We have officially decided that Miss Ellison can talk (and not just babble). She constantly points at things and says "what's that?" (it doesn't sound quite that clear, but it's pretty obvious that's what she is going for). She will also say what sounds like "cup" every so often. There are a couple other things that I am not totally convinced whether they are words or not, but it sounds like she is working towards them. No mama or dada yet though...
Ellison may not have many words, but she definitely understands us and can follow directions. She knows what "no" means, though she doesn't always listen. I think she is going to be a very stubborn little girl, which she obviously didn't get from me...haha! She responds appropriately to commands like "wave bye bye" and will put her arms up (so big) when we ask how big she is. In the last couple days she has finally started trying to clap when we say "yay!" as well.
She is still a tiny tornado! Making a mess here, then moving to a different area of a room and making a mess there, then moving to another room altogether. She is definitely one of the most active little people I've seen. Still not walking...it's like she gets scared once she doesn't have the support of furniture and her legs buckle immediately. This morning she seemed to be almost forgetting she couldn't walk and would let go of whatever she was holding and turn to try to take a step...so I think it's coming soon!
Books are still one of her favorite things to play with...taking them off the shelf, shuffling them around, looking at them, doesn't matter! She loves them!
Ellison's sleeping habits have been a bit crazy over the past month or so, and this past weekend she barely slept at all. Not sure if it is teeth coming in (don't feel any), a mild sickness (she had a low grade temp one day but no other symptoms), her being almost ready to walk or something else entirely, but she wanted nothing to do with being left in her crib. It was the roughest few days we have had with her up to this point! We have definitely been lucky to have such an easygoing little girl so far, so those few days threw us for a bit of a loop. Luckily it wasn't a weekend I was at work, because it would have been really hard for Jay to manage her on his own! I guess things have been improving over the past couple of nights though (I was at work but from what I heard it was better), and hopefully she will get back to sleeping through the night on a regular basis soon.
Tired little girl clinging to Mommy
Not pumping over the past week has been a big adjustment. I always feel like I am forgetting to do something! It has been over a week since I stopped and I am finally feeling comfortable and back to normal in the last day or so. I was a lot more uncomfortable than I expected to be, and it took longer to improve than I thought it would. But it sure felt great to pack away a lot of the breastfeeding/pumping supplies! We will start mixing whole milk in to Ellison's bottles in the next few days, and I am also planning on starting to give her milk in a cup more often so she gets used to that before her one year pediatrician appointment.
Climbing on Daddy
I guess that's all for now, other than it has been an amazing 11 months with my little princess, and I love her more every day!!!
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