Rosemary, 13 months

May 30, 2007 09:57

No monthly letter this month. When I started doing it, I planned to only do it for the first year and I think I should stick with that plan since I will do this for future kids and I’m sure it gets harder and harder to find time to do with each kid. I am still going to do a monthly post, because she is growing by leaps and bounds and I don’t want to forget all this. It doesn’t seem totally right to stop keeping track of her development while she’s still developing so much! So, here is this month’s list:

Rosemary at 13 months.
• You took your first steps on mothers day. 4 steps to be exact, and later in the day you took 6 steps. Just a little over two weeks later, walking is your preferred method of transportation. It’s fascinating to watch you concentrate so deeply. You put a lot of thought into each little step and, as a result, you rarely fall down. You are extremely careful.

• Your favorite word is, “Joel!” I called to your daddy from the other end of the aisle in a grocery store and you have been calling it ever since. When you wake up in the morning, you usually call, ”Joel! Joel! Joel!” Other words you can say are (besides, “bye,” which was your first word) “duck,” “quack,” “hi,” “uh-oh,” “thank you.” In reality you are getting very good at repeating words we can say. However, whenever I ask you to say “mommy,” you usually say “dadadada” or “nananana.” Hrmph.

• You know and do the signs for “more,” and “doggy.” I think you recognize signs for “milk,” “eat,” and “bird.”

• You love ducks. Your blanky is a duck and you love the ducks in books and pictures.

• You are a big girl! At your one year doctor appointment, you weighed 25 1/2 lbs and were 32 3/4 inches long. To quote Dr. Aronson, “You’re off the off the charts.”

• You started drinking whole milk and you LOVE it. I’m really surprised at how easily the transition from soy formula to whole milk went. You still don’t eat a whole lot. But you do like chewing on pickles.

• You had your first two plane rides this month and you did amazing!

• You still throw up a lot. You have figured out how to make yourself throw up and you try to do it when you get really upset. We’ve been doing a better job of not making a big deal out of it and you have been doing it less and less.

• Last month you grew your first tooth, you have spent this entire month teething. You have a total of 4 teeth and you are cutting at least 3 or 4 more. Your teeth have grown in an odd pattern. 1st a bottom front tooth, then the top tooth to the side of the front teeth, then your other bottom front tooth, and then the top tooth to the other side of the front teeth. Your top front teeth haven’t come in yet and as a result, your smile is pretty goofy. Actually, it’s a little creepy, to be honest. :-)

• You love crossing the threshold from the front porch to the living room. You go back and forth and back and forth.

• You still adore Baby Signing Time.

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