Ashlynn: 13-14 Months

Ashlynn,

You turned 14 months old today! The first part of your 2nd year has flown by.  You are changing every day!

13 Months

14 Months

You are still sleeping though the night. (SUCH a blessing for your mom and dad!) You normally sleep around 10 hours each night, and take 2 naps a day.  When you wake up the first thing you do is sign for  food. You weaned off of formula and bottles throughout the first part of January.  It was thankfully an easy transition and you now take whole milk, water and juice out of a straw sippy.  You are still eating a good amount and variety of food.  I actually asked the dr. if it was possible for you to eat too much, but she said to let you eat when you were hungry!

As of last week, you weighed 24.2 lbs.  This is in the 80% of kids your ages. You wear size 18-24 month clothes, wear a size 4 diaper (we are in disposables for now until Bailey comes!) and wear a size 5 shoe.

We had to take another trip to the dr. last week.  You have had constant colds since November.  This time you had a double ear infection and started on your first antibiotic.  We also started you on allergy medicine, and that has taken care of all of the cold problems.

Your vocabulary includes:

Mama, Dada, dog, cat, duck (guck), cow, frog, bunny, cat, cheese, banana, more (mo), please, all done, knock-knock, car, go, G-Ma (gaga), Bampa (Ba-pa), Papa, Grandma, Grandpa, Shane, Paul, Kelynn (Kel), maraca (raca), no, toot, poop and book.

You can sign more, food, water and please.

A few more things to remember:

You are WALKING! You walk and run everywhere you can.  

You LOVE music. And instruments. And dancing. 

You have become a bigger fan of books lately, and will bring me your favorites to read.

You love to throw and catch balls.

You are not a girly girl. You do not like bows or pigtails.

You are still a water baby and will spill over cups on the floor just to splash in the water.

Your daddy is still your favorite person (and your momma is a-ok with it!)

You went to the dentist, and think brushing your teeth is funny.

You are starting to get where you don't want us to rock you at night. You just want to be put down in your crib. (This is kind of sad, but also so exciting that you are gaining independence!)

You are still such a happy, smily girl! Your personality is continuing to bloom and you have got some spunk and feistiness. It keeps momma and dada on our toes!

You love to blow and give kisses!

It is hard to believe that next time I update on your milestones, you will be a BIG SISTER! I cannot wait to see you interact with Bailey and love on her.  

Each day with you is a blessing sweet girl!

Love,

Mommy and Daddy