I am also going to try to write down little things more, as the time new stuff happens i think to myself "oh i will remember this" or i wont realize that it is something i will want to look back on and know when it happened. Also, a few of my friends have younger babies and ask "when did noah do this, how old was he when he started...." and it is hard to remember. Also, the traditional "baby book" kinda stops after 12 months and skips to 2 years, 3 years, etc. AND month 12 is the last mini shutterfly book i will do. I am happy that i was able to keep up and he has a whole photo book for each month 1-12. I think if i did one giant book for his whole first year a lot of little things would have been forgotten about and some pictures wouldnt have made it in. I was also lucky that out of the 12 books i somehow was able to score about 7 of them FOR FREE! (Random promo codes they sent me, coupons printed out at check out lines, different websites offering free books, etc etc) I NEVER paid full price for a book with coupons and a lot were purchased thru gift cards people gave me :-)
Anyway, back to month 12.....
We have our check up on tuesday so i will come back and update
- Weight: 21lbs 2 oz
- Height: 32 1/2 inches
- We got our first tooth this month! And we ended the month with 4 new teeth!
- We can use the sippy cup no problem
- We can stand on our own unassisted
- We started drinking milk in the beginning of the month, and now we have 1 milk bottle a day and 2 formula bottles
- He is over eating jar baby food, he really only wants to eat what he can feed himself. He will have a pouch at each meal because i think he feels it is something he is doing himself. He has tried a bunch of new foods! His favorite discover i think has been watermelon. He loves it!
- Typical day in meals:
- 6:45am 8 oz formula bottle
- 8 am Breakfast.... pancakes, cut up fruit, english muffins are his staple foods. He also gets a fruit pouch
- 11am ish: 8 oz milk bottle (we just started this a couple days ago)
- 1230- Lunch: cheeses, turkey or chicken pieces, cut up fruit sometimes a yogurt and a combo fruit/veggie pouch
- 3ish: Snack: Yogurt if he didn't have one at lunch. Cut up fruit, puffs,
- 5pm: Dinner: usually whatever we are having. He really likes perogis, pasta, chicken, zuchinni, etc. He also gets a fruit/veggie pouch
- 6:30: Bedtime 8 oz formula bottle
- He also really likes: Grilled cheese, cooked carrots, shredded mozzarella, pizza, mashed potatoes/
- We are still in 12 month clothes and size 3 diapers
- He loves his books. When he wants to be read he throws the book at you. He really likes the touch and feel ones.
- He likes to pull his toys out of his toy chest or bin.
- He gives actual hugs, its great. He will come crawling up to you and dive into my arms. He squeezes really tight when its time for a nap or bed but then will go down with no problems.
- He gives big open mouth kisses. He will also kiss his toys and books if you make a kissing sound.
- He LOVES his walker. We just started putting him in it again in the kitchen while we are getting a meal ready and he will Nascar around the island laughing and giggling.
I will do another post about how we spent his actual first birthday and his birthday party after it happens.
