She had her well baby visit with the pediatrician this morning. All is great, although she developed her first case of diaper rash this morning (need to cut out yogurt for a week to see if that's the culprit). I swear she is her most charming with Dr. Numrych. She was playing a "give and take" game with the tongue depresser with him. I've never seen her do that before. [edit since my mom didn't know what I meant by this: Dr. gives Anya tongue depresser, Anya takes and plays with it for a few seconds and then reaches over and puts it in doctor's hand, Dr. says thank you and gives it back, process repeats]
Weight: 17 lbs, 12 oz (25-50 percentile)
Length: 27.5 inches (50 percentile)
As per tradition, here's the roundup of accomplishments:
Locomotion
- Anya is cruising regularly
- She also crawls a lot -- usually to get to a place to stand and then cruise, or to chase a cat
- Occasionally she can stand freely for a few seconds before plopping down on her butt, but it's not usually her idea to let go...it's her mean, mean parents
- Sometimes she will walk assisted with just one of my hands, but usually wants/needs both
- Anya is quite cautious and seems to have a decent sense of space. She almost never hits her head (she did a month ago a handful of times when first pulling to stand). She tends to only fall over when she misjudges the sturdiness of objects she's using to stand/cruise with
- Still says "kitty" (although now it sounds more like "kit" or "key").
- I have witnessed her point to a picture of a baby or child and clearly say "baby" on a few occasions.
- Sometimes says "doy" when pointing to the dog
- Recently started imitating our speech, like if we say "bowbowbow" or "yayayaya" or blow raspberries, she imitates. Sometimes she imitates the general sound/inflection of a sentence we say, and a few times she has repeated words right after we've said them ("up" is the only one that comes to mind, but there may have been another word)
- Very recently started pointing to objects/people she is interested in
- Apparently plays game of "give and take," as witnessed this morning
- Capable of imitating our use of an object (like shaking a maraca/egg rattle, playing drum, etc)
- Looks for objects/toys I hide (simply) from her or objects she drops
- Waves (cute: she waved at the woman on a wall poster we've got in the dining room the other week) and still claps often
- We're down to nursing twice a day and she's on formula other times (solid foods dropped my supply and I didn't try very hard to increase it)
- She is eating lots of different foods now: most vegetables (except tomatoes), most fruits (except citrus, strawberries, pineapple, mango), grains (rice, oatmeal, millet, quinoa, amaranth). Yogurt (although might be causing problems), cheerios, toast strips, noodles/pasta, its of cheese, and a taste of any "safe" thing I'm eating.
- We haven't tried meat or tofu yet, but I'll get around to it. Want to try beans first
- Does not like lentils, no matter how I try to disguise them. Does not particularly like carrots, but will eat them
snapped 2 days ago. I can't tell if she looks more like a Lodwig or Miller in this pic
2 comments:
She is just such an extraordinary little girl! I really like how Amy keeps up on the latest of all the goings on with Anya. Each evening when I get home, I look to see what new ability or skill Anya has mastered in the last 24 hours. She rarely disappoints in this area.
Life is so good having Anya to love.
Grandpa L.
Thanks Dad. :')
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