Abby turned 1 while we were away in Hawaii on January 22nd. She is now 13 months old but I thought I would update you on what is going on with her lately. This one year with Abby has gone by so quickly. I will soon be returning to work and it makes me sad that my second baby is no longer a baby anymore but a toddler. Crazy!! We just love our little Abby, she is always happy and full of smiles.
Weight/Size Abby weighs just over 22 lbs as of our last doctors appointment on January 30th. She is wearing 12-18 month clothing and can sometimes fit into 12 month clothing depending on the brand. My favourite outfit on Abby right now is a floral print pink tights from Gap and a 3/4 length dark grey waffle shirt from Joe Fresh. They are both 100% cotton but so soft and the more you wash them the softer they get.
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| My favourite shirt and pants on Abby! |
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| Two Monkeys |
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| Wants to be just like her big sister |
Diet/Food Abby is expanding her food plaet now that she has passed her FPIES challenges. She is now able to eat pieces of food on her own. She has the pincher grasp down perfectly. She has now gotten better at drinking from a sippy cup. I have to say, "Abby drink your milk." Then she will take a sip and we will all cheer and clap. It has helped a lot. She still breastfeeds 5 times a day almost every 3 hours from 10 minutes to 25 minutes. It's our snuggle time! I am starting to wean Abby from breastfeeding so she is only breastfeeding twice a day when I go back to work on April 6th. That way I can feed once in the morning before work and once before bed at night. She loves eating food, some of her favourites right now are chicken, banana, peas, kiwi, blueberries, yogurt and cheese.
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| Mom I'm done |
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| Drinking milk from her sippy cup |
Health Abby is fighting a cold right now. But will hopefully be over it soon. Kyle came home last Friday with a sore throat and then Claire caught it and now Abby has this darn cold. Other than colds and FPEIS she is one healthy girl.
Sleep Since mid February we dropped Abby's morning nap and she now only has one nap a day. I was finding she would only have a short morning nap for about 1 hour or so and then for the afternoon she wouldn't sleep very long. Now that she doesn't nap in the morning she is having nice long naps in the afternoon for at least 2 hours and sometimes if I'm lucky even closer to 3 hours. She will go down for her nap anywhere from 12:30-1:00. At night she will go down for the night at 7:30-8:30. I would really like her to be in bed closer to the 7:30 time but it's hard with Kyle working late because of tax season because he doesn't get home some nights until 7. He likes to see the girls before they go to bed. She sleeps through the night now, waking up for the day anywhere between 6:30-7:00 am. The odd night she will wake up crying like this last few nights because of her cold but for the most part she is a good sleeper. I was able to wean her from her 1 am feed in December before we left for our trip. It was so nice to be able to sleep for a solid 8 hours without having to get up and feed.
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| Dress up time! |
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Social Life After getting home from our trip we were able to get our bearings again and get back into our routine at home. We had some play dates with friends and hung out with our families. Abby loves getting out and seeing our friends and family. She loves to tag along for shopping trips too. When she is in the car she insists on taking off all of her socks and shoes, hats and mitts. I guess she is done with winter like the rest of us. When we are out she is so quiet and observant, she loves to watch everyone around her. She rarely fusses or cries when we are out and about.
Playing Abby enjoys playing with her big sister around the house. She loves doing everything Claire does from, reading books, taking care of her babies, doing puzzles, and colouring. Recently, Abby is obsessed with opening and closing doors and cupboard doors. If she opens a cupboard I will say "Abby close it please" she will look up at me and then close the cupboard, it's soooo cute! Friday she started to put a small phone to her ear and say "Hiiii" it's adorable. She likes to push her little baby around in the shopping cart around the living room. Her little baby from my parents for Christmas is her favourite toy, she will cuddle with it and give it lots of kisses. Kyle likes to play a cute game with her, he will say "daddy's going to get you." and she will run as fast as she can away from him and laugh. It's adorable!
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| Rock Star! |
Milestones Abby started walking just before Christmas, Christmas Eve to be exact. She can really motor now when she's walking. She loves to dance now when we have dance parties after dinner in the living room. She will rock back and forth on her feet with a cute little smile on her face. She is talking more and more now too. She can say some words or her version of them, hi, bah bah (bye bye), uh oh (her favourite to say when she drops something), da da (daddy), mum mum, and all done (those it doesn't quite sound like that). Abby has 8 teeth now. She is now getting two more top teeth that are almost fully out.
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| She loves playing with babies |
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