I contemplated not even posting this month at all, seeing as how this is going to be my last update before shutting down my blog and also that it's already a month late. Oops. However, I know that a lot of you are like me and you need closure. I've posted an update every month of her entire first year of life and I can't drop the ball now, with only one month left. So here it is, the final monthly update for Miss P!
This monthly update will be based on her 12-month milestones and developments as of June 13th. I will give a short up-to-date summary as to how she is currently doing at the end of this post.
Weight/Length: As of her doctor's appointment on June 17th, she weighed 20 lbs. 3 oz. and is 30 1/2 inches tall. She also received her next round of vaccines as this doctor's appointment: MMR, Chicken Pox and Hepatitis A. The doctor also told me that she is cutting teeth #7,8,9 so even though we can't really see them yet, they are back there and we can feel them!
Hair: A mix of dirty blonde and light brown. It seems to be lightening up though!
Eyes: Hazel
Diapers: Size 3 Pampers Swaddlers (regular during the day, sensitive at night)
Clothing: All 12 month sized clothing and 12-18 month sized sleepers.
Favorite Things: Books, puzzles, crib mobile, giraffe WubbaNub, bunny lovie, Little People Disney Princesses, balloons, rattles, Baby Einstein Activity Table, Musical Lion Walker, Elephant Rider, and Minnie Mouse!
Loves: Looking at books, taking apart puzzles, sleeping, playing with her toys independently, watching "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse", taking baths, when you sing to her, zoo animals, stealing your iPhone, brushing her teeth, the pool, grocery shopping, waving and clapping, pointing at everything, looking at pictures or videos of herself, peek-a-boo, "dancing" to music, squealing and "talking".
Dislikes: Us leaving her alone for too long (with the exception of sleeping), sunscreen, teething, trying to get her to do or eat something that she doesn't want to, laying down for any reason other than taking a nap, clothing and diaper changes, having dirty hands, cake, being on her tummy, being confined, and not being able to see what is going on around her.
Feeding Patterns: We are trying to use up all of the formula we still have before fully switching to whole milk. We are already mixing in whole milk with the formula and she seems to like it so hopefully the switch to whole milk on it's own will be easy. She has a bottle in the morning (4 ounces formula, 2 ounces whole milk) when she wakes up. She has waffles for breakfast after her bottle. She likes to share my waffles with me and she will only eat them if I feed them to her off of a big plate with a real fork. At lunch, she has a bottle (4 ounces of whole milk) at 1:00pm and then a variety of whatever solid foods she is willing to eat that day at 2:00pm. She currently likes cheese, green smoothies (pineapple, banana, mango, kale and spinach), cottage cheese, chicken, puffs, applesauce, and mashed potatoes. For dinner (around 5:30pm), she has a similar variety of whatever she was willing to eat for lunch that day. She is still not a huge fan of trying new foods, and I never know what she is going to be in the mood for, so I just keep trying new things every day! Before we begin her bedtime routine, she has another bottle (4 ounces formula and 2 ounces whole milk) at 7:00pm.
Sleeping Patterns: This child loves bedtime! She gets so excited for her bedtime routine and when I bring her into her room at bedtime, she just smiles and points at the crib for me to put her in it. She must get this from me because I love going to bed too! She sleeps 11-12 hours per night, typically going to sleep around 8:00pm and waking up between 7:00-7:30am. If we had a really busy day, she will sometimes fall asleep a little early or sleep until 8:00 the next morning. She still takes her morning nap religiously. Come 10:00am, she is tugging on me and pointing to her room because she wants to take her nap. She naps from 10:00am-1:00pm typically. She is starting to skip her afternoon nap sometimes and just power through straight to bedtime. However, I still put her down for a nap at 4:00pm everyday, and sometimes she sleeps for an hour and sometimes she just plays contently in her crib for an hour.
Month Twelve Milestones: This month Peyton finally started becoming a little (still very little) mobile. She finally figured out how to push up from her tummy onto her bottom so now every time she falls onto her tummy she can just get herself back on her bottom instead of getting mad and screaming for me. She also sits up on her knees and will also crawl maybe 1-2 steps before sitting back down. I can't believe that she made it all the way to her first birthday without crawling! I think she's a little lazy, just like mommy :) She is constantly trying new consonant sounds to make new words, her newest favorite word is "octa-sss" for when she holds up a piece of one of her puzzles that is an octopus. If you sit her on your lap and say "big hug!" she will throw herself onto your belly, wrap her arms around you and give you a big hug. It's the most adorable thing I've ever experienced. She finally learned how to drink through a straw correctly (no more "baby bird" feeding) and she loves to drink her smoothies through the straw. She figured out how to scoot herself down to where her mobile is attached in the crib, reach up and push the buttons on the mobile to turn it on and change the songs. She also knows how to blow kisses. I finally broke down and let her watch small increments of television simply because I literally could not get anything done around the house. So in a desperate situation, I will use "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" to my advantage and I'm not ashamed to admit it. This kid loves her some Minnie Mouse and the Disney Junior channel is my new best friend. And last but definitely not least, Peyton turned the big ONE and she has a sassy little personality to go along with her new toddler identity. She may still look just like Jared, but she has all of my personality and I love it!
We discovered that just like mommy, Peyton hates cake. Yes, I am secretly happy about this.
She also hates messy hands. Diva.
Kappa Sigma families at Peyton's first birthday party!
My little southern belle in her seersucker monogram. Love.
A trip to the zoo with cousins!
The WubbaNub club :)
Turning one calls for a mommy-made photo shoot
I may hate the taste of cake, but I love how pretty it looks for decoration! I'm obsessed with Peyton's first birthday cake. Publix is amazing.
We survived our first year of parenthood!
I love spending my days with this girl in the playroom.
Thinking about crawling, maybe? Nope, just gonna keep scooting.
This is the most interaction she will have with our dogs. Poking their toes.
We found mommy and Uncle Chris' stone from 1999 at Disney World!
Peyton's first ride on the Walt Disney World monorail!
With my favorite girl, in my favorite place in the world.
Peyton's first visit to Disney's Animal Kingdom!
Peyton's first interaction with Disney characters!
Mama Thoughts: I have a one year old. Pinch me. The woman who had never changed a diaper and only held three babies in her entire life before Peyton actually managed to keep a child alive and thriving for an entire year. Cheers to me! Now that I have one full year of mommy experience under my belt, I can confidently say that having a kid is the coolest thing I've ever done and I'm pretty darn good this mommy thing, thank you very much. With every stage, I just love her more and more. Obviously each stage brings new challenges and sometimes extremely hard days, but no matter how many difficulties we face, the abundant joy always outweighs the frustration. Peyton is truly and gift from God and the best thing that ever happened to us. I can't wait to continue watching her grow and learn every single day!
Happy 1st Birthday Peyton!
More Recent Update: Peyton finally started crawling!!! She is crawling all over the place and loving her new mobility. She has discovered some new foods that she loves as well: french fries, hamburger, bread, peanut butter, popsicles and she is obsessed with strawberries. She is still drinking 3 bottles per day, but they are all whole milk now. She loves milk, just like mommy. She added some new words to her vocabulary: she now says "ba-ba" when she wants her milk, "na-na" when she sees either of her grandmas, and anything that has Anna from Frozen on it she points to and says "Anna". Her new favorite activity is playing on the splash pad. She loves to splash around in the water. Our neighborhood has one that we go to sometimes and we have a little inflatable one in our backyard that she loves. Anytime we go downstairs, she points to the patio where her splash pad is and wants to go outside and play in it. She is becoming quite the independent little lady!
My child is over a year old now and still does not have an official "baby book", so it's time to say goodbye to blogging and hello to scrapbooking!
