Sophia seems to change so much everyday. She gets more confidence in her standing skills and is a rebel with the stairs. She is super silly and her personality is really starting to shine! She learned some new tricks this month and we are so excited to watch her continue to learn and grow!
- We didn't have her weighed this month, but if I had to guess, she is probably close to 20 lbs.
- She still eats like a champ. I am amazed at the types of things she is able to easily eat with little or no gagging. For the most part, she eats whatever we eat and does so without any fuss. She really loves food. Fruit, veggies, protein, she loves it all.
- I decided to start weaning her from nursing, since I have a million bags (no lie, I have a stand alone freezer and the freezer on our outdoor fridge full of milk. Then I have a huge box of milk in both my mom and Zig's moms freezers). I figured since I worked so hard to make and store all that milk, I would hate for it to go to waste. My original plan was to wean her morning session first, wait a week or 2 and then wean the evening one, but I am a little selfish and I think I am going to keep the evening one for a little bit longer. She is so soft and snuggly at that time. I am not ready to go. That being said, if I want her to get a full feeding in in the morning, I have to give her milk in a bottle. She will drink way more. She drinks great from a cup any other time, but I think it was an easier transition for her. We will be starting a new routine February 1 when the girls switch to a Montessori daycare (more on that later), so I plan to try and drop the bottle then and pick up with the sippy. We are pretty set on no bottles after 1. She drinks about 16-20 oz a day still.
- She waves! She was doing it really consistently for a while, but now she is kind of over being a show pony. She will wave on her own terms, not on demand.
- She says mama!
- She started blowing kisses a few days ago. So sweet.
- She gives the best kisses ever. She puckers up her sweet little lips and means it. No more open mouthed wet kisses for this girl.
- Neither of my kids were/ are very snuggly once they became mobile. They both would rather be on the move, exploring, than being held. When she does snuggle up, its the best. Emily has gotten a lot more lovey as she got older. I hope Sophia does too.
- She can sign milk and more. She goes through phases on using them though. If you sign milk to her, she understands.
- She can stand for long periods of time, but no real signs of walking yet. She is such a fast efficient crawler, that I don't think she thinks walking is necessary at this point. She cruises between and around furniture like a champ.
- She is still in size 3 diapers, size 9 month and some 12 month clothes and size 2-3 shoes.
- Her favorite game is chase. She will look over her shoulder at you to see if you are paying attention to her and then she crawls at warp speed away from you, giggling like a fool.
- She also loves to play a modified peek a boo. She likes when you hide behind things and pop up to peek at her. She will do it to you too. Smiles all day.
- She loves to dance.
- She is super shy. She will hid her face in your shoulder or in the blankets first thing in the morning when you go to wake her up and has the sweetest little grin on her face.
- She babbles a ton and is starting to put different syllables together. Instead of just mama, dada, etc, she will babble different sounds like ooh ah, ooh ah, and uh ohh.
- Today I swear she said daddy when she heard Zig in the hall.
- We switched her out of her baby seat and into a rear facing car seat that Emily used to use. Emmy is now in a bigger convertible seat.
- She has 2 teeth.
- She is the BEST sleeper. On the weekends, she will go to bed at 7 and sleep till at least 7. We can feed her and she will sleep in till about 9 or so. There are days she skips that 7 feed and sleeps straight to 9.
- We transitioned her to a mat at school and she is down to one nap a day.
- She eats a full lunch and dinner and 2 snacks a day.
Starting February 4th, both girls will be going to daycare. Stephanie is expecting a baby shortly after Sophia's first birthday and has decided to close the school. We were pretty heart broken because Stephanie has done some amazing things with the girls. We love that she takes them on so many field trips and has taught them so many things. Emily is pretty mature and well spoken for her age. At the same time though, we are happy for Steph and more than anything we really feel that it is what is best for Emily too. We had planned to send her to some kind of preschool a few days a week starting this year. She really needs to work on patience and not always being the first priority. Right now, she has Stephanie's full attention and has not really learned how to wait. She interacts well with kids, but socially I think she will love school. I think she gets a little bored with just Sophia all day. Now she can run and just be a kid with other kids her age. Sophia will adapt just fine. She is so easy going. The school we are sending them to is a great school and we are really excited to start the change.
It is so hard to believe that Sophia is almost 1. I feel like I have forgotten to post so much about her sweet little life, but it is forever engraved in my memory and heart. She is such a good baby.
