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| There was definitely no shortage of people willing to hold Addelyn! |
So, with all of the love and attention that Addelyn got over the weekend, she learned so many things, such as:
Play the piano (November 24):
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| This was the first time Addelyn played the piano - Addelyn especially likes the high notes |
Addelyn also found her tongue for the first time (on November 25), she had so much fun sticking her tongue out at Uncle Rob, and having 8 adults react so positively certainly helped to encourage her!
Addelyn learned a couple of large motor skills over Thanksgiving weekend, too. On November 24, Addelyn crawled on her hands and knees for the first time - she still only goes a couple of inches on hands and knees before she gives up and goes to her belly, but it'll happen soon, especially if Aunt Becki keeps working with her :-)
Addelyn also learned to "cruise" along furniture (11/25), she got to a sitting position from laying down (11/24, but she hasn't been able to do it since), and she got really good at pulling herself up to a standing position from sitting or laying (11/23), though she's been pulling herself to standing since November 1. And last but certainly not least...
Addelyn learned to FLY!
On Thanksgiving Addelyn played with her great-grandparents,
Got loved on by her cousins,
And Addelyn even provided the placecards for Thanksgiving dinner :-)
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| Addelyn had fun with her Thanksgiving art project |
Stats:
Age: 7 3/4 months
Weight: 19 lbs, 8 oz
Length: 26.5 inches
Drinks: about 4 7oz bottles of milk per day (8 oz of which is formula)
Eats: 1/2-1 jar of veggie or meat baby food and a jar of fruit at bedtime, & rice cereal mixed or a jar of veggie baby food followed by 1/2-1 jar of fruit at lunch time. Her favorite is bananas and her least favorite are peas and chicken.
Sleeps: 12-13 hours/night - 9pm-10:30am (usually wakes up around 1am and 8am for a bottle)
Naps: 1.5 hours after lunch and 1 hour in the evening (6-7)
Awake for: 2.5-5 hours at a time during the day.
Clothes size: mostly 12 month
Motor skills: sitting up unattended, rolling over tummy-to-back and back-to-tummy, crawling short distances on hands and knees, standing while holding on to something, standing alone for up to a minute, scooching, pulling herself up to standing, getting onto hands and knees from sitting without falling over, and "cruising" on furniture.
other skills: babbling, going backwards in her walker (REALLY well!), shaking a rattle, playing piano
words: mama
signs: she's starting to wave and she understands "milk" and "up" and we're working on "change diaper", "help", "out", "fall down", "play", "tired", "night night", "book", "bye bye", and "eat"
