Ella…
BIRTH
Nov 15th, 2005
*She was born at 12:48am on Tuesday November 15th after I was induced at 5:30am on the 14th. She was wisked off the the nursery to be put on antibiotics because of my 102 degree fever for the last half of my labor. She weighed 7lbs 13oz and was 21 inches long.
ONE MONTH OLD
Nov 15-Dec 15
*Ella reached 8lbs 9oz by December 13th when she went for her one month check up!
TWO MONTHS OLD
Dec 15-Jan15
*January 13th- 10lbs even
THREE MONTHS OLD
Jan 15-Feb 15
*February 6th- 11lbs 4oz and 23 ¾ inches long
*Started holding her head up pretty well at about 10 weeks!
*First social smiles at 4 weeks but very few and far between until about 10 weeks
*12 Weeks-started laughing and vocalizing a lot-almost yelling/bird sounds
*12 Weeks-hates being in her heavy coat and strapped into her car seat-screams!!
*13 Weeks-vocalizing increasing, starting to reach for toys-not very consistently or
accurately but she has definitely held toys in her hand now by her own volition
FOUR MONTHS OLD
Feb 15-March 15
*She just started wearing size 3-6 month clothes and size 2 diapers!
*As of March 14, 2006 she weighs 12lbs 14 ½ oz and is 62 cm long!
*Ella is “talking” a ton and pushed herself up on her elbows while on her stomach yesterday! She is getting close to rolling over J She truly plays with her toys and this week has started putting them in her mouth.
*Ella is getting so big! She learned to take a bottle after about 2 months of refusing L
*Started liking/using exersaucer at about 4 months (until 10 months)
*4 ½ months She is using her hands in a whole new way-touching people and their faces anytime they hold her or are near her. She’s starting to hold her arms out to be picked up!
*4 ½ months She still loves putting everything in her mouth and is definitely teething (drooling, diarrhea, wanting to nurse but then stopping and crying and starting again) (or so I thought!)
FIVE MONTHS OLD
March 15-April 15
*April 10th, at almost 5 months old Ella just started rolling over both ways! She didn’t even really try before and all of a sudden she just does it both ways!!
*Still loves standing up and has really strong legs! Even without hardly any intentional tummy time (because she screams hysterically) she will now do it and can totally hold herself up on her arms and looks all around.
*Starting at about 5 ½ months she started making lots of new sounds every few days.
*Started firm napping schedule at about 5 months.
*Loves walking with someone holding her hands-started doing that at about 5 ½ months.
SIX MONTHS OLD
April 15-May 15
*Started solid foods at almost 6 months old-wasn’t really interested before that-learned to eat from a spoon very quickly and liked all the vegetables we tried. Rice and Barley Cereal both made her constipated (cried when she pooped, little hard pellets) but oatmeal was better.
*Can sit up by herself pretty well at 6 ½ months. Still will fall over after a few minutes.
*Turns pages of books, still LOVES reading
SEVEN MONTHS OLD
May 15-June 15
*Started saying “Da da da” at 7months, 1 week
*REALLLY social, big smiler, lots of eye contact, will go to anyone (7 ½ months)
EIGHT MONTHS OLD
June15-July15
*eats mostly baby food mixed with either baby oatmeal or whole milk yogurt (from probably 7-10/11 months)
NINE MONTHS OLD
July 15-August 15
*started army crawling, only did that for a few weeks, then started crawling on knees
*really into putting arms up in the air when we ask “How big is baby Ella?”
TEN MONTHS OLD
August 15-Sept 15
*definitely pulling up on furniture
*Started doing animal sounds when we ask “what does a ____ say?”
*can do bear, cow, and monkey really well (growled all the time for months after learning that’s what a bear does)
*Does patty cake
*Spontaneously did peek a boo
*really likes being sung to-only thing that makes her stop crying in car
*calls me mama when she’s sad or hurt mostly
*seems to associate “dada” with Chris but also calls everything else dada
*loves “reading” by herself, wil sit and look at books for a long time, has always let me read to her for a long time (probably up to 45 min-this changed around 12 months because she wanted to get down and move around since she’s more mobile)
ELEVEN MONTHS OLD
Sept 15-Oct 15
*totally done with baby food/rice cereal
*cruising
*can give me things when I ask with my hand out
*waves (different variations of waving from probably 9-11 months)
ONE YEAR OLD!!!
Nov 15, 2006
*Words
can say “dudu” for ducks
calls Raleigh “dada” but seems to know it means dog
Chris = dada
*learned how to put things “in” (toys etc)
*can give me things when I ask without my hand out
*started feeding herself with a spoon/fork from a bowl (not well but tries)
*dramatically better at keeping hearing aids in!! almost overnight started doing it!
*not putting things in her mouth nearly as much (put EVERYTHING in her mouth for many months)
*Very fickle eater-likes things one day and not the next
*loves : corn casserole, canned mandarin oranges
*really likes :cheerios, goldfish, graham crackers, most bread
*usually likes :olives, green beans, canned fruit (all kinds), string cheese, grapes
*Started Organic Whole milk a couple weeks before her 1st birthday, didn’t mind taste, went cold turkey from formula, at this point was having a bottle at 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 8pm
*Constipation: after a few weeks started having really painful, hard bowel movements, doctor said to cut out foods like applesauce and bananas, increase fiber (whole wheat cheerios, graham crackers, veg), limit dairy to 3 8oz servings per day; gave her mixture of apple juice, prune juice, and water every night for a few nights and she’s been fine every since (still has juice mixture every day at some point, eventually cut out juice all together and she’s fine)
*Started responding a lot to music-bouncing, “dancing,” humming along and to herself
*Got new forward facing, permanent car seat
THIRTEEN MONTHS OLD
Dec 15-Jan 15
*Really noticeable change this month in her ability to understand/interact! SOOO exciting! She laughs SOOO much more, smiles all the time, loves giving kisses (blowing kisses or open mouth kisses or just putting her forehead to yours)
*Much more cuddly-for the first time ever!
*Routines: she helps me-carries milk from fridge (with me holding her) and helps
*put top back on, opens up microwave
*opens mailbox, gets mail out, carries it in for me
*rings doorbell (tries, not very good at pushing yet)
*Can put her hands on her head, tummy, and toes when asked (and on someone else’s nose)
*Verbally-still doesn’t call me mama, calls most things dada but started to say “yeah” and seems to understand that it means “yes”
*Started pointing at things she wants and FINALLY started using “more” sign when she wants more
*tiniest amount of stranger anxiety beginning (a little more clingy to me, still hasn’t cried when I leave her)
*Finally doing better with sippy cups
*can scribble with a crayon (but not very interested in it)
FOURTEEN MONTHS OLD
Jan15-Feb 15
*Almost walking-walks holding onto one finger but putting very little weight on it
*Can point to her head, tummy, toes, hand, nose, eyes, ears, mouth, and shoulders reliably
*wearing hearing aids significantly better (will not touch them for over an hour at a time unless she wants attention)
*Signs
“more” and says “mo”
all done and can say “ah da”
“please”
learning “thank you”
*Still only four teeth but top side teeth almost through
*Clothes are mostly 18-24mos
*babbles an unintelligible language like she’s talking to us
*“sings”
*claps and dances to music (only kids music)
*does not like being in car-snacks and music sedate her
*Started cuddling, hugging, voluntarily giving kisses all the time
*Likes washing her hands at the sink (while I hold her up and with foaming hand soap!)
*Has bottle of milk when she goes down for her nap and at night only, sippy cup rest of the time
*Likes reading again (had a month or so of being unwilling to sit still for long enough to read more than one book)
*starting to have some separation anxiety and cry when she doesn’t get what she wants or I won’t let her play with something
*Still doesn’t really call me mama but doesn’t call everything “dada” as much any more (I think she thinks “dada” and “mama” mean “parents”)
FIFTEEN MONTHS OLD
Feb15-March 15
*slowly getting two teeth on each side of top front teeth (still only 6 total!)
*signs thank you
*new animals, body parts: fish, wolf, owl; chin, feet, knees
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