11 months old

OK, I know that this is way over due, but I got to blog on her 11th month too even though she's a week away from being one. Well, I have really enjoyed this month, to say the least. Its like she's just on the verge of growing up and being a little girl, but still a baby. And, I definately want her to stay a baby.

She eats really well nowdays. I try to give her a variety of foods and a vegetable at each meal. The pasta pickups and meat sticks work well and I think she's going to become a green bean. They say, "you are what you eat". She still doesn't like fruit too much in its natural form. She'll eat baby food fruit at breakfast with her cereal.

The schedule: We had to change her schedule this month to coincide with the day-care schedule. She now eats what they provide when the toddlers eat in a modified diet. She doesn't eat the harsh things, but the vegetables and fruit and she is now taking a sippy cup during the day. At the end of the 11th month, (now) she is exclusively on the sippy cup for all the formula. We are trying the GO & Grow formula which is milk based now as a transition to whole milk. It still has all the nutrients of the formula though. I'm just taking it slow, b/c I don't want her to grow up too fast.

She takes about a 2 hour nap in the morning after breakfast at 8:30 and has lunch around 11:30 or 12:00. Then, she plays for a while and has another nap for an hour in the afternoon at various times. Supper is at 5:30 and bedtime at around 8:00. We're still doing the sippy cup before bed, but I think she's weaning herself off of that.

Sleep has been a small challenge this month. We've started the "crying it out" method of sleeping and it works pretty well. When she's really tired she'll only cry about a couple of minutes. Nowdays, she's crying a little more after she's already been asleep. I think b/c she's teething. She's got 7 teeth now. 4 on top and 3 on bottom. I'm not sure where the other one it coming. We brush our teeth every night and she loves to hold the tooth brush.

She mostly just says mama and dada for words and uh oh when she drops something. She's interacting more and more and not quite walking yet. She's so much fun to be around.