Kathryn Reese: 11 Months

 Weight: 18 pounds (our scale)

Length: 29.5 inches (our measurement)

Clothes: 9 month, 12 month

Diapers: Size 3

Sassy girl, you are 11 months old! I can't believe you are a mere 31 days away from being ONE! How did that happen?!! You are officially mobile...better late than never, right?? You are crawling, pulling up, cruising, and loving walking around holding onto my hands. I think you are close to walking because you are starting to let go of my hands and standing independently for a few seconds. I am so torn about how I feel about you walking - I want you to be independent, but I'm not sure I'm ready to have two walkers on my hands. Yikes! 

On the schedule front, not much has changed. You are still up around 6:30am, down for a nap from 9-10:30 in the morning, down again for a nap from 2-4 in the afternoon, and in bed by 7:30pm most days. I don't think you're anywhere near ready to drop the morning nap...you are CRABBY by 9am, so until you decide to sleep later in the mornings, we'll hold onto the morning nap. I was hoping you'd drop it around a year, but I just don't see it happening when you are up for the day in the 6 o'clock hour. 

We had dropped down to just two 7-8oz bottles a day - first thing in the morning and at bedtime - but I noticed you really haven't gained much weight (if any) this month when I weighed you yesterday, so I'm giving you an extra 4oz after lunch. I think making sure you get enough nutrition right now is more important than taking the bottles away. You will NOT drink milk or formula from a cup yet and look quite offended when milk comes out of the cup instead of water, so I think the nutrition is the priority for now. We'll get rid of them eventually. Some of your favorite foods right now are red grapes, cantaloupe, turkey, chicken, any kind of cheese, yogurt, apples, crunchies, yogurt melts, and goldfish. You had lasagna last night for the first time and seemed to like it. :) It was messy, but cute!

On the activity front, some of your favorites are wagon rides, swimming/splashing in pools, going through any kind of bag or bin, exploring the kitchen cabinets, just generally being destructive, and anything Mickey Mouse. You are talking up a storm and babbling allllllllll the time. You still don't have many words yet, but you are talking constantly and experimenting with new sounds.

I guess that's really about it, ladybug! We love you to the moon and back! XO!