Saturday, February 8, 2014

1 year old

It is hard to believe Miss K is 1 year old How does time go so fast?! Here is a post on what she is doing/saying now: She loves lights and has started saying light/bite. She points to them every where we go and at home. She has learned to put the 't' on the end. She climbs the stairs. We finally put up a gate after 2 close calls where we took our eyes off of her and she was half way up before we found her. Parenting fail:) She walks with her push toy and will stand unassisted but she is not walking on her own yet. This girl can eat. I really don't know where the food goes. Yesterday I cooked her 4 eggs. My plan was to give her 2 and store the other 2 for today since she was also having avocado and pear with it. I left the kitchen to finish getting ready while Alan stayed with her. When I came back I asked where he put the left over eggs...she ate all of them!! The girl is a chow hound!!! Foods she is eating: peas, carrots, avocado, black eyed peas, beans, mangos, banana, cauliflower, broccoli, apple, peaches, pears, potatoes, green puffs, eggs, prunes...pretty much most fruits and veggies. She hasn't had any meat and very minimal grains (gluten free.) Her sleep is inconsistent. The last 3 nights she slept all night but we never know if that will be the case. Our routine is if she wakes, Alan will go and get her, change her and then bring her to me to nurse. I then take her back upstairs and she will go right back to sleep. She LOVES to nurse. Right now, on my work days, she will nurse first thing in the am (She wakes between 6am-6:30am most days) and right when I get home from work and then of course if she wakes during the night. I pump at lunch and before I go to bed. I am only pumping 2x/day and I am still over it. She is officially that kid that will pull my shirt down or try and lift it to get to the boobs. She is a comfort nurser too. She will pretty much kiss and go to anyone. If you kiss her, prepare yourself for an open mouth wet one:) She has the best belly laugh. She is still wearing a sz. 3 diaper and clothes are 12-18 months. I don't know how much she weighs or how tall she is. We always get that info at her checkup apts and her last one was 2 months ago. She had her first fever on NYE. Sick babies are the worst. Her temp got to about 103 so she was like holding a little furnace. Alan and I held her all night and got lots of snuggles. She was adjusted and we used oils and she came around NY day. As much as we hated seeing her feel bad we know fevers are actually a good thing so we let her body fight it naturally and I believe she was better quicker because of it. Her personality develops more and more each day. She is such a happy baby. She loves being around other kids. Alan and We laugh at her constantly because of all of the funny things she is doing or trying to say. She loves to show everyone her "bad cough" or her "sneeze." Sometimes her sneeze sounds like "ah-shit:)". She actually says that sound a lot even when she isn't trying to fake sneeze and we have no idea what she is trying to say. Mika has taught her to raise her hands in the air when she says "Praise the Lord." She can point to her ears. When she gives anything or anyone a kiss, she will say "awww" after. She can say Dada but she still can't say Momma. She will say baba when I ask her to say Momma. One day...:) We are so thankful for her and thank God every day that he chose us to be her Mommy and Daddy.