A lot of people have been telling me recently that this is the most fun age. I'm starting to agree. Here's why... I feel like Audrey understands so much more now. I can ask her to get something and she does. Or ask her to say something or do it and she does. It's amazing what she already knows. I can say, "Audrey what does a monkey say?" and she will do her monkey "ooo oo ah ah" and put her hands under her armpits haha. She also will give a kiss, blow a kiss, say hi and byebye, and sit down or stand up just by asking. Her vocabulary is growing and she says: mama, dada, hi, bye, ball, up. Some other words like cat and dog are hit or miss. We spend a lot of time reading books, mAuaking animal noises, practicing dance moves, building blocks, and playing with various other toys. She loves to go outside and play too. She's so happy and easy going. I'm sure the next one will be a terror haha.
We went to Audrey's well visit today. She weighed in at 18 lbs 10 oz. She gained 1.5 lbs from her last appointment which is good, but she's still only at the 3rd percentile. The doc just wants us to give her more fat and suggested milkshakes (really?) and Pediasure (on the fence about this). Since I was her size at that age, he isn't concerned enough to do any testing right now. She is 28.5 inches long which is 5-10th percentile and her noggin is at the 25th percentile. He found a double ear infection so we will be back on Amox for 10 days. She's had ear infections at her 9, 12, and now 15th appts. UGH! She had her MMR and chicken pox vaccines and is doing well so far. Poor babe!
Audrey has got some major teeth action going on. She has more teeth coming in than I can count... seriously, probably 5-6 all at once and that includes molars! She's been addicted to her papis which is not the norm, but it's hard to take them away when I know she hurts. So I'm being a softy and letting her use them whenever.
Thankfully, she's doing a little better with eating. She still drinks the same amount of milk. I still give her a smoothie that I make in the evenings. I've been adding rice cereal for iron and other sources of protein in addition to the yogurt such as tofu and even hard boiled egg yolk! Yikes! I use a variety of fruits and veggies and she likes them.
She seems to be eating bigger quantities and is willing to try more. If I ask her to take a bite, she usually will. She even likes more things too! She's been digging cheerios in milk, strawberries, turkey, pepperoni, baked potato and sweet potato fries that she dips in ketchup, PB on crackers. She still loves all carby snack foods. But she so far doesn't like sweets. She's tried chocolate chip cookies, brownies, cupcakes, and muffins and she doesn't like any of them! Weirdo! I'm doubting if we are related now...
See ya next month!
Sara
Friday, May 11, 2012
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Audrey is 14 Months Old!
Happy 14 Months, Audrey! Also, happy Easter!! Another month has come and gone and it's time for a monthly update. I'm not sure how long I'll do these, I guess as long as there are things to say and as long as I still enjoy writing them. :-)
This past month included a visit from Nana and Papa and celebrating with DenDen at his 60th Birthday party. The weather warmed up reallllly quickly and now has gone back to being more spring like. We are enjoying lots of time outside, especially since Paul has given us so much to enjoy! He's worked hard at our back patio and with all the landscaping. It looks great!
Yesterday, we did a Easter egg hunt in our front yard. Paul put out the eggs and we showed Audrey to pick it up and put it in her basket. After that, she was a pro. She found every egg and put it in her basket. Then, we sat down on the grass and opened the eggs to see what was inside. She was excited to find goldfish, cheerios, and fruit/veg melts!
Milestones/Interests: Walking everywhere inside and outside. Turning circles. Mimicking us (clapping, shaking her head, etc). She's learned to climb on her chairs and off the couch. Tries to put on her shoes and it's so cute to watch. Really into books. She'll bring me a book and come sit on my lap. She loves to turn the pages and point to things. We are working on learning animals and sounds. Building blocks as in the big legos... I didn't know if she was old enough but she really is! She can build a tower by herself and take it all apart. She is also learning how to work her shape sorter. She loves her Micky Mouse music player and will keep changing the song until she finds one she likes, then hold it up to her ear, and dance! She is quite the dancer! She also loves to put her toy phones and our cell phones up to her ear. We are sprouting lots of teeth. She got 3 top teeth all at once... 2 front teeth and then right incisor. So she now has 6 total. I think I'm feeling a molar coming through too, yikes. Audrey is good at brushing her teeth and will open her mouth and/or "help" us do it.
Schedule: Wakes up around 6:30 during the week and as late as 8 during the weekends. Takes 2 naps around 10 and 2, each for about 1.5 hrs. She doesn't nap well at daycare. She is about to transition to the 1 year old toddler room and they do a scheduled nap so I'm hoping that she gets into that routine well! She goes to bed by around 7 and sleeps through.
Food: She's a good milk drinker. She drinks 3 sippies of milk a day for about 18 oz total. She's a picky eater still. She examines food and decides if she'll eat it based on appearance and feel... oy!!! The list of foods she eats is much shorter than the list of foods we've tried and she won't eat: bananas (doing better, still hit or miss), grilled cheese, peanut butter on crackers, baked potato fries, cheese cubes, cheerios, waffles, goldfish, pretzels, fruit/veg melts, dried fruit. She still eats purees to help get her nutrition in.
Audrey has such a great temperament. She is so happy 99% of the time! She's really become more and more active and independent and it's fun to watch. We love you, baby girl!!
This past month included a visit from Nana and Papa and celebrating with DenDen at his 60th Birthday party. The weather warmed up reallllly quickly and now has gone back to being more spring like. We are enjoying lots of time outside, especially since Paul has given us so much to enjoy! He's worked hard at our back patio and with all the landscaping. It looks great!
Yesterday, we did a Easter egg hunt in our front yard. Paul put out the eggs and we showed Audrey to pick it up and put it in her basket. After that, she was a pro. She found every egg and put it in her basket. Then, we sat down on the grass and opened the eggs to see what was inside. She was excited to find goldfish, cheerios, and fruit/veg melts!
Milestones/Interests: Walking everywhere inside and outside. Turning circles. Mimicking us (clapping, shaking her head, etc). She's learned to climb on her chairs and off the couch. Tries to put on her shoes and it's so cute to watch. Really into books. She'll bring me a book and come sit on my lap. She loves to turn the pages and point to things. We are working on learning animals and sounds. Building blocks as in the big legos... I didn't know if she was old enough but she really is! She can build a tower by herself and take it all apart. She is also learning how to work her shape sorter. She loves her Micky Mouse music player and will keep changing the song until she finds one she likes, then hold it up to her ear, and dance! She is quite the dancer! She also loves to put her toy phones and our cell phones up to her ear. We are sprouting lots of teeth. She got 3 top teeth all at once... 2 front teeth and then right incisor. So she now has 6 total. I think I'm feeling a molar coming through too, yikes. Audrey is good at brushing her teeth and will open her mouth and/or "help" us do it.
Schedule: Wakes up around 6:30 during the week and as late as 8 during the weekends. Takes 2 naps around 10 and 2, each for about 1.5 hrs. She doesn't nap well at daycare. She is about to transition to the 1 year old toddler room and they do a scheduled nap so I'm hoping that she gets into that routine well! She goes to bed by around 7 and sleeps through.
Food: She's a good milk drinker. She drinks 3 sippies of milk a day for about 18 oz total. She's a picky eater still. She examines food and decides if she'll eat it based on appearance and feel... oy!!! The list of foods she eats is much shorter than the list of foods we've tried and she won't eat: bananas (doing better, still hit or miss), grilled cheese, peanut butter on crackers, baked potato fries, cheese cubes, cheerios, waffles, goldfish, pretzels, fruit/veg melts, dried fruit. She still eats purees to help get her nutrition in.
Audrey has such a great temperament. She is so happy 99% of the time! She's really become more and more active and independent and it's fun to watch. We love you, baby girl!!
Monday, March 26, 2012
A little update
Well I already announced that Audrey is walking and she is doing great. She's everywhere! Last week she also started wearing shoes to daycare and when we run errands or play outside. I never put her in shoes until now (that's the PT in me) and shes done great. Also last week she gave up bottles. She now does sippies only and cold milk! Such a big accomplishment!
Lastly she has a new tooth. Top middle left bringing the total to 4. I think many more are coming.
Ok that's all for now. So much more to write but I'll save it for the 14 month update.
Sara
Lastly she has a new tooth. Top middle left bringing the total to 4. I think many more are coming.
Ok that's all for now. So much more to write but I'll save it for the 14 month update.
Sara
Friday, March 16, 2012
We have a walker!
Audrey has been taking up to 5 steps for a while now... probably
about 2-3 weeks. Starting yesterday, she has become much braver and is
walking everywhere! She did laps around the family room holding her
puzzle right before bed. Here's the proof... :)
Monday, March 5, 2012
13 Months Old!
Our little toddler (!) is 13 months old! It's strange that she's not considered a baby anymore. I'm positive she is still my baby though!
A little update on dr. visits. On day 9 of her 10 day antibiotic, daycare called and said she had white spots on her lips and was fussy. Paul called the dr office and they wanted to see her. Luckily, Paul was able to leave work b/c I was stuck. It was a day that my whole afternoon was evals and there was no one to do them but me. So, Paul took her in and she was diagnosed with thrush. It's a side effect of antibiotics so that explains where it came from. It's kind of funny b/c thrush is one of those things that I thought we had escaped since we never had it during the whole year of breastfeeding! Oh well! Luckily, it's easily treatable with an anti-fungal topical medicine. Audrey's cleared up in about 3 days. While she was there, the dr checked her ears and they were clear of infection! Yay! Also, she was weighed and he was pleased with her weight gain of about 4 oz. He cleared us to not have to come back in until her 15 month well visit.
13 Month Stats:
Weight: Around 18 lbs (wondering if she'll ever hit 20 lbs!?)
Diapers: Size 3
Clothes: Anything from 9 month to 18 month
Food: Audrey is 100% weaned. She stopped breastfeeding right at the 1 year mark. She is fully on whole cow's milk which she takes out of a bottle. I intend to get her on sippies for milk soon. She has been drinking water and diluted juice of sippies for many months now. She seems to prefer the bottle warmed. She takes 3 bottles, 6 oz each.
-Solids: Still SLOW going, but I think we are doing better. Here's a list of what she will eat: waffles, french toast sticks, chunks of cheese, grilled cheese, oatmeal, purees, lil crunchies, cheerios, puffs, bites of banana, yogurt and fruit melts, cereal bars, smoothies. Smoothies are the new thing I'm doing to get her some nutrition, especially protein. She's not big into meat so she has to get it elsewhere. My latest smoothie is: pureed strawberry, blueberry, and cauliflower (all fresh), combined with whole milk plain yogurt, and honey. I've done carrots in them as well. Foods she throws on the ground: Everything else! Being persistent is all we can do right now. I'm not going to lie... it's hard somedays when your child won't eat, but you know she needs/wants to. Some days I just stand there and think, "what do I give her now?" since I feel like I've tried everything. We are just being patient... ok trying to be!
-Audrey loves to stand independently from a seated position. She has taken steps... up to 5 on her own as well! Her favorite thing is when Paul and I sit across from each other on the floor and she walks back and forth between us. She always give us a hug when she gets to us! So sweet!
-She's trying to say cat, dog, mama, dada, duck and is getting pretty good at all of these. She can point to these things when asked as well! She still says byebye.
-She loves to clap and of course wave hi and bye!
-She loves skyping with nana and papa! We've done it so often and she really gets it! She lights up and smiles and laughs with them.
-Audrey is such an animal lover. She wants to be with Stoney, Missy and Brutus whenever she sees them! They *sometimes* let her pet/pat them :-)
-She's such a POINTER. She points to EVERYTHING and says "Dat? Dat?" It's so cute. When we get her up from a nap, the second she sees us, she points at everything in her room that she wants haha!
-She sleeps great still... 12 hours at night. 2 naps on the wknds (Fri-Sun) that last about 1.5-2 hrs each. Napping at daycare is NONEXISTENT! I'm so ready for her to move up to the toddler room so she can have scheduled naps! Who the hell can nap in a small room with the lights on and a bunch of crying babies?!?!?
-Audrey has 3 teeth. They came in in this order: bottom left, bottom right, top left incisor. No front teeth yet!
-She loves to put things up to her ear. Her play phone, my cell phone and her music players. It's so sassy.. I love it.
-Her hair is getting fuller (thicker), longer, and curlier! It's also this gorgeous shade of dirty blonde. I seriously want to take her to my hairdresser and say, "make me that color!" She is in no need of a haircut yet and luckily it doesn't get in her eyes. So putting a bow in it is for cuteness only :)
-She is such a busy body. No sitting still! She's crawling, climbing, playing, demanding your attention, chasing an animal, trying to walk, pointing at things, squealing, laughing, etc. She does not stop until naptime. She sits in her high chair for meals b/c it's a good habit for her, but after about 15 min she loses interest. She has better things to do!!
Until next month!
Sara
A little update on dr. visits. On day 9 of her 10 day antibiotic, daycare called and said she had white spots on her lips and was fussy. Paul called the dr office and they wanted to see her. Luckily, Paul was able to leave work b/c I was stuck. It was a day that my whole afternoon was evals and there was no one to do them but me. So, Paul took her in and she was diagnosed with thrush. It's a side effect of antibiotics so that explains where it came from. It's kind of funny b/c thrush is one of those things that I thought we had escaped since we never had it during the whole year of breastfeeding! Oh well! Luckily, it's easily treatable with an anti-fungal topical medicine. Audrey's cleared up in about 3 days. While she was there, the dr checked her ears and they were clear of infection! Yay! Also, she was weighed and he was pleased with her weight gain of about 4 oz. He cleared us to not have to come back in until her 15 month well visit.
13 Month Stats:
Weight: Around 18 lbs (wondering if she'll ever hit 20 lbs!?)
Diapers: Size 3
Clothes: Anything from 9 month to 18 month
Food: Audrey is 100% weaned. She stopped breastfeeding right at the 1 year mark. She is fully on whole cow's milk which she takes out of a bottle. I intend to get her on sippies for milk soon. She has been drinking water and diluted juice of sippies for many months now. She seems to prefer the bottle warmed. She takes 3 bottles, 6 oz each.
-Solids: Still SLOW going, but I think we are doing better. Here's a list of what she will eat: waffles, french toast sticks, chunks of cheese, grilled cheese, oatmeal, purees, lil crunchies, cheerios, puffs, bites of banana, yogurt and fruit melts, cereal bars, smoothies. Smoothies are the new thing I'm doing to get her some nutrition, especially protein. She's not big into meat so she has to get it elsewhere. My latest smoothie is: pureed strawberry, blueberry, and cauliflower (all fresh), combined with whole milk plain yogurt, and honey. I've done carrots in them as well. Foods she throws on the ground: Everything else! Being persistent is all we can do right now. I'm not going to lie... it's hard somedays when your child won't eat, but you know she needs/wants to. Some days I just stand there and think, "what do I give her now?" since I feel like I've tried everything. We are just being patient... ok trying to be!
-Audrey loves to stand independently from a seated position. She has taken steps... up to 5 on her own as well! Her favorite thing is when Paul and I sit across from each other on the floor and she walks back and forth between us. She always give us a hug when she gets to us! So sweet!
-She's trying to say cat, dog, mama, dada, duck and is getting pretty good at all of these. She can point to these things when asked as well! She still says byebye.
-She loves to clap and of course wave hi and bye!
-She loves skyping with nana and papa! We've done it so often and she really gets it! She lights up and smiles and laughs with them.
-Audrey is such an animal lover. She wants to be with Stoney, Missy and Brutus whenever she sees them! They *sometimes* let her pet/pat them :-)
-She's such a POINTER. She points to EVERYTHING and says "Dat? Dat?" It's so cute. When we get her up from a nap, the second she sees us, she points at everything in her room that she wants haha!
-She sleeps great still... 12 hours at night. 2 naps on the wknds (Fri-Sun) that last about 1.5-2 hrs each. Napping at daycare is NONEXISTENT! I'm so ready for her to move up to the toddler room so she can have scheduled naps! Who the hell can nap in a small room with the lights on and a bunch of crying babies?!?!?
-Audrey has 3 teeth. They came in in this order: bottom left, bottom right, top left incisor. No front teeth yet!
-She loves to put things up to her ear. Her play phone, my cell phone and her music players. It's so sassy.. I love it.
-Her hair is getting fuller (thicker), longer, and curlier! It's also this gorgeous shade of dirty blonde. I seriously want to take her to my hairdresser and say, "make me that color!" She is in no need of a haircut yet and luckily it doesn't get in her eyes. So putting a bow in it is for cuteness only :)
-She is such a busy body. No sitting still! She's crawling, climbing, playing, demanding your attention, chasing an animal, trying to walk, pointing at things, squealing, laughing, etc. She does not stop until naptime. She sits in her high chair for meals b/c it's a good habit for her, but after about 15 min she loses interest. She has better things to do!!
Until next month!
Sara
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