Double-digit months! I can’t believe my baby is so big!
Height: 28 inches
Weight: 16 pounds 12.8 ounces
Clothing size: 6-9 month things fit just fine, but I’m about to bust out all her 9-12 month stuff for summer!
Eyecolor: Baby blue.
Teeth: FINALLY! I’m so excited that she has her two bottom front teeth now! She was a little cranky when they were coming in, but it was nothing unbearable. She’s still as sweet as can be, even when I’m certain her gums were in pain.
Eating: She nurses every 3-4 hours now, although I still have the idea stuck in my head that she’s a tiny baby who needs to eat every two hours. Usually, I try to feed her more often than she’d like, and when she refuses, I remember that my baby is growing up for real.
We have still been super slow about solid food. Most days, it’ll be bedtime and I’ll realize that she has had only breastmilk all day. Oops! We’re busy, eating real food is messy, and I’m pretty scatterbrained these days… so those are my excuses. I’ve been trying to give her one Gerber puree at dinnertime when I remember. She loves any of the fruit ones we’ve tried, and thinks sweet potatoes and squash are okay. Veggies are not her favorite!
Favorite things: Splashing in the bath, dancing, going upside down, and being tickled. She loves dancing to music (especially the “Sherlock” theme song)! She loves any wooden toys (although I’ve been trying to not let her chew on them with her new teeth), and she loves snuggling with her stuffed animals. She really loves her plush Simba the most!
Dislikes: Getting dressed/undressed, and Kaya taking her toys.
Sleep: We start getting her ready for bed around 7 pm, and she usually nurses for quite a while until she passes out. She usually wakes up once or twice between then and 6 am. She’s up for the day around 6:30 am, and doesn’t like to take a real nap in the morning, so between 10 and 11 am, I’ll let her take a “nursing nap” on me for about 30 minutes. If we’re in the car or taking a walk, she power naps on the go. Her real nap is around 1:30 pm and lasts until 3:30 or 4 pm.
Nicknames: Baba, Baba Grace, Baba Gracie, Snaggletooth (haha).
Milestones, etc.: -Everyone loves to ask me if she’s crawling yet… and the answer is still no! BUT I will be shocked if she doesn’t crawl here in the next couple weeks. She’s started to realize that she can’t always reach what she wants, and she stretches so far to try to get whatever it is… she wants to MOVE but she’s not quite sure how to do it yet! She can rotate 360 degrees on her bum though, so she might just be scootin’ her booty across the floor soon instead of crawling for real.
-She started giving kisses this month… which means she pretty much eats your face! When she first figured it out, she was a kissing machine and wanted to slobber on mommy all the time. She doesn’t do it as often now but it’s still so cute.
-I don’t know how she does it, but she loves pulling individual threads out of the carpet. You’d think it’d be difficult to pull pieces out, but she is a pro and I always have to watch that she isn’t trying to eat them.
-She has her own dance move now… it involves bobbing her head up and down so quickly that her whole body sways with her. It’s definitely hilarious!
Dear Kaelyn,
You are the calm to my storm. I cherish the time I get to sit with you, hold you in my arms, and stare at your sweet face. You always give me the biggest, whole-face-scrunched-up grin.
Everyone loves you so much, princess. All the Young Women at church take turns holding you (there’s often a waiting list), and you’re so patient and happy all the while. You’re a pretty quiet gal, but when you want to be heard, your voice is shockingly loud!
I’m excited to see you start moving around on your own and exploring! Hopefully, you’ll still love to cuddle with mommy once you’re all grown-up and mobile!
Love you, little sweetie!
Love, Mommy