- Weighs 19 lbs. 9 oz., which is only in the 25th % for her age, but is almost 30 inches long, which is the 75th %. So I have a tall & skinny girl! (Also, her head circumfrence is 18 inches, which might not mean much unless I tell you that is the 80th %-- she has a big head.)
- Still takes 3 bottles a day at this point, but will soon be down to 2, and hopefully, to none by the end of the month. We just have to work on getting her to take milk from a cup!
- Is still a very good eater. She loves ham & cheese sandwiches and will eat a half of one, along with a cup of yogurt and even some mac & cheese in one sitting. She will eat any "grown up" food I feed her (seemingly because she likes that she's eating what mommy & daddy are eating). She is getting bored of Cheerios, though, and usually won't eat those!
- Still sleeps very well at night (at least 10-11 hrs.) but is a crummy napper. If she gets over an hour nap in the morning, she usually thinks she's done for the rest of the day, even though she gets really grumpy by 5:00. Once preschool starts (Tuesday!) full-time, she'll only be able to take her afternoon nap, at 2:00 (she'll probably fall asleep in the car on our way home every day), but I expect she'll sleep until at least 4 every day. Maybe she'll start sleeping in in the mornings to compensate for the late afternoon nap??
- Says "uh oh" appropriately, but not much else. She says something that sounds like "whazzat?" but not sure if she knows the meaning. She also said something that sounded like "hello" the other day when she picked up her toy phone. But when I prompt her, "Leah, say mama," she will respond "dadadada."
- Understands the command "give me a kiss" and will respond by leaning forward and putting her lips to yours.
- Pretends to "read" by pointing at the front of a book and blabbering all the syllables she knows, bzzabzzabee."
- Uses her pointer finger to point at things she likes (not necessarily things she wants, though). Lately she likes dogs. She points and waves at every one she sees, even the ones on TV.
- Loves to play peekaboo. She will grab a towel or sheet and put it over her head until someone says, "Where's Leah??" and then she'll pull it down and smile really big until you say, "There she is!" In the bath, she pulls the shower curtain in front of my face to try to get me to play.
- Is already getting into everything, even though she's not officially walking. I'm usually worn out by 9am getting her out of the magazines on the shelf, the toilet paper in the bathroom, the shoes in the closet....
- Finally learned how to crawl on her hands & knees with her belly up off the floor. She still resorts to dragging that belly if she wants to get somewhere fast, but most of the time, she's up now. And here I thought she'd skip straight to walking...
- Her favorite new thing is to hold her arms out for someone to pick her up. She constantly wants to be picked up. I've started pulling her to her feet and helping her walk to wherever she wants to go. But other people just can't resist those outstretched arms & pitiful pout.
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