Showing posts with label monthly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monthly. Show all posts

Monday, March 26, 2018

17 months old




  • Sleeps 13-14 hours in a 24 hour period
  • Asleep by 1930 and gets up 12 hours later but will play happily in the crib
  • Naps in the afternoon from 1230-1510 when we have to pick up Davis
  • New words: Mil (milk) and Jaguars
    • she will raise her hands and say "Jaguars!" with us. 
  • Two more teeth (one bottom and one top) so 7 teeth total
  • Points
















Monday, February 26, 2018

16 months old


  • Sleeps 13-14 hours in a 24 hour period
  • Asleep by 1930 and gets up 12 hours later but will play happily in the crib
  • Takes one long afternoon nap now....I put her down between 12-1230 and she will nap until it is time to get Davis from school at 1510.
  • Cruises along the couch 


  • Words: mama, dada, baba, nana (banana), ni ni (night, night), Day (Davis), there, ball, book, uh oh. 
  • She shakes head no when I do it
  • Plays peekaboo.
    • Last night at Target, Davis saw Pikachu on some Pokémon cards and said, “Look, there’s Pikachu” Allison then started playing peekaboo!
  • Copies us when we raise our hands
  • Loves giving bedtime hugs and kisses.....she will say Mmm while giving us kisses. 
  • Goes around the kitchen, bathroom and dining room making messes and emptying out cabinets.




Friday, January 26, 2018

15 months old



Tidbits from this month:

  • No longer nursing but loves whole milk and eating meals with us. 
    • She had been nursing less and less and finally stopped trying when I offered it to her. She confirmed to me that she was done. She stopped nursing a few weeks ago. She kept looking down my shirt so I offered to nurse her. She looked at me and said, “Nah!”
  • Sleeps 13-14 hours in a 24 hour period
  • Asleep by 1930 and gets up 12 hours later but will play happily in the crib
  • Takes one long afternoon nap now....I put her down between 12-1230 and she will nap until it is time to get Davis from school at 1510.
  • Weighs 16 pounds 12.4 ounces (2%), 28 inches tall (less than 1%) and head circumference was 17.5 inches (18%)<1 17.5="" and="" circumference="" head="" inches="" li="">
    • Mom found my weight when I was a baby...At 18 months old I was only 16 pounds and petite. Wow, we look alike, too!
  • Her 5th tooth (upper left lateral incisor) has poked through...she now has three on top, two on bottom. 

  • Does great at physical therapy. She is pulling up on her own now!


  • New word: Ball 
    • At PT, they start with her boucing/stretching on an exercise ball. She gets so excited and starts saying, "Ball, ball..." until they put her on it!
  • When she is upset, she will poke out her bottom lip.

  • Her hair is a mess. it is getting longer in the back but the front and sides aren't growing as fast! She almost has a mullet!
First pigtails




Tuesday, December 26, 2017

14 months old



Tidbits from this month:

  • Nursing less....first thing in the morning, after nap and before bed.
  • Loves whole milk in the sippy cup
  • Loves solids
    • when she is done eating or doesn't like what she is eating, will drop her food one the floor


  • Sleeps 13-14 hours in a 24 hour period
  • Asleep by 1930 and gets up 12 hours later but will play happily in the crib
  • Takes two naps a day but if morning nap is too long then doesn't sleep well for the 2nd nap
  • Started physical therapy because she isn't walking or standing up yet. 
  •  The first visit with Christa, her physical therapist, Allison would whine when she helped her to the getting on her knees and then standing. It was like she was saying, I will do what you want me to but I'm not happy about it!
    • After a few visits to PT she wants to stand all the time. She would pull on us to help her and then look around at everyone once she was standing. 
  • Soon she started getting on her knees and going from crawling to a sitting position. 
  • Loves to get into the cabinets in the kitchen!
  •  Loves balls

Sunday, November 26, 2017

13 months old




Tidbits from this month:

  • Nursing less, usually three times a day (morning, after nap, and before bed)
  • Whole milk with meals
  • Loves solids and will eat most anything....when she is done or doesn't like what she is eating, will drop food on the floor (only on Mama's side though!)
    • Jason told her no dropping food and barely tapped her hand. She was heartbroken. 
  • Favorite foods are banana, yogurt, avocados, cheese sticks and squash.




  • Sleeps 13-14 hours in a 24 hour period
  • Asleep by 1930 and gets up 12 hours later but will play happily in the crib



  • Takes two naps a day but if morning nap is too long then doesn't sleep well for the 2nd nap
  • Words: Mama, nana (banana), Dada, baba
  • Weighs around 16 pounds....she gained a pound in two weeks after starting whole milk!
  • Army crawls everywhere and is so fast!
  • Gives the best slobbery good night kisses
  • Loves books

  • waves with her fingers towards her


  • Looks so much like Luke



  •  Loved the kid Christmas tree!