what is ellis doing now? 11 months

Physical Progress

1. Cruising and standing on her own - she's pretty fast walking with help from the couch or bed. And she is just starting to learn stand on her own, this tends to happen when she's distracted - she lifts her one hand off whatever she's using for support. But when she realises she's on her own, she gets nervous and drops onto her butt.

2. Top 2 teeth are out but not fully grown in.

3. Her thighs are getting bigger - does that count?!

Emotions & Personality

1. Throws the occasional tantrum when she doesn't get what she wants.

2. She's figured out where to find me in the mornings so she'll crawl into my room to wake me up from bed. If the door isn't open she'll bang on it till it is.

3. Has learned how to point. She points at whatever she wants to touch or eat; whatever she's interested in.

4. Likes to play hide and seek!

5. She mimics, alot. Especially sounds - so if we give her a funny chuckle, she'll make one back of her her.

6. Has figured out how my mobile, TV and aircon remote work - she'll flip channels or turn the A/C on and off for fun.

Eating

1. I'm planning on weaning fairly soon, so I've cut her down to 2 milk feeds a day morning and night.

2. She's a pretty adventurous eater - so far the more exotic foods she's consumed include laksa, bibimbap, and kim chi. She didn't look at all bothered by spicy or sour.

3. Think she's more interested in adult food than her own.

4. Will harass me when I eat even after I've fed her!


Sleeping

We had several blips over the past month. She started getting more difficult to put down at night. This used to be the easiest put down of the day, but she started getting very cranky. She also started waking up in the middle of the night - the worst was four times in one night but thankfully that was only once. I think I cuddled her for too long at night before I put her down - I thought it'd be OK as long as I didn't let her fall asleep in my arms (she didn't) - but it still got her into the habit of having me around when she was going to sleep at night. She started crying for me and refusing to let me leave the room. We had to nip it in the bud really quick and things seem to be back to normal now. I've had to reduce the cuddle time and plonk her into bed pretty quickly. She wails abit when I leave the room but settles down almost immediately.