Another month that has flown by! Every day Addison amazes me more & more and brings such joy to our lives. The past month has been a little crazy. My parents, sisters, Addison & I all flew to Texas Texas
Size Stats: Weight, Height & Head – I weighed her in at 19.8 lbs. She is wearing all 9 month sleepers. She can fit into onesies ranging from 6 months to 12 months depending on the brand. She pretty much wears all 12 month sized bottoms. I feel bad trying to squeeze her into anything smaller than that! She seems so long and I am regretting getting the changing table we got because her head is to the top and her feet almost reach the bottom…doesn’t leave a lot of room for an excited baby to kick and try to twist and turn when we are changing her.
Development: She still hasn’t rolled over! I can’t wait when I can finally say she has done this! She sits up very well now. I usually keep her boppy behind her, but I really think she’d do fine without it. The poor thing has been chewing or sucking on everything! I think a tooth may be making an appearance soon. Her new thing is to rotate around in her pack n play. She doesn’t do it in her crib for some reason though. I’ll lay her down for a nap the long way, but when I go to get her after her nap, she has turned so her body is going the shorter way. Her head and toes are pushed up against the ends…I have no idea why she thinks this is fun! Maybe she likes the way the mesh feels? She constantly pushes up on her legs when you hold her. She wants to stand but she is very wobbly!
Personality: She is still a super happy easy-going baby! She just has the sweetest personality. A dark side has started to emerge just a little. After her bath at night before her bottle she has been throwing little hissy fits. At this point, I find them to be pretty cute! The teachers at daycare keep saying Addy is the most talkative baby they have ever been around…I believe it. She just talks & talks. She loves to give me hugs & kisses which are very drooly at this point! It is pretty much my favorite thing. She still hasn’t said Ma Ma, but she really only gives out her hugs & kisses to me, so I’m not too upset about that!
Eating: She has been doing really well with food. She has several bottles throughout the day and food for lunch & dinner. She has tried a number of foods including: Brown baby rice, Baby oatmeal, summer squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, green beans, peas, peaches, apples, a tomato medley and baby mac & cheese. She wasn’t a fan of avocados, but other than that she pretty much eats it all! At this point, I have pretty much bought all of her food pre-made, but I have a Beaba which lets you steam, blend and cool all sorts of foods. I recently bought a sweet potato, cut it up, steamed it and then pureed it. In a perfect world, I’d do this for all her food, but for right now I am just trying to make enough at the beginning of the week for just Addy’s dinners.
Sleeping: At least she is consistent! She still only takes 2 -3 naps a day ranging from 20 minutes to 45 minutes. Addy is heading to bed around 7pm (if she makes it that far) and sleeps until about 3 am where we feed her a small bottle and then she goes back to bed until about 7am. We will be working on dropping her middle of the night feedings in the next week. The doctor said she shouldn’t need to wake up in the middle of the night, it is just a habit she has gotten herself into.
Likes: She has a newfound interest in Brinkley. She enjoys watching Brinkley run for a ball and she likes to pet her paws with just her pointer finger, kind of random! She loves bath time still and I get soaked from all the kicking and splashing. She really loves looking at herself in a mirror, she gets so excited! She loves her talking book that Justin’s nana bought her. It sings several nursery rhymes and lights up, what’s not to like!? She loves it when anyone is silly with her and there is no shortage of that from anyone!
Dislikes: Still doesn’t enjoy tummy time and hasn’t been a fan of me wiping her nose because of her cold.
