11 Months you were 18 pounds 6 ounces fully clothed and inches long
Not much has changed this past month regarding Isla's schedule. I'm breastfeeding her 3 times a day and trying to get her to drink formula in between. Some days she doesn't mind it, but other days she refuses to drink anything besides water and milk from me. We've tried different formulas and changing to an assortment of bottles/sippy cups, but still haven't found a winner. I'm trying to not introduce a new bottle, since she is so close to 12 months and most doctors want to start weening off the bottle at one. So now I worry that she's not getting enough milk most of the time and that she isn't getting enough nutrients. Ugh, it's so hard. I really don't produce that much any more, so feeding her from me all the time isn't really an option either. She does eat solids really well and I try to make sure she is getting a variety of healthy foods. Most mornings she still gets oatmeal, but she also loves pancakes/waffles/french toast and yogurt for breakfast. I made her a few homemade kale, strawberry and banana packs that she loved.
This girl still loves to eat. Her favorites this month are muffins, especially bran muffins. She really loves texture vs most pureed food anymore. She eats anything that we are eating, including an afternoon eating some pizza from a local brewer. She was obsessed and actually got mad when we stopped feeding her. Her favorite things are those she can bite and pick up with her little fingers. If she hasn't felt a certain texture before, she likes to squish it before trying to put it in her mouth. She is getting pretty good at feeding herself. In the last week, she really enjoys holding the spoon, but mostly plays with it. We got her a new highchair, so now she can actually use our kitchen island as her tray. She also loves to watch your reactions to banging her hands or sippy cup on the counter. She knows she's not really supposed to be doing it, but checks to see what our reaction would be.
Sleep on the other hand has been terrible this month. I swear, we've only had one or two good nights. We have definitely had some rough ones. I think that she's now waking up every time she ends a sleep cycle, which means 10:30 and then between 1-2 AM. Then, she has decided now that she is going to wake up at 5 AM. I am SO tired some days. I'm not sure what to do now that she can stand up. She literally wakes up and immediately stands up in her crib and cries. I think our goal this month is to stop picking her up and figure out how to keep her in her crib all night.
For some reason, she also wants to be a little beaver and gnaw on the table. She's done it a few times, and I've had to tell her no. She didn't get any new teeth this past month, but I feel like they are on their way. I'm kind of surprised that it is taking so long for the next ones to come in. She also has started to bite a few times. From what I can tell, she mostly does it when her teeth hurt her. I have to sternly tell her no, which she gets her upset.
Isla is still in her 9-12 month clothing. I got a few new 12 month pieces, and they are huge on her. Her cloth diapers haven't changed, but her disposables have gone up a size to the 3s. She actually has been wetting her diaper at night, so we do try and change her once when she gets up.
It's crazy how fast this last month flew by. I swore Isla would be walking, but she is still too scared. She really does have the capability to walk on her own. She has great balance and in the last week has been standing for quite a while with out realizing she's balancing. She knows to walk with our fingers and actually will come and grab your pointer fingers to walk. If you are hiding a hand, she will search for it if she wants to walk. She also has stopped a few times and not wanted us to hold her hands. Not sure why she was doing this exactly. She is also climbing up on everything she can. Her favorite evening activity before bed is climbing all over me and D on the couch. She is like a ping-pong ball, bouncing from one person to the other.
Other new things she has discovered this month are waving and saying 'hi'. It's not really the word hi, but she does make a higher noise every time she waves, and I tell her to say hi. It's adorable. She looks at her hand as she waves it and wrinkles up her nose. She also has perfected her high five. She will slap your hand multiple times on her own now. We've gotten her to clap a few times, but haven't worked on that quite as much. The 17th of January was the first day she really started saying Mama and directing it towards me. Mostly she is still just jabbering it all the time. Isla also has gone back to adding Dadda in her vocabulary. She is really good at knowing what things are. We work on momma, dadda, dog and cat as well as noise associations with those two.
She has been so much fun this past month. She adores being outside and even has gotten her hands dirty in the leaves a few times. Isla gets ridiculously excited when we tell the puppies we are going on a walk. It's the best thing ever. Steel is so good with her. She adores laying on his butt and feeling his fur. He doesn't even care if she crawls all over him. I still have to watch her, in case he gets up. I don't want him to send her flying!
Sweet baby, I can't believe how beautiful you have become, inside and out.
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