Stellyn's 11 Month Milestone Minutes

Foods:

Mei loves loves loves to eat...I feel like I feed her all day long. Jeff and I often have to cut her off because we just don't think it's right for a baby her size to consume that much food. Lots of times she eats 2x the amount her brother does for a meal. She drinks lots of water from any kind of sippy cup lately. She nursed 4-5 times a day still during her tenth month and just this week she's down to 3-4 times...so she hasn't slowed her breastmilk intake too much. We are done with the jarred foods however she will still eat one if she's given the option. For the most part if it's food...she eats it. I mean what 10 month old eats lamb chops (well, they are BB's lamb chops...but still)

Signs:

No new signs...still the basics. She definitely tells us when she wants something my grunting and bouncing on her bum in her seat and tells us "no" by shaking her head (vigorously) if she doesn't want something or doesn't want to go somewhere.

Sounds/Words:

Quacks like a duck because we go to visit the ducks in our pond at least once a day and they are very verbal mallards! She still S-Q-U-E-A-L-S like crazy when she wants something...I guess we need to work on that signing... We are fairly sure she says "ba" for ball and "baaable" for bottle...but could be wishful thinking:)

Notables:

• Stelly has a total of 8 teeth now. The top middle left and side left came in at 9 months and she went a whole month looking crooked until her right middle and right side teeth arrived at 10 months. Just the other day both side bottom teeth came in...
• She took her first steps at 10.5 months and loves to just let go and "try" to walk but she has no business walking yet...I mean absolutely NONE. She is so unstable but has all the confidence in the world. She will get lucky sometimes and take 3-4 steps and inevitably tumbles to the ground. Without skipping a beat she gets on all 4s and speed crawls the rest of the way to her destination. In case you were wondering, Aston let go at around the same time but he made sure he was right and ready.
• I still feed her in the middle of the night mainly because I LOVE it. She soooooo wants to wean. The only times I can get her to feed is when she's sleepy or sleeping:(
• Jeff and I decided the other night that we were sad that we haven't had a kid that sleeps in our bed. We felt like all our friends have/had kids who sleep with them or jump in bed with them at some point in the night. We wanted to know what we've been missing while we still have a baby. We decided we would bring her in bed with us at 12:30 am. Jeff ran up and got her and I waited, sitting up in bed, to receive her so I could feed her. The idea was I would nurse her, she would pass out and then she would be all snuggly. WRONG! Instead, she started screaming and crying and tossing and flipping! She was sooo mad we woke her up and kidnapped her from the confines of her cozy crib. Jeff and I looked at each other and laughed!!!! It really was quite comical...I mean what ding dongs! 1.5 hours later she fell back asleep in her own bed. This was actually the 3rd time we've tried this...it's never worked...I guess we need to be happy we have independent sleepers.
• Mei loves to chased! She crawls like a speed demon and giggles as we crawl after her.
• If you request a kiss from Stell she will attack you with an open mouth:) She loves to give her brother hugs and open mouth kisses
• She still snuggles with you if you ask her too and now she pats you on the back too whiles she does it...I guess because that what we do to her?...she does this to her baby dolls and to her Puppy too and rocks them side to side as she does it...ahhhh...so glad we have a baby girl...pure sweetness
• Sings (babbles) along with the music in the car and has some cool dance moves now (I mean other than just the baby head bop)

I love this cell phone pic. I took it at playgroup (in the Willette's backyard) last week. Mei looks like such a big girl playing with her bother's big pals:
Mei insists on walking everywhere she grabs your hands in such a way that you have no choice but to walk with her...Hanging out with Lizzy...again...more on Lizzy later...She and her brother do some real-deal rough housing now...she laughs the whole time so I've been less jumpy lately when it comes to pulling Aston off her..."ahhh that was fun...now I just need to fix this mess on my head..."Love her "just up from nap" look:

Picnic on the green with her brother...Raptor Center photos:

She was pointing everywhere...she LOVED all the birds...she really is an animal lover...it may be her "thing" as cars are to Aston? Maybe...

Random bath shots: