This has been one of Ellie's biggest developmental months! We have loved watching her grow and it seems she is learning a new skill daily. One of those skills being tantrums--Josh and I have our work cut out for us in the discipline department!
At 11 months...
Ellie is crawling! We thought the day would never come--I'm so glad she decided to crawl rather than skip it and just walk. It is adorable to see and now we clearly know what she has been wanting to get into the past 11 months. Her little knees are red at the end of the day from so much crawling!
She's made huge leaps in her speech this month--she's constantly babbling and making lots of new sounds. Some new consonants that she's consistent on now are n, b, d, g, k. She is also changing her intonation to match ours and when she's babbling it's like she thinks we really understand what she's saying. She has also started a new giggle the past couple of days--I am going to try to catch it on video soon.
Ellie is very cautiously cruising the furniture and whatever she can get her hands on to move. She prefers to be standing up, even if it's just hanging on to the couch.
She has a pop up toy--with five different animals that pop up and she is able to push them down--hasn't learned how to get them up yet!
She's feeding herself very well but she's also eating baby food again--and letting us feed her if we need to, Praise the Lord! It makes getting food in her so much easier when she allows us to help! One of her top teeth broke through and that is my only explanation for the food revolt. She is also drinking from straw cups--whether it's hers or ours. She loves the straw!
She loves being thrown up in the air and then dropped down low--she will giggle and giggle. She is turning pages in books and continues to love being read to. She shakes her head when she hears the word "no" or "don't" or "shouldn't". She waves hi and bye backward--towards herself. I love it!
She is throwing balls back and forth and does a great "wind up" although she is picking up on just rearing it back and throwing it without the wind up--sad, because it's adorable.
Gracie is her best friend--although Gracie does not reciprocate the love. Ellie wants to be wherever she is in the room and thinks she is the silliest thing ever.
She gives kisses to us and her toys and whoever else we tell her to.
We go on daily walks and she's a great rider in her stroller. It's my only daily exercise so I'm thankful she doesn't mind it.
She has started sucking her thumb to sooth herself when she is going to sleep--thankfully she doesn't suck it any other time during the day and she only sucks it for 5 minutes or so to fall asleep.
Favorite toy: ball
Favorite food: strawberries and yogurt
Favorite drink: apple juice or tea
Favorite song: Old McDonald
Ellie is in:
6 month and 9 month clothing--oddly they seem to fit her the same.
9 month pj's.
Size 3 diapers
No clue on her stats...I feel like she has grown this month though, especially length wise.
Ellie's schedule at 11 months is:
7/7:30--wake up and bottle (5 oz)
8:30--breakfast
9:30--nap
11:30--bottle (5 oz)
12:30--lunch
3:30--snack (first bottle feeding we've dropped)
6--dinner
7--bath; bottle (5 oz); bed
We have had a ridiculously busy month of April--and March too, honestly--and it's nice to look at our calendar in May and see that most weekends are open and will be spent here at home! We're looking forward to her big birthday shin dig at the end of the month, but in the meantime...praying these last days before she turns 1 will creep by a little more slowly then the past 11 months!
I love this last picture...those sweet precious baby fat leg rolls that we worked so hard to get! Her NICU doctors would be proud, I know!
