My little precious baby is now a toddler! I feel like she's grown over night into this little DIVA-ha! I'm definitely enjoying this phase much more than I ever anticipated. Don't get me wrong I loved loved loved the newborn stage {umm have I forgotten the sleepless nights or what?!} But now Stella has this personality that's amazing, she's learning new things everyday, and is becoming so much more independent.
So as to not forget anything I'm going to quickly list everything about Miss Stella;)
- Development: Stella is walking/running! I know my last post was a bit crazy about this--she took her first independent steps about 10 days after her first birthday. It took her a few weeks but she was steadily walking by 13 months. I've learned not to get too hung up on this--every child develops different and this is just another part of Stella's personality--too laid back for her own good! She climbs stairs/fireplaces all to easily. She has learned how to shuffle through photos on my iPhone. The first morning at our new home (more on that later hopefully!) she remembered where her snack were in the lazy susan. She has an imagination--we pretend bake and taste the cake or have tea! She can roll a ball
- Fun things: She continues to be the most snuggly, loving child. Her new thing is to give kisses (melts my heart!) Last night we were all playing in her room before bedtime and she kept going back and forth between me and Adam giving multiple kisses--LOVE! She blows kisses, gives high fives, and makes clicking noises. She knows where her nose and belly are and will point to them on you too. She loves to dance and now has learned to twirl--aka turn in a circle. She now has enough hair for pigtails! Boy, she sure does look like a big kid with pigtails. She's even starting to interact with Brodie more now. She will randomly just sit beside him and start petting him and is always so excited to see him. We often play "where's Brodie?" when we first get home and she gets so tickled peeking around corners for him and finally finding him! She is definitely an outdoorsy baby. Anytime she is the least bit cranky we take her outside to see the ducks, ride in her car, or go for a walk to the park and she is all better.
- Words: Man I feel like just overnight she has really starting using her words more. Don't get me wrong she had a handful of words before but now they are used with more purpose. Definitely our vacation this year was the turning point. She now says Mama, Dada, Dog, Duck, More, Mmm (as in Mmm Yummy), Ball, Bye Bye and my least favorite "NO" We tried so very hard to not say that word to her and were pretty successful; however being around lots of dogs on vacation we used that word alot toward them. One day she just pointed to the dog and said "NO" plain as day. Now when she says it (which is all day everyday-ha) I quickly say Yes that's your nose and point to my nose. Not sure if it helps but it makes me feel better especially in public!
- Food: I have been such a freak about her food ever since she started solids at 6 months. I have made EVERYTHING that she has consumed and was the crazy MOM who took her own food to a daycare that supplys food. (hey at least I can admit my craziness!) Now I'm on the nutrition committee at daycare (PTA baby) and Stella has readily made the transition to "daycare" food--all whole grain, adequate vitamins, etc. I still make and freeze ahead to have a healthy stash of food available at home. She is still loving any fresh fruit-especially watermelon and cantaloupe. The girl loves to eat!! And sometimes I think she can eat as much as me! Taking whole milk out of sippy (it was easier than I thought to transition away from bottle and formula--don't get me wrong the first few days are brutal but then it's the new norm) She now blows on her food.
- Stats:
- Height: 29 3/4 inches (25-50th%)
- Weight: 22lbs 13oz (50-75th%)
- Head 19in (95-98th%)
- Teeth: 9 (only 3 on the bottom)
- Sleep: Still a great sleeper. Goes to bed around 730 or 8 and sleeps all night. Usually up on her own by 730. Takes one nap right after lunch and lasts about 2-3 hours. She did for a while transition back to 2 naps a day. Not sure if she was going through a growth spurt or what. Her 2nd nap would be late in the day and when she woke up it she was extremely cranky. Talked with some other moms (including my pediatrician) and we made the move back to one nap. Things are so much better now! I always said that Stella was just a paci girl at nap and bedtime but that simply wasn't the truth. Ha the things we tell ourselves! It turned into her having it in the car, and during the day if it was close to nap time, or if she was teething, etc etc to where finally I wondered how in the world we would ever survive without it! Well 5 days ago I just started leaving it in her crib when we woke up for the day and WOW that was easy! I was really dreading that first car ride to daycare but I simply gave her a toy and we sang all the way there and she was fine, more than fine. Adam even got on board and he thinks she is easier to put to bed now. This weekend we ran errands and had one in the diaper bag in case of emergency and never had to use it--even in a restaurant! Maybe next month we'll try taking away at nap time..do I dare??
Well I know this has been rushed and I've probably forgotten a million fun and cute things that Stella does now. Again I'm loving this time with her. Hoping that I can blog more to keep documenting about this precious little one that calls me Mama. Sorry no pics...it's been too slow uploading.
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