Fun Facts - 11 Months
- Camryn is still in size 3 diapers and wears 12-18 month clothes.
- Camryn is transitioning to the sippy cup for her lunch and afternoon milk feedings. It’s been touch and go as we’ve just started the transition this week, but she’s really doing a great job trying the sippy first. If she gets too frustrated, I’ll let her finish her milk in a bottle.
- Speaking of transitioning, the more table foods Camryn eats the less baby food she wants. She still loves pureed fruit but would prefer to feed herself if at all possible. For breakfast, along with her fruit, she usually has blueberry waffles, cheerios, or toast. She tried yogurt mixed with pureed fruit the other day. The yogurt was definitely a different taste for her but I think it’s something we’ll try again. For lunch and dinner Camryn enjoys small pieces of chicken or beef, spaghetti, chicken noodle soup, pinto beans, pasta, carrots, mashed sweet potatoes, and slightly blended squash, zucchini, broccoli, and cauliflower. For snacks, Camryn likes sweet potato and veggie puffs, cheerios, banana chunks covered with graham crackers crumbs, arrowroot cookies and muffin bars.
- Camryn naps 2 times a day for about 1 ½ hours each. Sometimes her afternoon nap lasts 2-3 hours but that doesn’t happen too often.
- She is still sleeping through the night but getting her to fall asleep has been a chore lately. The only time she has this problem is when she’s sick or teething. We think she’s getting her molars in. Her bottom left gum in the back is so red and swollen…poor babyL Teething tabs and ice cold teethers here we come!
- Camryn likes being on her tummy these days. I think it’s because she has discovered the backward scoot. Yesterday I put her on a pallet in the living room while I was washing dishes, and when I peeked around the kitchen counter I didn’t see her in the living room. My heart dropped. She’s not crawling yet so she couldn’t have gone too far. I walked to the hallway but she wasn’t there. When I looked by the front door, there she was backed up in a corner between the wall and the couch just a smiling…little turkeyJ
- Camryn hasn’t learned any new words but continues to chatter away using the ones she already knows.
- Camryn loves the water! She went swimming for the first time at her cousin, Trevor’s, first birthday party a couple of weeks ago. She kicked and splashed…loved every minute of it!
- We’ve been reading to Camryn for a while now, but the last month or so she has really started to get excited about books. Her favorite book at the moment is a touch and feel farm book. She’ll flip through the pages and laugh at the animals. Each page has the animal name and sound it makes. When we read it to her she loves to hear the animal sound and sometimes even tries to mimic the sound herself.
- With Camryn being more active and needing more stimulation, I’ve been relying on Baby Einstein DVDs for entertainment while I pump. I put Camryn in her walker, pop in the DVD, and have 15-20 minutes to pump in peace. It’s amazing how those DVDs keep a baby’s attention! And I don’t feel too horrible about her watching the TV because it’s educational, right?
Hope everyone remembers all the wonderful dads out there this weekend. I know Camryn is one lucky girl. Her daddy loves her so much and takes such great care of our family! Happy Father’s Day!
