Age 12 months
Weight & Length Kate weighs 19 lbs 13 oz (50%) and is 30 inches tall (77%)
Clothing size Starting to wear many 12-18 month clothes.
Hair Blonde
Teeth Six (top 4 still only partially in)
Sleeping Kate goes to be most nights between 7:30 and 8 pm and sleeps until about 7-8 am. Most nights she wakes around 5:00-6 am to nurse. Kate still takes 2 naps a day (10 and 2) about 75% of the time, but can make it through a day with only one nap as well.
Eating Kate nurses early in the morning around 5-6, and then takes bottles of breast milk 4x during the day. She takes bottles before AM nap, afternoon nap, around 4-5 pm and before bed. She tried her first cow’s milk mixed in a bottle this week just after her birthday and did fine with it. She isn’t too keen on cold milk out of a sippy or regular cup yet. Kate really enjoys feeding herself anything. Her favorite foods are strawberries, cheese, hummus, PB & J, cottage cheese, crackers, and yogurt. She is now signed up for school lunch and snacks but it is hit or miss what she eats. She does eat pouches occasionally but is particular about which ones she likes and when. She is very opinionated about some foods and is happy to throw things on the floor when she isn’t in the mood to eat them!
Movement She can stand independently for a few seconds and recently started walking! Kate took 4 steps in a row around 11.5 months. She still can only do a few at a time when she is in the mood, but before we know it she will be walking everywhere!
Milestones First (few) steps! She is consistently signing a few words more and all done on a daily basis.
Favorite toys/activities Kate really likes to read. She also is starting to like to snuggle with her pink bunny lovie. She loves the spice rack drawer- and loves to pull out each spice jar and jars of sprinkles and shake them like toys.
Dislikes Bumps and bruises- this girl loves to move and sometimes has a minor bump/bruise to prove to us how active she is :) Looking forward to a phase when she is accidentally hurting herself less.
Words & sounds Kate loves to giggle. She will say more, hi, bye bye and Mama/Dada. She is interested in sign language and consistently signs all done and more.
What we love Kate and Jackson love to play together. They are working on sharing but the back and forth between them even when they are teasing each other is hilarious! Kate has such an adventurous and happy personality. She brings such joy to our family. We can hardly believe she is already one!
What we don’t love Early morning waking. Though, soon she won’t need me for those early morning nursing/snuggle sessions, so I should probably cherish it while it lasts.
What we’re looking forward to next month More walking and more talking!!!
