
Length: 28 inches
New things this month:
- WALKING!!!! She took her first steps a few weeks after her birthday and over Labor Day weekend really took off. She's about a 50/50 crawler/walker at this point. She's still much faster on all fours. But she's SO proud of her new skill!
- Saying more words than I can possibly count. If I were to guess, I'd say she says about 30 to 35 words. Her new favorites include snack (pronounced NACK in a very loud, insistent voice), down (when she's done being held or wants to walk), Mimi (the cat and her grandma!), bubble, mouse, book and eat (anytime we come remotely close to her high chair, also in a loud, insistent voice). She just learned no, so I'm guessing that will soon become a favorite.
- Eating all the foods she wasn't supposed to eat before the age of one. Favorites have been peanut butter and strawberries. Totally my child.
- Drinking whole milk. We were nervous about this since my eating dairy while nursing was a big no-no. But she did great and goes through a carton of milk in no time. That also means no more nursing, which was difficult for her for just a few days, and is still a little emotional for me.
- Wearing shoes. I know, kind of makes me seem like a terrible mother ... but she really hated shoes until just recently.
- Playing with her babies. Calling herself baby. And pointing out all babies in photos or real life. Anyone under the age of about 15 is a baby.
- Time outs. Boo. She's started hitting us or the animals in the face occasionally, hence the time outs. The somewhat funny part about this is that her time out location is her crib (the only place she can be contained), so when I warn her that if she hits again she will go to time out, she responds by saying "night night???"
- Making even more animal sounds. She's so smart.
- Going to Gymboree once a week. She LOVES it. She's especially fascinated by all the balls they have there, the other babies, the bubble time (the teacher calls her bubble due to her crazed obsession) and of course Gymbo the clown. She is completely mesmerized by him.
- Starting in the one-year-old classroom at Starbright. No more nursery for this big girl!
Likes:
- Waving. At everyone. My little social butterfly.
- Her new farm toy, courtesy of my aunt, uncle and cousins. She loves that it makes all the animal noises, which she then mimics.
- Her new book about animal tails, courtesy of her Auntie Katie who knows my baby's obsession with animals.
- Eating. As evidenced by two of her new favorite words. I can't decide if she's really that hungry all the time or just likes the power of saying those words and getting what she's asking for.
- Her pink armchair, which she got for her birthday. She loves to sit in it, and for about the first week of trying out her new walking skill, she had to start from that chair. Kind of bounced herself into an upright position.
- Asking for "babies," which means she wants to look on my phone at pictures of herself or go all around the house looking at her pictures. Thank you Kristi Morton for ensuring we have plenty of beautiful pictures all over our house! :)
- Sharing her toys with other babies.
- Chasing Izzy or Cowboy with her push car. And laughing.
- Turning off and on the DVD player, cable box, CD player and receiver.
- Being read to. But at the pace (FAST) she requires and preferably the same one or two books over and over and over and over.
- Throwing a ball for Izzy or Cowboy.
Dislikes:
- Being refused a NACK.
- Time outs.
- Not getting what she wants, when she wants it.
- Being away from mama.
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