Ella is 16 months old and has decided to walk this month! She's taken a couple steps at a time before but started walking between Chris and me a couple weeks ago and a week later choosing to walk on her own all over! She still falls after about 10-15 steps (or 3 or 4 sometimes) but is definitively walking :-)
She also got new open fit hearing aids recently and new hearing tests that make it seem like she has a sloping hearing loss like Chris (which makes a lot more sense than what they'd been telling us before-that it was a flat loss across all frequencies). She hears speech at 25-30 which is not bad at all (2o and under are normal). The new settings on her hearing aids (not nearly as loud as before) coupled with an open fit insert (allows the sound she can hear well to get in while ear molds do not) should cause her to leave her hearing aids in more and really help her hear better than she has been. Very exciting.
Ella is starting to say more and more words! She's just beginning to really mimic a lot of what we say. She used to only repeat words she was familiar with but now she seems more interested in just saying what we're saying. She was saying "apple" today rather recognizably. She signs but does not really say "please" and "thank you." She says "more," "all done," "duck,"dog," "turtle," "bath," "up," help," "mama," "dada," and "nana." She's getting very good at recognizing people and can pick them out of a crowd (nana, grandpa, aunt amy, christopher, hannah, aunt julie, aunt holly, uncle carl, lexie and probably a few more). She really understands so much!
She's very interested in the dogs right now and always want to play with them and go outside with them. She really wanted to give Brooklyn some water yesterday and was standing by the sink with Brooklyn's cup saying "he he" (which means help). She looked so pathetic I decided to put a little bit of water in the cup for her. She then tried to walk, holding a cup that is about the size of her whole torso, back over to the dog's dish. Since she's only been walking for about a week I knew this wouldn't go well and sure enough she fell and spilled the water after about 2 steps. She looked up at me looking so sad and I told her it was ok and turned to get a towel to clean up the water. When i turned back around she was trying desperately to pick up the water in her fingers and put it back in the cup. She's SOOOO cute!
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Weight: Birth through 15 Months
Growth!
Nov 15, 2005- 7lbs 13oz, 21 inches
Nov 15, 2005- 7lbs 13oz, 21 inches
Nov 25- 7lbs 2oz
Dec 15- 8lbs 9oz
Jan 13, 2006- 10lbs even
Feb 6-11lbs 4oz, 23 3/4 inches
April 12- 13lbs, 9oz
May 16- 14lbs, 14 oz
June 5- 15lbs, 9oz
June 29- 17lbs, 7oz (with clothes)
Aug 21- 18, 9oz
Nov 22- 20, 12oz, 30 inches
March 2007- 21lbs, 11oz, 31 inches
LIFE: Birth through 15 Months
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
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
Ella's Schedule Birth through 15 months
I really should have started this a long time ago so I'd have a record of Ella's milestones and growth (because I'm sure I won't remember very well!). So, here's what I've written over the last year. Now I hope to update often.
Birth-5months
*followed most of babywise
*eating on 2 ½ hr schedule from 2weeks on except for extended night sleeping
*at 2 weeks old put her in her bed after a 10pm feeding and let her cry (were only going to let her cry 15 minutes, as per Babywise instructions), she cried for 13 min and then fell asleep, 11 min the next night etc. until she went to bed without crying almost every night (still happening at 16months)
*went to bed late (10ish) so her extended sleep would coincide with ours-worked well
*went through a phase at 3-4 months of getting “stuck” waking up every morning at 4am to eat, eventually slept through it if I let her cry
5-6 months
*eating every 3 hrs from 8am to 10pm
*naps at 10am (1-1.5hrs) and 3pm (2hrs) , bed at 10pm
*wakes up at 8am
6 months
*baby food at breakfast and dinner, 6 meals a day
*naps at 10am and 3pm, bed at 9pm
*wakes up at 7/7:30am, eats at 8am
*went through stage of getting up at 6:30am
7 months
*baby food at 3 meals, cut down to 5, then 4 meals a day
*naps at 9:30/10am (1.5-2hrs) and 5pm (1hr), bed at 8pm
*wakes up at 7/7:30am, eats at 8am
8-11 months-not much change
12 months
*went to 1 nap (she would sleep for 3 hrs if I didn’t wake her at her morning nap so just moved that nap later until she slept from 1-4), still gets up bw 7-8am and goes to bed bw 7-8am
13 months
*amazing stage where she sleeps every afternoon for 3-3 ½ hrs.! lasted about 2 month
14 months
*early in the month-waking up around 8:30am, nap from 1pm-4pm, and going to bed 7:30pm or 8pm
*later in the month because of teething and Chris being out of town (very upsetting to her) she’s now waking up earlier (bw 6 and 7:30am) and napping til about 3 or 3:30
15 months
*waking up bw 7-8am, napping shorter (1-3pm), bed bw 7-8pm
*for months has been eating 3 meals a day and usually a snack while we’re out in the morning and after her nap
*won’t give up the bottle-tried going cold turkey but she will cry hysterically for up to an hour if I put her down without it and immediately stops and goes to sleep when I give it to her…trying to wean her off by only giving her water in the bottle but she’s had the stomach flu so we’ll resume that when she feels better
Schedule
Birth-5months
*followed most of babywise
*eating on 2 ½ hr schedule from 2weeks on except for extended night sleeping
*at 2 weeks old put her in her bed after a 10pm feeding and let her cry (were only going to let her cry 15 minutes, as per Babywise instructions), she cried for 13 min and then fell asleep, 11 min the next night etc. until she went to bed without crying almost every night (still happening at 16months)
*went to bed late (10ish) so her extended sleep would coincide with ours-worked well
*went through a phase at 3-4 months of getting “stuck” waking up every morning at 4am to eat, eventually slept through it if I let her cry
5-6 months
*eating every 3 hrs from 8am to 10pm
*naps at 10am (1-1.5hrs) and 3pm (2hrs) , bed at 10pm
*wakes up at 8am
6 months
*baby food at breakfast and dinner, 6 meals a day
*naps at 10am and 3pm, bed at 9pm
*wakes up at 7/7:30am, eats at 8am
*went through stage of getting up at 6:30am
7 months
*baby food at 3 meals, cut down to 5, then 4 meals a day
*naps at 9:30/10am (1.5-2hrs) and 5pm (1hr), bed at 8pm
*wakes up at 7/7:30am, eats at 8am
8-11 months-not much change
12 months
*went to 1 nap (she would sleep for 3 hrs if I didn’t wake her at her morning nap so just moved that nap later until she slept from 1-4), still gets up bw 7-8am and goes to bed bw 7-8am
13 months
*amazing stage where she sleeps every afternoon for 3-3 ½ hrs.! lasted about 2 month
14 months
*early in the month-waking up around 8:30am, nap from 1pm-4pm, and going to bed 7:30pm or 8pm
*later in the month because of teething and Chris being out of town (very upsetting to her) she’s now waking up earlier (bw 6 and 7:30am) and napping til about 3 or 3:30
15 months
*waking up bw 7-8am, napping shorter (1-3pm), bed bw 7-8pm
*for months has been eating 3 meals a day and usually a snack while we’re out in the morning and after her nap
*won’t give up the bottle-tried going cold turkey but she will cry hysterically for up to an hour if I put her down without it and immediately stops and goes to sleep when I give it to her…trying to wean her off by only giving her water in the bottle but she’s had the stomach flu so we’ll resume that when she feels better
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