She had her 12 month check up on August 23rd and weighed 18.5 pounds and was 28 inches tall. She's in the 25th percentile for height and weight. My smallest baby. (Michael was always in the 90th percentile, and Noah was in the 50th percentile).
I'm so excited every time she hits a new phase or discovers something new about the world! I have to remind myself that she's experiencing everything for the first time (sometimes it's hard to remember that since my oldest two are years ahead of her).
Diapers: She is comfortably in Size 3 and we won't be moving up anytime soon.
Clothing: There's still a few shirts in her drawer that I put on her without thinking that they're 9 month size. Mostly, she's in 12 month clothing. She received a super cute overall set for her birthday, and it's size 18 months but I put her in it the other day just because, and it wasn't too super huge. :) She got a good amount of clothes for her birthday, and a couple things are long sleeve 12-month size that she'll be able to wear this fall, but most of the clothing was 24 month size and I think I might be more excited to dress her in toddler sizes than I was to dress her in baby sizes, and that's saying a lot because I have fully enjoyed dressing a little girl!
Sleeping: She is still sleeping through the night, which makes me give all the praise hands! She'll go to sleep around 6:30 (sometimes as early as 5:45), and she'll wake around 9 or 10, but only for a minute and she puts herself back to sleep. She wakes in the morning anywhere from 6:30-7:15.
Feeding: She detests baby food now, and prefers to feed herself whatever we're having. I can't remember if I mentioned it on the blog, but she had an adverse reaction to rice right before she turned 9 months old and her pediatrician told us to refrain from giving anything with rice (rice flour, rice cereal, rice pasta) until she was a year old. At her appointment, I asked about this and the doctor said to keep refraining until she's 18 months old. So, we're doing that but it's hard to find things that don't have rice! On the nights when I cook something for the rest of us that has rice in it, then Avery will get something separate. She still loves shredded cheese and has recently discovered jello (red, of course) and go-gurt (which I squirt into a bowl). I'm also working on getting her to use sippy cups for water in between bottle feeds. She knows how to use the one with the straw, but doesn't like the sippy cups resembling bottle tops. She takes about five 8-9 ounce bottles of whole milk during the day.
Mobility: She is working on running! She still likes to be held at certain points of the day, but most of the time she's meandering around on her own.
Habit: She's taken her diaper off a couple of times in the house, but fortunately it's been right after a diaper change, so nothing is messy. I quickly put a onesie on her though when this happens!
We had a little party for her on the Saturday before her birthday. It was peachy floral themed. We made her cake from scratch (German Chocolate from the old Betty Crocker cookbook) and it was so good! She thought so too!
Here's her 1 year old photo shoot.
Oh, Avery, you bring such joy to everyone around you! We love you so!
Until Next Time,
Much love, Reba
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