13 Month Stats

31 Inches
22 Lbs
Size 4 diapers, still fits in 12 month clothes but can wear 18 months too, size 3 shoes.

TEETH:

6 Teeth (This month she got E the 2nd week, then was sick for 2 weeks and the eruption halted. In the fourth week, she got D in.)

HEALTH: Got her first real bout of illness this month. Sunday, 2/13, she woke up just a couple hours after I put her down and was up most of the night with a fever and crying. She would sleep for a few minutes while I held her, but finally at 4am I just couldn't let her suffer any longer and I took her to Children's Mercy Urgent Care. Bless her heart, she was just so tired, but still whimpering. It didn't take but 30 seconds for them to check her ears and confirm a double ear infection.
Early on Sunday, I had decided to take off Monday because I had a bad cough. Then, I had taken NyQuil and Mucinex right before I went to be and was extremely loopy. I don't even remember the route we took to get back home from the hospital... Scary!
Thank goodness I was able to stay home Monday-all Harper wanted was for me to hold her. When we got home in the morning (6:30ish?) I fed her a bottle and put her back down-she was exhausted. She slept for about an hour and a half, then wanted me to hold her more. I was SO thankful Miss Noelle was here to help with Brax so I could give all my attention to Harper. While Noelle took Brax to school and filled Harper's script, we just laid on the couch and watched Fresh Beat Band and she fell asleep on my chest. It was just one of those precious moments I'll never forget. It was a wonderful Valentine's Day-to be able to "make it all better" for my girl.

NEW TRICKS:

• Tries to sing "E-I-E-I-O" when I sing Old McDonald.
• Gets on and off her zebra and rocking horse by herself; stands up on rocking horse.
• Cruises from one piece of furniture to the next.
• ALWAYS takes off her diaper if I don't have clothes on her. Brax NEVER did this... I am horrified at the thought of coming in her room to find her playing in poop during a nap.
• Points at everything. Wants to be held and navigate around the room while I name things.
• Throws tantrums--full blown flailing on the ground (while checking to see if we're watching) fits. Squeezes her eyes shut really tight as if to try and get out as many tears as possible.
• Drinks whole milk. (Cold out of sippy w/ meals, but I still warm it just a tad for bottles at sleep times... we are working on getting out of that habit!) Still using up last can of formula on her night time bottle. At first I mixed milk and formula to ease her into it, but after about 2 weeks she was on straight milk.
  
• "Shares" food and toys--likes to hand me things or give me bites.
• Tries to blow her nose if I hand her a tissue.
• I can't remember the last time she sucked her thumb. It's been months, it seems. She loves her "ni-nite" (paci) now though! I am relieved that she quit the thumb all on her own-it's easy to take away ni-nites! (I won't do that till 18 months, though)
• Jabbering alot more, becoming much more vocal.

NEW VOCAB:

• no
  
• Bubba (Brax)
  
• ca (car)
  
• pi-ty (pretty)

FAVORITE FOODS:
Likes pretty much anything! She always has a Kashi waffle and blueberries for breakfast. Still eats alot of Gerber meatsticks, but also LOVES rotisserie chicken from the deli! Also--YoBaby yogurt, diced frozen fruit (I get the bag of Dole diced strawberries/peaches/bananas), steamed broccoli and cauliflower (she INHALES this--I can't believe how much she loves it). Still LOVES noodles and veggies.

FAVORITE BOOKS:
She really enjoys looking at books on her own in the living room, but when I go to read her stories at sleep times she is really antsy. (I think it's because I still feed her a bottle at that time--she'd rather drink her bottle and go to bed). Her favorite book to "read" on her own is Millie Moo.

FAVORITE TOYS/ACTIVITIES:
Sitting her toy boxes, in the junk drawer; playing in the corner with her play food (she crawls into the picnic basket.)

DAILY ROUTINE:
Up at 6:30-7, breakfast
8:45 6oz bottle, to bed
**Not always taking great naps. Sometimes they're each only 30-45 minutes, but then some days they're each an hour and a half...
11 or 11:30 lunch
12:45 6oz bottle, to bed
2:30 or 3 snack
5ish dinner
6ish bathtime
6:30 6 oz bottle, to bed

FAVORITE SONGS:
Loves loves loves to dance, to anything! Especially loves The Fresh Beat Band on Nick Jr.! Dances every time they sing a song.

DISLIKES:
Getting out of the bathtub (especially if Brax is in there with her) and laying down to have her diaper changed. Also gets mad when we tell her "no."

MOMENTS I DON'T WANT TO FORGET:

• Her first birthday party was so fun. I so enjoyed planning it--we did a "LoveBug" (ladybug/Valentine's) theme. Harper loved every minute of it!
• Saturday 2/12. We had "a moment" while I was feeding her her bedtime bottle. By "moment," I really just mean that I took a second to really soak up the sweetness of my not-so-baby baby. I am guilty of always being in a hurry, but every now and then I remind myself to slow down and appreciate the moment for what it is. Nothing spectacular or out of the ordinary happened in this "moment." It was simply Harper and I rocking in the dark... her guzzling her bottle while I kissed on her sweet face, sniffed her Baby Magic smelling hair, whispered, "Love my baby" over and over... I want my future self to know that although life sped by, I really did stop and smell the roses sometimes.
• Laying on the couch the day she was sick while she slept on my chest. She hasn't slept like this since she was probably 2 months old, so I was savoring it! It made me feel so good to be able to make her feel better just by being there to hold her. Hands down, that is the BEST part of being a mom. (Conversely, the HARDEST part of being a mom is when you CAN'T make it all better!)