13 months

I will probably not put a big bow on B's head and do our monthly photo shoot for her posts from now on (for both our sakes..), but I do want to continue to update on what she is up to so I don't forget! 

I couldn't understand how my mom couldn't remember certain things about us as kids cause I thought, "There's no way I'll forget these things!"  Well, I've already forgotten so much.  Friends with  younger babies ask me about the early months with B, and there are so many things that I just can't remember!  So I want to keep updating.  I don't know how frequently... We have some friends who have a 3 1/2 year old daugher and they still do monthly updates and pictures.  So we'll see how long I can do it!

Blakely has done really well with sleeping/napping this past month.  She got really consistent with her naps, and has been going down super easy for them.  (with a few exceptions...) She has also lengthened her naps a little.  She freqently takes 1 1/2 hour and occasionally a 2 hour one!  I hardly know what to do with myself.  The lengths have been all over the place though, and it makes me wonder if she is getting close to dropping her morning nap.  Just today she refused to go to sleep this morning, so I just put her down...she will either wake up in 20, or maybe 2 hours.  Let's pray for the latter. 

She is really attached to her hippo.  I wanted to get her attached to something long ago, and I think it's going to come back and bite me in the rear.  I have said for months that we need to get another one for back up, and now I think it might be too late.  The thing is already getting a little floppy. 

She is taking 3 bottles a day- 8oz in the morning, 4/5oz at lunch, and 4/5oz at supper.  I am trying to get her off the bottle and on to a sippy, but it is not going so well.  I don't know if I need to just put my foot down and not give her the bottle anymore, or what.  Any suggestions, mom's?  She also is off and on with whole milk.  She will sometimes take it fine, and sometimes we have to mix in some formula or she won't eat all day.  She will not take anything but formula from other people- so wierd.  She also is still hooked on her binky.  That's another thing on our "to do" list to get rid of, but I keep putting it off cause I don't want to deal with it!  Stephen wants to go cold turkey, and I want to go gradual...Suggestions???

She is off and on with solids.  She had about a month where she would not eat anything but sweet potatoes and bananas (baby food).  She is now eating a few more bites of veggies, but will not eat any meat.  She eats bread, occasionally cheese, she LOVES yogurt, and crackers and cheerios.  She really wants to use silverware by herself.  She has pretty much zero accuracy on her own, but we have just been trying to embrace the mess the last few days. 

She is starting to climb.  She wants to climb up in a chair or on the couch and she wants to stand up.  I should probably not be letting her do this, but it's too funny. 

She is saying momma and dadda/daddy a lot more.  She also says, duck, bath, ball, bottle, chicken (sortof), baby.  She is a yeller- she loves to talk as loud as she can.  Especially when Stephen and I are taking to each other- so we can't hear a word the other is saying.  She barks when she hears or sees a dog, she knows where ears, eyes, nose, mouth and teeth are. 

Oh, and she has two teeth on bottom, and I think she is cutting one on top. 

She is wearing 12-18 month clothes, and she still wears a lot of 9month onesies.  The arms are getting short though.  She wears a 5-5 1/2 shoe and apparently she has wide feet.  She got her first pair of real shoes- which I am not a huge fan of.  Why can't they make kid's shoes cuter without being totally impractical?  The cute ones are like flats- which just doesn't seem like a good idea for a baby, and the practical ones are so clunky and ugly.  But I decided if she is going to run around outside then I want her to wear good shoes- not cute ones, good ones. 

Whew!  That was a long one...