This past month she started crawling (can I say... FINALLY!) Once she learned she was on the move every second she could. Even while I try to change her diaper she wont stop. She has found every corner, crevice, and spec of dirt in our apartment. I have dug about a million tiny pieces of something that she gets ahold of. I vaccum everyday and I STILL cant believe the things she finds. She is also standing on her own all the time and the other day while I was Skyping with my parents and stood her up to show them how she can stand and she ended up taking two steps towards me and then balancing enough to keep standing. They were able to see her first steps!! It was quite an amazing moment. Since then she has found that when I stand her up in front of me if she dives forward that I will catch her and she thinks that is WAY more amusing.
She is eating well and still breastfeeding. She knows what the word "milk" means and will look to nurse if I say it. She does well in the car and sleeps through the night, unless its too hot like it has been lately. She sticks her tongue out and spits and makes an elephant noise that cracks her up. When he wakes up in the morning or a nap she loves to cuddle with me for about 5 minutes, and I love it! She hugs me so tightly :-) She knows when I ask her for a kiss and comes at me open mouthed. She loves being with her grandma but is still slow to warm up to strangers. She loves to mimic us, especially if do something weird with our mouth (stick our tongue out, or do a popping noise with our lips).
She loves to climb on the mats at my work and sits and bounces on the trampoline. She will sit quietly and then look over and burst into conversation babbling like something just came to her that she needs to make sure we know. She loves to clap her hands and does it when she gets excited. She loves Tasha, and any other dogs, and were trying to quickly teach her to be gentle with them.
At her one year appointment yesterday they said she was 29 inches, which is the 50th percentile. She was only 17 lbs and 8 oz though which means she has only gained a quarter of a pound since March and she was in the 3rd percentile. The doctor ran a finger prick test which showed her iron was low and she needed blood work done. We went straight to the hospital lab where they drew blood. The only results we have been given were her iron and it came back in the normal range, but the very bottom of the range. She has been put on a high calorie diet which means more snacks, more dairy (yogurt, cheese, milk) more protein (eggs) and beans/legumes. We cant do nuts because of Nicks allergy but we will do everything else we can. Im hoping she starts to gain weight and gets out of the danger zone, our little girl needs to grow!
Scarlett is one amazing little girl and we feel like she grows more and more each day. She is learning new things constantly and its so incredibly fun to watch her. We are so blessed and so happy she is ours. We love our baby girl!!
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| One Years Old! |
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