Happy 11 months, Anna!

Not much has changed over the last month, but we continue to fall more in deeply love with our youngest's personality. She is so happy and loves being able to scoot around and play with toys. Her siblings are still her greatest delight and chief joy. Anna's smile is infectious!

Diaper: size 4/5
Clothing: 12 and 18 month

Likes: tickles and kisses and monkey bites, doing her tricks (clapping, shaking her head, mouth noises), letters in the bathtub

Dislikes: self feeding, being put down when she thought she was getting snuggles (oh the attracities!), using her legs

Eating: Anna is still on a healthy diet of sweet potatoes, squash, prunes and pears, but we enjoy giving her little bits of what we are having for dinner. She doesn't think it is as exciting as we do :) A lot of times we have to touch a new food to her lips before she will acknowledge that it is edible. (It may be that all that forcing antibiotics down over the winter made her a little wary of our motives!) She is loving cheerios and I love that she can munch a little while I fix food.

Sleep: Not a great month, but she has done well the last few nights. She could really do without any more teeth, right?!

Routine: An ideal day (no change)-

7:30 First feeding of the day
9:00 Nap
11:00 Wake
1:00 Nap
3:00 Wake
7:00 Down for bed
9:00-10:00 Nurse and back to bed for the night <--- still doing a dream feed

Physically: Anna's hair is coming in really nicely. I love the shape of her hair! She has four teeth on top and two on the bottom. Her method for sitting up involves rolling through a split. She does it without blinking! Our doctor advised me to give them a call before her 12 month visit if I was worried about her gross motor skills. I made that call at 11 months and she had a hip x-ray that came back normal. She is now on a waiting list at the local physical therapy clinic and we'll see which comes first- progress or an appointment! (The waitlist is why the doctor had me call before her well visit.) She has the cutest little scrunched nose smile :)

Communication: We think Anna has starting saying "night night" along with waving when we make the rounds before putting her to bed. She is very pleased with herself either way, and loves the attention at that time of day.

Next appointment: June 29, 2017 10:30am

Four peas in a {very tight} pod

Strawberry picking