Lexi doesn't go back to the doctor until April so we will know official stats then. But our at home scale says around 15.5-16 lbs right now so hopefully she's gained some weight! I think she looks a little chunkier in her thighs, belly and face.
Eating:
I'm happy to say that she has gotten over her picky phase (for the most part!) She's not such a fan of veggies- although she loves her mama's squash, carrots, and peas. She loves pretty much any fruit, eggs, yogurt, cheese, bread, muffins, pb&j, deli meats- ham, turkey, chicken. I think that her picky phase was a lack of appetite due to teething- she had 3 teeth pop up within a few weeks of each other! She is now drinking milk like a champ and drinks anywhere from 6-10 oz a day. One day she drank 3 sippy cups of milk- about 15 oz!
I am still nursing 3-4 times a day- morning, before each nap, and at night. We have started dropping a feeding before her afternoon nap (we've tried a couple days) and one day she fell asleep on my chest when I was rocking her before her nap and the other day she cried for about 15 min (threw BOTH pacis out- she has to have 2 now in the crib...) so Marshall went in and gave them back and she fell asleep about 5 min later. We'll see how she does without nursing before her naps. We've procrastinated dropping them because it's so quick and easy right now and we knew we'd be traveling in March so we waited until after that. It's a little bittersweet to be dropping them. In one aspect I feel the freedom in not having to nurse but another part of me knows I will miss those sweet, snuggly moments.
Napping/Sleeping:
Still on a 2 nap a day schedule. She naps anywhere from 1-1 hr 45 min. and usually doesn't cry at all going down. Still wakes up around 7-7:45 and goes down each night around 7:30
Clothing:
Anywhere from 6-12 months fits her pretty well depending on the brand. We are having to look at height and weight on tags to see what she will wear/grow into this summer. Most of the summer stuff we've gotten is 9-12 months.
Things she's loving:
-When we tell her "good job"...she claps
-dancing
-mimicking us
Firsts this month:
-Teeth 4 & 5
-Saying papa and grandma (more like Uma), Katie (which she says caca...ha) for some reason she won't say long vowels, dog (daw), duck (duh)
-Actually playing, splashing, and being in the bathtub like a big girl. We just got a no slip pad for her to have in the tub and she loves being in it! She now plays a lot with her bath toys! She HATES having her hair washed though- she cries every time we pour the water to rinse her hair.... we don't know how to do it without her sitting up. She won't really lean back. Any other ideas, parents?
-Taking her first steps alone and standing for long periods of time by herself. She isn't a "walker" (no, not that walker...The Walking Dead fans) yet but she's really close!
Little Extras:
-She's getting better picking up one food item at a time. Not great, she still grabs handfuls of cut up cheese out of containers and stuffs her mouth but sometimes she'll grab 1. We'll call that progress ;)
-Her fake laugh is still hilarious!
-She now waves at anyone who will look at her and says "haaaaayyyyy".... She has everyone in Starbucks looking and waving at her every time we go... not that we go often or anything.... I mean they only know our names and drink orders ;) and SIDEBAR we actually went today and the guy says to Marshall- hey I was hoping you'd come in today after that Duke game and our win last night...He's a UNC fan and we all chatted it up last time hahaha
-She is busy ALL the time. Doing multiple things at once, carrying things with her, having one thing in each hand, putting things on and off the table, in and out of buckets, pulling all the bags of marshmallows, ziplock bags out from the bottom shelf of the pantry etc. She likes moving!
*This was written March 22
