She can turn pages in her board books. I can tell she is starting to remember books because she'll laugh when I pick up "The Belly Button Book" by Sandra Boynton.
She can stand for up to a minute. She can cruise.
I think she's trying to talk, but she doesn't have any real words yet. I can tell that she tries to say "Jackson" and "Dad," but she can't actually say the words.
Ok, she really is saying "Dad," but I'm trying to pretend she's not because I want her to say "Mom" first.
Her two bottom teeth came in! She started drinking out of a cup. I give her two ounces of formula with each meal for a little supplementation.
She still takes a two-hour morning nap and a two-hour afternoon nap, just like Jackson used to. I finally got Jackson to be quiet in the morning by bribing him with apple juice. (We only give him milk and water, so juice is a special treat if he's good and he almost never gets soft drinks.)
She loves playing baby games and singing. Her favorites are "If You're Happy and You Know It" which she can clap to and "The Wheels on the Bus." She plays a game with Paul where they both look at each other and then look away, repeat. It's so cute. She'll wake up in the morning and see him and immediately start shaking her head. She also thinks it's funny to pinch us.
She waves hello and goodbye on command.
Not ready for her to look like a big girl!
1 Year!
Weight: 19.5 lbs
Height: 28.5"
She can stand up without furniture and take steps!
Still has two teeth.
Her hair is so long that it goes half-way down her back when straight.
She can stack two blocks and other objects. Also likes putting things in containers and taking them out.
She can correctly identify objects if I tell her what two things are and then ask where one of them is (she'll pick it up and hand it to me).
She has started to use objects the way they're supposed to be used instead of just mouthing them and banging them around. She rolls Jackson's cars along the floor as she crawls. She flips through books and pretends to read. She holds phones to her ear. She brushes her hair. She pretends to drink from a cup.
She is showing an understanding of causality- when her elephant stops playing music she hands me the elephant to start the music again.
She shakes her head for "no."
She is assertive when I do something she doesn't like and will have a short tantrum.
She follows more directions than the simple, "Wave bye-bye" and such that she's been doing for several weeks. She will point to people if I tell her to and hand me things she's holding that she shouldn't be playing with.
Fun fact: Mika had moved twice and been on twenty-four planes before she turned one.
a few minutes after turning one
The day before her birthday was so hard for me because I'm not ready for her to grow up and I didn't want to let go of Baby Mika. And while Toddler Mika is amazing, I'm still having a hard time accepting that her infancy is over.
eating breakfast the day before her birthday
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