Baby to Toddler Check In

kmornelas29

I am just curious how everyone LO are doing since they will be entering "toddlerhood" soon! 

Alaina will be 1 years on March 28th and while I am missing my little newborn, I am super excited for this next year! Please share about your LO too!

WORDS- She can say 10 words right now. "Dada, Mom, Down, That, Dog, All Done, Bye Bye, Hi, and Up." She can also do the sign language for milk and all done. 

MOBILITY: She just learned to crawl a week ago, but she has been walking unassisted by herself since she was 9.5 months old. She is a pro now! 

FOOD: Right now she is still nursing 4 times per day, and she eats 3 meals per day, plus one snack. She eats whatever we do!

SCHEDULE: She sleeps 10pm-10am and takes one 2 hour nap during the day. Wakes up 1-3 times per night. 

LIKES: Swings at the park, food, going for walks, playing with her dogs, and exploring.

SIZES: 12 month clothes and size 3 diapers. 

STATS: 20 pounds and 30 inches. 

SarahRae85

WORDS: Mom, Dad, No. He also names for both our cats and will click his tongue to say "come here" (even to me. I frequently here "Ma! t-t-t-t-t!"). I'm also pretty sure growling means "I love you". ;-)

MOBILITY: He is walking, but he's been crawling since just under 6 months and is so fast at it, walking just doesn't compare in his world. He took his first steps around 9.5 months, but hasn't bothered more than a few steps here and there until more recently. I expect he'll be walking everywhere by his birthday, but until then, we're still hybrid here.

FOOD: He'd probably eat more of what we do if I didn't panic. We were both doing well, but after a choking scare a few weeks ago, I've back peddled and it's hard to relax about it. He loves pretty much everything. He still nurses a TON. The plan is to wean at a year and I'm expecting a battle.

SCHEDULE: We don't really have one. Tentatively, there's a short morning nap around 9-9:30 and a longer nap from about 1-3, then bedtime from 8p-7a. But, he HATES sleeping so he fights both his naps and with teething his sleeping has fallen apart too and he's begun waking up 2x a night. Momma is TIRED.

LIKES: His cat, his oldest sister, anything in my purse, paper, whatever food he can get his hands on, and, if none of those are available, the noisiest toy possible.

SIZES: 9-12m (9m pants, 12m tops, he's all torso and shoulders like his daddy), size 4 diapers.

STATS: No official stats, just estimates. 29" and 22lbs.

Jbunny100

DS has definitely started entering the toddler world because we have a lot more tantrums than we used to.

 

WORDS- DS is not a big talker.  He is very focused on physical things which has probably delayed the talking.  The words I can figure out for sure are Baa for Ball, and Boo for Book.  He occasionally says Buh Bye, but Mama and Dada are still just sounds to him.

MOBILITY: WALKING...everywhere.  He has been walking for about a month now and loves to do it.  He does got back to crawling some, but he almost gets annoyed that he cannot walk everywhere (including stairs).  He is getting faster and faster these days and getting lots and lots of bruises and bumps on his head. 

FOOD: We still mostly do purees.  I try finger foods, but they just end up all over the floor.  He wants some of what I'm having, but doesn't want a helping of his own.  He nurses 4 times a day and gets 1 bottle.  He gets 3 meals a day.  I'm planning to wean at 1 year which is in 2 weeks.  That makes me sad a little, but my supply is just drying up since I am preggos. I also expect weaning to be a struggle because the nursing helps him calm down.

SCHEDULE: He sleeps from 8pm-7am (past 2 mornings he has gotten up at 6am ugh), Takes 2 1.5 hours naps at 10 and 3, but lately this is a huge struggle which will only get harder once I am not nursing him to sleep for his nap, wakes up 1-2 times per night

LIKES: The dog leashes, Walking and climbing, loves Gymboree, rocking back and forth, putting blocks into a bucket, chewing on EVERYTHING, loves his doggies, and most recently he loves coming back to me and hugging my legs - so cute!

SIZES: 9 & 12 month clothes.  Size 3 diapers.

STATS: I think he is around 19lbs 3oz and around 29 inches

horsevaulter

I am super excited about toddlerhood too! LO is so funny! 

WORDS- Dada, mama, dog, hi, nanas (bananas - every food she likes she calls nanas lol) and lots of growling haha She also signs more and food

MOBILITY: She is just learning how to stand unassisted and is working hard to get those first steps. She is also a super fast crawler and starting to climb up things

FOOD: Nursing still but loves bananas, cheese, bread, peaches and carrots

SCHEDULE: She sleeps 7pm-7am in her crib and takes 2-3 catnaps a day if I hold her 

LIKES: getting into everything!! Loves waking daddy up in the morning by attacking his face, likes the dog, absolutely loves people. Every time I take her out she waves and screams at people until they wave back lol. 

SIZES: 9-12 month clothes and size 3 diapers. 

STATS: Not sure on her stats right now.. Im guessing around 20 pounds

egb+jaf

I'm so sad and happy at the same time for toddler hood!

Words: dada, mama, nana, no, porque (my husband speaks Spanish), and and bunch of other made up words lol. She's a talker but those are the only words we understand so far.

likes: she loves her baby doll! She carries it everywhere and gives it kisses. She also loves to dance! Her dad and her grandma dance her to sleep lol. She also is a huge fan of bath time she kind of thinks she's a mermaid

mobility: she's a walking fool! Thank god no running yet though.

food: everything. Literally pretty much everything we give her. She still gets a few bottles a day but she has a solid 3 meals and as many snacks as she wants. She loves cheese though. And pasta. So she's pretty much like every other woman on the planet lol.

schedule: she sleeps from around 8 or 9 PM to 8 or 9 AM depending on the day. She always has one sold 2 to 2.5 hour nap and most days another hour long nap but not always.

Sizes: she fits pretty perfectly into 24 month stuff but in brands that run small like old navy she's a solid 2 (crazy right!) So all we've bought her recently is 2. She wears size 5 diapers because of her big thighs! She waist and butt could probably still squeeze into some 4s though.

Stats: 24 lbs and I can't remember how tall she is but she is tallllll. She's quite a bit above the 100th percentile curve at her doctors office. She's a big girl!

Jerzee17

WORDS: he speaks a lot of gibberish but does say mama, dada, baba but I am not sure if he knows what they exactly mean. Loves making a clicking sound and kissing sound.

MOBILITY: he has been walking since just a few days after turning 10 months. Now he is pretty much running and getting into anything and everything.

FOOD: loves yogurt and cereal for breakfast. Loves grilled cheese for lunch and dinner. He eats just about every vegetable and fruit. Drinks 6oz. Of milk when he has a bottle. Loves water and healthy juices/smoothies. Doesn't like apple juice.

SCHEDULE: sleeps from about 10pm to 7:30am. Gets up once at 3:30am sometimes. Will nap from 10:30am to 2:30pm most days.

LIKES: his "baby" which is a stuffed owl. If you ask him where the baby is he will go and find him and gives him kisses. Puzzles. Ride on toys. He can get on and off them all by himself. The broom, remote and phone area his ultimate favorites. Loves the bath and water. Loves being naked and running around and hiding. Oh and the blinds, he is obsessed with them.

SIZE: 24 month and 2t clothing. In the tight Carters pajamas he wears 3t. Shoes he wears a 4.5 wide. He has very wide feet lol. juicy thighs and a booty like his mama lol. Size 5 diapers for a long time now. Can't remember when he wore 4's haha.

STATS: 25lbs. And 30 in. Are my measurements. Dr. Appt check up is in 2 weeks.

SidraJedi

Wow! A year goes by so fast.

Words: not much in actual words but she tries and I can understand most if what she says; dah (dog), wuh or sometimes bwah (woof -dog barking), "dah" (cat, hat, hot and that - context is everything), altol (hello), oww (meow, home), ata (bottle, water), mam (milk and food in general, accompanied by the sign for milk) bowbow also means milk when accompanied by the milk sign, but it doesn't mean food just milk, mama (me and DH), up or just a p sound (up) and bye or buh (bye, buh also means book). She really only has two words that she can say right "up" and "bye" but there are a lot of words that she knows and can't pronounce. She babbles a lot and that nonsense can get hilarious.

She growls when she wants me to know that she is serious. She fake coughs when she wants my attention and she claps her hands when she wants me to play patty cake. She says "mmm bah!" When she wants me to read her a book. She points and says "dah" when she wants me to help her look at something. She's pretty communicative.

Also, I notice that she understands a lot more than she says. My nieces are the same way so I just assume that's the way babies develop. If I ask DD to get me something, such as a book to read her or tell her that we're going somewhere familiar or call her by name and ask her to follow me she knows what I am saying and usually tries to comply barring distractions.

Babies are pretty amazing in all they learn in the first year!

Mobility: walking, running, crawling, climbing, she is even going down the slide (feet first on her belly) on her own. She is really concentrated on physical independence! We tried swimming once though and she lost her cool so we're going to swim classes this summer. Other than that she is unstoppable.

Food: she eats all table food but we are delaying grains until her molars arrive since has had bad indigestion/gas in the past. She seems to be over her egg white reaction. She loves cheese and hamburger meat and chicken legs and soup of all kinds. She is still EBF and NOD around the clock. She usually eats 3 meals a day and 1 snack.

Schedule: wake at 8am, nap from noon to 1:30pm, bedtime at 9pm, nursing ON while bed sharing. Subject to change at any time.

Likes: songs and dancing, musical instruments, animal sounds, hide and seek/ patty cake (she's made it into the same game), books (especially the best word book ever and babylit Dracula), holiday inn (the movie), mirrors, the playground (slides, stairs and swings), storytime and babies and books at the library, exploring on her own while I follow, the family kitten, watching other children playing, walks in the Ergo, shower time, and of course she loves spending time with both her parents!

Sizes and Stats: 5 shoe (just barely), 12-18 month clothes, 25lb and 30 inches, 19 inch head circumference, size 3 diaper, 8+ teeth (ugh, erupt already so we can get some sleep again!)

I am so looking forward to this year! We're going to start house hunting after taxes and after being cooped up as a SAHM through the winter I am so stoked for spring/summer and going back to work PT. DD is gonna have so much fun outside playing and bonding with her dad while I'm at work.

KellyAnne82

Holy crow! A year!

Words:
Not much beyond mama or dada (which she whispers, and that's so hilarious). She's definitely finding her voice and making a lot more word-like sounds, instead of sounding like she's trying to communicate with dolphins (her screeching stage).

Walking: everywhere. Into: everything. Remember when you could put them down and they'd just stay put? Yeah, me neither.

Food: anything we're eating, always hated purees despite my best efforts to home make some awesome ones. Last night we went for Thai food and she had some of my salad, sticky rice, some pad see yeuw (if you've never had that, try it!!!) and an orange. We never really bothered with restricting her from eggs or anything because she was just so grabby at whatever was on our plate. DH and I are vegetarian, so she's not had meat yet (that I know of. This means YOU grandparents! Haha). We're not opposed to her eating it, we just want her to make the choice to do so. She takes 4-5 bottles a day between 6-8 oz each. I weaned at 9 mos, so we've had her on the organic formula (when we can find it) ever since.

Stats: at last check up she was 22 lbs and 30 inches. I still have her in size three dipes but probably need to upgrade because babygirls thighs are bodacious.

Likes: Rowan likes her dog brothers, namely our rescue mutt Stanley, who is 'special' (extra toes, only turns to the right, kind of crossed eyes; he's most likely the result of inbreeding, but we love him). She could be full on tantruming and Stan will walk up and she'll dissolve into a fit of giggles. It's an awesome sight. She also loves these two plush blankets from target. We can drape one on the side of the couch and she'll always take a (short) break from whatever terror she's wreaking to come give it a cuddle. She also has a stuffed sloth named Carlos that she got for Xmas that she thinks is the bees knees

egb+jaf

Omg look at all that hair! She's so cute

KellyAnne82

egb+jaf said:

Omg look at all that hair! She's so cute

Thank you so much! That was back on Xmas and its grown soooo much since then!

mhickey426

DD is going to be 1 on March 19th! Crazyyyy

WORDS: dada or dad (like it is going out of style), her version of the dogs name, hi, yes, bath, baba, num nums.  She says a whole lot of gibberish with such conviction you really think she is talking.  I ask her to tell me a story or what she did today and she puts on a serious face and starts blabbing away.

MOBILITY: She took her first steps around 9.5 months.  Now she is all over the place.  She tries to run with her big cousins which is the funniest thing I have ever seen.  She is trying to climb on everything especially the dog and the steps.  She gets very angry when we stop her.

FOOD: Everything and anything we are eating.  She loves fruit.  She still will eat some of the baby foods sometimes.  She loves her babas and is still on formula.

SCHEDULE:  She has a 1 -2hr nap around 10.  Another Nap around 3ish usually not that long and is starting to not want this nap.  She is ready for bed by anywhere from 7-8pm depending on how long her last nap was.  She is up between 6:30 and 7am.  We tried putting her to bed later to get her to sleep later but that did not happen.

LIKES:  Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and anything Mickey.  Feeding our dog.  Her big cousins.  Bathtime.

SIZE: 12 months.  Depending on the cut of the cloths some 18mo.

STATS: I am not sure it has been a while since the last time she was weighed and measured.  She is tall though.  She was around 2 kids who were a 2 months older than her and she towered over them. 

doodledaddy

Little Nicky Climbs EVERYTHING!
Babbles constantly now, and he says Mama, Papa, yeah, go, fff for off, and ggy for doggy.
He likes hot wheels, glow sticks, Rattley balls, the park for slides and swings, music and dancing.
He does chin-ups if I let him grab anything horizontal. He stands atop his toy box, climbs stairs. Crawls lighting fast and cruises walls, chairs, and his favorite toy: our runt boxer, Janey. (Best dog EVER)
People often stop to compliment his restaurant manners. Crunching crackers in his high chair with the occasional joyful outburst.
He smiles for ladies young and old and growls at men. LoL
For a baby, he is king size: 33" and about 28 lbs. Hence, "Tiny", as in tiny giant.
Diapers size 4. Clothes 24 months or 2t.

aeondrift

WORDS- No really words yet that I can recognize. Just lots and lots of jabbering.

MOBILITY: She started crawling at 9 months old, is cruising everywhere, but no walking yet. Sometimes she'll stand on her own until she realizes she's not holding on to anything. I guess she's still trying to work up the nerve!

FOOD: Nursing first and last meal, formula other times (we're in the process of weaning slowly). Also starting to introduce milk now. Three meals per day. She's a pretty slow eater and doesn't eat a lot. She also gags sometimes.

SCHEDULE: She sleeps 8pm-7am and usually takes two 1.5-hour naps during the day. She only wakes up at night about once a month!. 

LIKES: Our cats, her play picnic basket, paper, remotes, cell phones. Not too interested in stuffed animals. And she's totally obsessed with playing peek-a-boo!

SIZES: 12 month clothes and size 3 diapers. 

STATS: 18 lbs. 6 oz. and 29 inches. 

PipSqueak0313

Today (3/8) is ds's first birthday.

WORDS- no words yet but is starting to sign more.

MOBILITY: not mobile at all yet.  Will roll over and pivot but not to move from place to place.

FOOD: He eats pureed foods since he doesn't chew.  He will mash some softer foods between his tongue and the roof of his mouth.  After his few bites of cake today, I had to use my finger to "scrape" the mashed cake off the roof of his mouth.

SCHEDULE: Some nights he will go down in his crib early and some nights I have to nurse him to sleep.  Once asleep he will usually sleep all or most of the night.

LIKES: Ds1's cat, tummy time, bananas, avocado, snuggling with me.

SIZES: 12ish month clothes, some larger some smaller. 

STATS: he was 15 pounds at 10.5 months. I expect he will be about 16-17 pounds at his 12 month check up next week.