Thursday, May 27, 2010

Monday, May 24, 2010

Poppy's 10 Month Update

Poppy's 10 months old! And she had her 9 month well visit this morning. She weighs 21lbs 7oz and is 29in long (tall?). She received a clean bill of health from Dr. Roscoe.

Poppy's been crawling for a couple weeks not, but she still prefers to scoot on her booty. Sometimes she does a combination which can get pretty entertaining. She also pulls up on EVERYTHING and cruises around. She still prefers to cruise while holding on with 2 hands; not quite ready for 1-handed cruising yet. She's working hard on perfecting her balance and sometimes she'll stand up unassisted for quite a while - 20 or 30 seconds even! So after she gets the hang of one-handed cruising, it won't be long before she takes those first steps!

Poppy has several signs. She waves for "hi" and "bye", she shakes her head for "no" (or when Lauren says "Poppy" in a certain tone), she shakes her arms for "crazy shake!", she shakes her hands for "all done", and puts her hands together for "more", she claps for "yay", and she raises her arms for "soooo big!". She loves playing peek-a-boo by holding blankets over her face then lowering it and laughing hysterically. She gets very excited by the cats and dog and chases them around occasionally. Poppy's only real words so far are "Mama" and "Dada", which she just recently learned. Now she'll see a picture of Zach and reach for it, saying, "Dada! Dada!"

A lot of Poppy's 12 month clothes are getting too small, so we're on to 18 months now. Poppy has big beautiful rolly chunky baby thighs :) that are super strong from using her leg strength when she scoots. She has light brown/golden blonde hair that's starting to curl up a bit in the back on bottom, which makes her looks really girly. Her eyes are big and brown. She tans super fast so Lauren has turned into a sunscreen maniac. Poppy has 3 teeth, all on bottom, and has had those for quite some time. She's just getting over a bout of thrush, for which she had her first prescription.

Poppy just started having big girl poops, which is not surprising because she's kind of a pig when it comes to food! She'll eat pretty much anything (except nuts, honey, and eggs). Her favorites are beans, Cheerios, bell peppers, melon, chicken, and she kind of has a sweet tooth for ice cream. She still breastfeeds 6 or 8 times in a 24 hour period, by Lauren's best guess. This includes on or 2 night feedings. But she's really stretched that out and sometimes Lauren gets 4 hours of sleep in a row - woohoo!!!!! Poppy sleeps in her boppy between Zach and Lauren in their king sized bed. She ofted picks her legs straight up in the air and slams them down on the mattress repeatedly in her sleep, which is pretty annoying but other than that she's a good bed-mate. She goes to sleep between 8:30 and 9:30 and gets up around 7 or 8. She takes a couple naps each day, one in the morning or early afternoon, and the other around dinner time.

Poppy also enjoys baths, and swimming, and swinging, and playing in the sand. She likes going down slides but someone still has to hold her hands. She rides rear-facing in her Chicco infant seat and probably will for a good while longer. She's a really good car-sleeper. She takes a pacifier for sleep most o fthe time but sometimes will fall asleep without it. Poppy has a wonderful mischivious grin that she wears most of the time. She's a sweet, sweet girl.

Lolli and Poppy still get along great. Sometimes Lolli plays to rough with Poppy, but for the most part she loves having Poppy around and almost always wants her included in whatever she's doing.

Here's a link to Lolli's 10 month post for comparison ;) http://lollip.blogspot.com/2008/07/10-month-update.html