I can't even begin to describe without forgetting all of the cute things you do. You clap and wave (hi & bye), you do "so big", you blow kisses, you give open mouth kisses (a favorite!), you crawl, cruise around everything... and a day after 11 months you ATE finger foods!!! Finally. This has been mommy's big "stress" trying to get you to eat food and wondering what our day will look like. Now just a few short days later you are eating a lot of food and its a whole new journey.
Lets see, you still love the hide n spin monkey toy, you really started to like to play the piano, you like your cube (fun on 5 sides haha), you like stuffed animals, reading books and rolling around in blankets. You eat kleenex and wipes if they are left on the ground and you ripe them apart. You are so much more aware of what is going on around you! You say baba when you see your bottle, mama, dada, and kinda say ni-ni when we say its time for bed. You are starting to say sounds after we do like na-na and pa-pa.
This month you went on your first vacation with the Lankford family (Nana, Papa, and Uncle Tim). We went up to Lake Geneva for a couple days. You actually slept in the bathroom (no judging please....) because it was the quietest, darkest room! We walked downtown and had you very bundled up, we swan two days in the pool - you LOVE it. You did well being on such a weird schedule and being out and about.
Unfortunately most of this month you were sick. First with a nasty cold & cough and then a short flu bug. Not fun... so you had your first days of pedialyte and eating only applesauce. It was not fun for mommy but YOU did well and were not super grumpy. You still took naps and slept through the night!!
Your schedule is the same except an hour later because of the time change. We lowered your milk intake so you would eat more solids. Thats about it!
6:30/7 am awake and bottle - 6 oz
8:30 breakfast (yogurt and prunes)
9:30 nap
11 6 oz bottle
12 lunch
3 6 oz bottle
4:30/5 Dinner
6:30 Bedtime and down by 7!
This next month we are trying to combine your meals with milk (formula still) so we can take the milk from a sippy and start to get away from bottles. Mommy and Daddy have a plan but we will have to see who you like formula in a sippy cup and if you can eat and drink that much together. Its a whole new world getting you off the bottle - I still remember when we tried so hard by 3 months to have you TAKE a bottle!!! Its a little bit sad to me that someday soon you will have your last one... It makes me realize how big you have gotten and that so soon you will be 1!!! I cannot believe this. My sweet little tiny newborn a ONE year old.
When you were sick and just laid down on me all day..
11 months!!!
Swimming at the Y
You had a visit to the easter bunny and were so excited. You did not cry or anything!! Easter is in about a week and we are remembering Jesus died on the cross for us because he loved us, he provided a way for us to God and we are forgiven!
Love you bug
<3 Mommy
