Height: 24.75", 11th percentile
Weight: 14lbs 12oz., 26th percentile
Head: 40.5 cm, 46th percentile
Milestones: Avy is a very active baby. She constantly moves her arms and legs and loves to roll around on the floor. She is almost sitting without support and just needs a little push when she starts to lean from side to side. She loves to do sit ups and constantly lifts her hand and legs up like she is doing a crunch. She is able to use our hands or fingers to pull herself to standing and can stand independently while holding onto something for approximately 3-5 seconds. She has begun to lift her knees underneath her as if she is in the crawling position, but hasn't made a move yet.
Sleep: Avy still fluctuates with sleeping through the night. She will sometimes go 8-10 hours without waking up and sometimes only go 4-5 hours before waking up. The doctor told us to let her try and fall back asleep rather then feed her, because she should be able to sleep 8-10 hours now. Avy usually doesn't fuss when she wakes. She usually just plays in her crib. She is also fluctuating on taking naps. Somedays she will take a good morning and afternoon nap and other days she only cat naps for 20 minutes at a time.
Best Moment: She always smiles when she sees us and likes to squeal when daddy tickles her.
Worst Moment: Avy still has the GERD (acid reflux) issue and continues to spit up a lot of her bottles. She is still on medication which seems to help somewhat. We are hoping that we will see some improvement soon!
Health: So far, no issues.
Eating: Avy continues to gain weight and look chubby. She continues to take bottles with rice cereal to help with the acid reflux. We took a step back with baby foods when she got a cold and then we traveled home and thought it would be a hassle to deal with baby foods. The doctor wants us to start back on baby foods as she said if we wait too long they will only want a bottle. I tried avocado and she did not seem to like it. She made some really funny faces and then started acting like she was trying to spit it out by gagging. We are back to trying squash and sweet potatoes now. I will probably try carrots and peas next.
Teeth: Nope, but drooling a lot and consistently putting her hands in her mouth and chewing on toys. The doctor said the teeth are there, they just haven't come through yet.
Extra comments: Greg and I both feel that we are going to see a lot of milestones with Avy this month. She is so close to sitting on her own, standing on her own, clapping, saying mama or dada, crawling, and drinking out of sippy cup. She is playing for longer periods of time on the floor and really enjoys exploring different toys and textures. She continues to enjoy her jumperoo and her feet almost touch the carpet, then we won't have to use a book! She still loves going on hikes and likes to look around and touch the trees. She likes to ride in her stroller for walks or when she goes shopping. She has become quite the people watcher!
