One YEAR update

Ok, so Sophia turned one acouple weeks ago and I'm super behind on the blog post. And, I haven't even had time to take pictures so this is just an update of where she's at. :) Pictures will be posted later....probably after we move this weekend.

I cannot believe my baby is now a toddler and is ONE!! She has gone from 7 pounds 8 ozs to over 24 pounds in just a year. This past year has honestly been the best year of my life. We could not have asked for a better baby. Let’s see, she started sleeping through the night at 1 month (thanks Mom), she never really got sick (thank goodness), she never was colic, she has always taken good naps, has been a GREAT eater, and the list goes on. Don't get me wrong, she has thrown some fits, she did vomit on me in the plane, I have been pooped and peed on....but those are just minor compared to all the good days. I know, I sound like “one of those moms” but I don’t care. I couldn’t be more proud of my little girl! She has brought soo much joy to my life.


Last Friday we had her 1 year check up. It went really well. Her pediatrician was SOO impressed at everything Sophia is doing. She asked if she’s started talking yet and said she would be happy if Soph was saying 3 words. As soon as that came out of her mouth…Soph looked towards the window and said “car” as one drove by. Dr. Berends was soo impressed. We told her some of the other words she’s said and Soph (being a show off) repeated them for her. She said Soph is currently at a 15 month old level. I’m sure my face was beaming.


Here’s her stats from Friday’s appt.:

Head: 17.9” – 60th percentile
Height: 30.5” – 87th percentile (2 feet 5 inches)
Weight: 24.2 pounds – 88 percentile

2 feet 5 inches….wow, she’s one inch short from being half my height lol!

Here's her weight since she's been born:

Birth - 7 pounds 8 ozs
one month - 11 pounds 8 ozs
two months - 13 pounds 5 ozs
three months - 14 pounds 5 ozs
four months - 16 pounds 6 ozs
five months - 19 pounds (this is by our scale)
six months - 18 pounds 6 ozs
seven months - 20 pounds (this is by our scale)
eight months - 21.5 pounds (this is by our scale)
nine months - 21 pounds 14 ozs
10 months – 22 pounds (this is by our scale)
11 months - 22.5 pounds (this is by our scale)
12 months – 24.2 pounds

Clothes: She can still wear acouple 18 month outfits depending on the brand but she’s mostly in 18-24 months and 24 months. I bought her several new Fall outfits that are 24 months and she received some 2t outfits for her birthday. She’s still in size 4 diapers.

Food: She’s down to one bottle a day (before bed), breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks in between meals. Since last month she’s tried some new foods including: meatloaf, ½ an Oreo, ribs, pickle, mushroom, tomato, pasta salad, pretzel and cheerios. Her favorite lunch is turkey, crackers, cheese and grapes. She would eat that every day if I’d let her. We’re also OFF formula which has been super nice. We give her Vitamin D organic milk and she loves it. She’s also a BIG fan of Mac n cheese but I try to limit that to once or twice a week.

Sleep: She’s still a great sleeper. She’s still going to bed around 8 and doesn’t get up until between 7 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. We think she’s trying to wean herself from her morning naps, she rarely takes one now.

Activities: She really understands direction. If we tell her to get her ball, hug her baby, or ask if she wants to go outside…she understands it all.

After she hears “outside” she’ll get mad if she doesn’t get to go out. She’ll also run to you and hold on to your legs wanting you to pick her up and take her out. If you tell her to get her shoes to go outside, she’ll find her shoes and bring them to you. When you say “car” she’ll run to the kitchen windows and look out them and say “car.” She has also been pointing at things a lot. She climbs on everything…she’s a little monkey. Before getting into the bathtub I stand her next to the tub, take off her shirt and pull her shorts down and she knows to step out of them. We put up gates in the living room and she figured out if she crawled under the kitchen table, she’d be able to get out of the “enclosed” areas. She picks up her phone, our phones…or anything that looks like a phone and will hold it up to her ear like she’s talking. She’s also been giving hugs and kisses which melts my heart.

Talking: She is a little chatty Cathy. Some new words since last month include: car, truck, fan, yucky, milky, kitty, cat, pink, pie and pretty. She also says new letters including: P, R, E, T, A, I. She also spelled her first word..PIE. We credit the show Word World for that. I think she’s said acouple other words maybe once (repeating us) but I can’t think of them now.

Teeth: She still has eight teeth – four up top and four on the bottom.

Likes: Going outside is still her favorite. She loves this little car her Auntie and Uncle Ricky bought her. She also loves playing with her babies and feeding them bottles, carrying around her purse and putting things in it, feeding Maya, bouncing and playing on Maya’s dog bed, carrying around her letters and seeing how many she can hold at a time – I think the most so far is 8.

Dislikes: She will still throw fits from time to time when she has to get into her car seat.

So I know I said before that I wanted her to discontinue the bottle at one…however, it’s been way to hard on ME. We’re down to just one, before bed but I’m not ready to let my baby become a toddler and only get a sippy cup before bed. I’m hoping in the next couple of weeks we’ll be able to transition. I’m going to try giving her ½ of a bottle and then the other ½ in a sippy cup.