Tuesday, July 7, 2015

eleven months!

This girl is ELEVEN months old!!! And two days, but let's not count those, okay?

Don't worry, this picture was taken ON her eleven-month birthday! No cheating!
Not only is this post late, it is also the one and only monthly picture that is on a chair other than the gray rocker in her bedroom. WAAAAH for consistency. We've been traveling, though, and I just couldn't get it together to take the eleven month pictures before we left town...and also, they would have been lying pictures, since she would have still been a ten-month-old. So boo, her final sub-one-year-old photo shoot is different than all the ones before it. I imagine we'll survive, but it is tragic.

No mommy, what's tragic is how hot it was while you took these pictures. South Georgia is no joke. AND WHAT IS WITH THE GNATS??!
Aliases: Millie, Mills, Millsie, Millsie Lou, Nuggie, Nugs, Snugs, Little Bit

Stats: 23 pounds, 10 ounces last week. She is still comfy in 12-month and 12-18 month clothes. She still wears a few 9-month things, but she is way too tall for the pants, ha. She sleeps in this little one-piece footless snappy thing that is size 9-months and it used to be pants and now it barely comes below her knees- it is hilarious. But it fits fine otherwise, so we keep on keeping on. Ha. Sorry, no picture of that awesomeness! She wears size 3 and/or 4 disposable diapers and hasn't worn shoes in a few months, so no idea what size she'd be there...but her feet are still proportionately tiny compared to the rest of her body. Oh yeah. I tried on some of her Carter's 6-9 month sandals the other night and they were still way too big. So...smaller than that.

Also, I haven't been tracking this in the past updates, but I wanted to note that she has 6 teeth now- her two super-visible bottom center teeth, two semi-visible top center teeth (with a huge gap between them to accommodate her lip-tie), and two practically invisible top teeth (on either side of the middle two) that broke through at the same time as the center top two but are still itty bitty.

I also do not wear socks right now, but I like to organize them occasionally just to make sure they're ready when I need them!
Habits:

  • Eating: She drinks 4-5 bottles per day for a total of about 18-22 ounces normally. She is definitely less and less interested in them and much prefers to eat food with the rest of us! For solids, she eats basically anything we do- the only things we have intentionally not fed her are nuts, peanut butter, honey, and shellfish. Other than that, she eats like a big kid an adult! Meats, veggies, fruits, grains, seasoning/spices...yup. Currently her favorite is blueberries, followed closely by BBQ pork, cantaloupe, and sweet potatoes.
  • Sleeping: She's doing much better sleeping in her crib and room now. She finally seems used to sleeping unswaddled and not waking herself up every time she flops around, and she isn't teething and in pain anymore...so she sleeps well again! We bought some blackout curtains last week finally and that seems to have REALLY helped her not rise with the dawn at 4:00 a.m. or whenever the sun comes up. She also falls asleep much more quickly at night now that it isn't blazing bright in her room. So she typically sleeps from about 8:30 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.-ish. Sometimes later if we're lucky. Sometimes earlier if we're not. She takes about 3 naps during the day, usually 30-45 minutes each...when she's at home or on vacation. ;) When she's at school, we're lucky if she get an hour of sleep total throughout the day.
Likes: EATING. She is never happier than when she's eating...unless it's story time, of course. She loves playing with her toys, swimming in the pool, banging things together/banging on things, and freeing items from their prisons (such as Kleenex from their boxes, socks from their baskets, books from their shelves, toilet paper from its roll, dog food from its bowl, magazine pages from their binding...I could go on...).

Yeah but this magazine looked really boring, Mommy. It's not like you were going to read it, anyway...
She really loves playing with other babies now, too, and it's adorable. She doesn't know much about sharing yet, but she certainly likes to laugh and smile at people her size!

Hey Laney, let me show you how to use your jump-jump...I'm a pro!

Would you quit making us look at you for pictures? We are BUSY!
Dislikes: Shots. Surprising, right? Those three days of shots last week were NOT her favorite. Too bad for her, they worked like magic...so the next time she gets sick, I'm voting we skip straight to the shots and not waste time. Sorry, Mills. She also has started passionately hating having her diaper changed. I suspect it's because she's been having diaper rash (from the antibiotics, from the constant ear infections...it's all related, I'm pretty sure) and it probably hurts plus we fiddle around with creams and such and it's just a more involved process than it used to be...but anyway, now she'll pitch a serious fit when it's time for a diaper change. Too bad that won't get her out of them! She also seriously dislikes being wiped down (with baby wipes or a wet washcloth) after mealtimes. It puts a real damper on her post-meal buzz.

Undecided about: Strangers making eye contact with her. Sometimes she will just give a smile and a wave to anyone! Sometimes she will burst out crying at the little old lady in the aisle at the grocery store who dares to smile at her. It's really a toss-up, so good luck if you encounter her at the store!

Special skills: About five minutes after she learned to crawl, she decided she'd just start standing up on her own, too! Not just pulling up on furniture- she can go from sitting to standing all on her own in the middle of the floor. And once she stands, she can bounce up and down- she looks like she's surfing. It's really adorable. And now she has even started taking one step, but she technically didn't start that til she was eleven months and one day old, so we can't count it here.Pretend you didn't read this. 
I will stand up to pet this kitty! And to show off my ridiculous booty-ruffles...
I can't believe this is the last monthly update I'll write before she is one year old. I can't believe how quickly this year has flown by- how she's gone from a little lump of baby to this big, active, brilliant, full-of-personality toddler bigger baby! When I look back through her newborn pictures, it blows my mind how far she has come already. I truly don't (yet) miss those days- right now she just has so much more personality and is so much more interactive and fun, while still being cuddly and baby-ish in other ways (like, ya know, diapers...). Anyway, I just feel encouraged that so far everyone has been correct- it really does get better and better. I have no doubt that by the time I write her next update she will be walking (and sprinting, most likely, and pole vaulting...) all over the place...and right now that just sounds insane, like I can't imagine it, who will she even be when she can walk?? But now I have these eleven months under my belt of thinking things like that and then finding that the next milestone really isn't as scary (and is even more awesome) as I'd anticipated...so I just look forward with happy expectation. This month will be awesome. Every day with her is a gift.




20 comments:

  1. What a sweet happy baby! With a cute ruffle butt. <3

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  2. Even though I've read every one of her updates ... I had to reread this one to make sure I didn't miss something because 11 months seems so old! I can't believe she's almost 1! She's grown up so much and has such a magical look to her face - like she's full of light! Beautiful girl and who doesn't love a frilly baby butt? Hehe.

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  3. Okay, that ruffle butt -- eeeeeee! Oh my... there are no words for the cuteness!!! And I don't know if I've ever know any child who enjoys being wiped up after a meal. Rachel (at age four - gah.) still complains about it.

    I love how much you enjoy each stage. I love how you get to experience each stage. Millie not only brings joy to those who are in her immediate presence but also to those of us who only get to experience her presence virtually.

    Happy 11 Months Millie!!!

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  4. Sure is fun watching you grow, little lady! Happy belated 11 months!! (And thanks for the reminder that my wedding anniversary is now less than a month away!)

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  5. So the real question is: when will she take her first step, since I have no idea after reading this 11-month-only post?!

    Happy 11 months, little one- enjoy your last month of being a 0-year-old!

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  6. Way to be all about that freedom work, Millie. Too funny about freeing items from their containers. :) Happy 11th month, Millie!

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  7. Enjoy your last month with a baby!

    Happy 11 months Camila :-)

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  8. Enjoy your last month with a baby!

    Happy 11 months Camila :-)

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  9. Holy long legs, Batman!!!! Millie has legs for miles!
    I bet you have a walker in the next few days. The real fun is ahead. Nothing is more cute than the toddler baby waddle. How fun!

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  10. Aww Mills! She is adorable and it is INSANE how fast she is growing up, but thankfully only getting cuter. I love the side by side monthly updates (your headband game is strong). :) Happy 11 months girl!!

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  11. Oh how can it be that she is already almost a year old??? Unbelievable!! Although it's through the blog world I feel like we've all been a part of it and it has gone by so very fast.

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  12. Happy 11 months!

    Isn't the shoe thing so bizarre? I remember when Molly was born, a friend gave me a pair of really cute pink sandals in size 3-6 months that were GINORMOUS on her little feet. I thought, great, they'll fit her in the middle of winter... but no, they actually fit her perfectly now! I too leave my baby barefoot because figuring out what size she actually wears is far too complicated. Plus some shoes are just too narrow for her chubby feet, or awkwardly shaped in general with a small front part and long bottom part. I don't know! Shoes stress me out. I may need to enlist professional help when she does start walking and shoes become necessary. But anyway, I think it's funny that Millie is in 6-9 month shoes and 12-18 month clothing. Why can't the shoe companies figure it out?

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  13. Just way too cute! Can't believe the next update will be ONE year!!!!!!!!!!

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  14. Gosh she is adorable. We were privy to those three days of antibiotic shots last week too for an ear infection that wouldn't quit and made the doctors cringe. Broke my heart. But worth it when the littles get better! I can't wait to see what you have cooked up for her birth.... Her bir..... I can't say it. It can't be happening already. Maybe time will stand still since the wrong chair was used.

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  15. Wow where have the 11 months gone?! I feel like you were just posting about her little tiny baby-ness! We would get along great because I am also my happiest when I'm eating :P Hope you guys are having the best beach vacation!!!!

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  16. Millsie, now seriously we JUST learned to crawl. Now standing and first steps? Slow your roll, girlfriend, you've got your whole life to walk, and run, and pole vault. Happy 11 months, little love.

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  17. 11 months??? What? I blinked and your baby is practically a teenager!! :)

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  18. The ruffle butt is too much cuteness. Shutting down. But first have to note, what is with the SCARIEST BABY DOLL IN THE WORLD in the background of that picture? Was it in a fire? Was it conceived by a horror movie director? What is it man, what?

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  19. So fun to see her sequence of monthly pictures! She is absolutely adorable! I love her fourth of July bum ruffles... a little jealous I have a baby boy and can't get away with that stuff :) I can't believe she is almost 1 year old already! Let the party planning begin!

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  20. She is just darling. I love seeing her transformation over the last 11 months. What a doll.

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