Margo is a 1/3 of a year old!! This month came with several exciting milestones and we're loving every second of it! We go to the doctor next week, so I'll update the official weight and length then, but for now our bathroom scale says she's weighing in at a whopping 15 pounds!
**Doctor visit update:
Margo weighes in at 14.8 pounds (58%ile), measures 24 1/4 inches long (36%ile) and her little noggin is 39cm (3%ile). The doctor is going to continue to monitor her head growth, but for the time being she is cognitively and developmentally on track or a little ahead, so there is little concern. **
This girl is a happy baby and I am so thankful for that. She has such a sweet personality and I love getting to see it come out more and more everyday. This month she has started smiling on demand, sitting up (supported), rolling belly to back, giggling when we make silly noises, grabbing at toys intentionally and putting everything into her mouth.
I know every stage of her life will bring a lot of new excitement as well as some set backs, enter the dreaded 4 month sleep regression. We had a rough few naps and nights, but I think we're going to come out stronger. I reread Baby Wise, Googled everything I could, polled all the moms I encountered and gave sweet Margo a bit of a talking to ;). She is now consistently napping, in her crib after her 1pm feeding (she goes down around 2:30) and wakes up between 4 and 5pm. Her morning naps are a little less structured, but she does sleep after her 10am feeding (falling asleep at around 11ish). I usually run errands, meet friends for coffee or work in the mornings, so she naps on the fly. I'm sure at some point that will stop, but for now this mama's got to get out of the house. Nighttime is getting better every day. We've started putting her to bed earlier at night so she's sleeping about 10-12 hours (mostly) consecutively.
Our daily schedule is:
7am- eat, play, cat naps--usually in the stroller when we go for a jog
10am- eat, play, sleep
1pm- eat, play, sleep
4-5pm- eat, play, cat naps--in her swing or in our arms
7-8pm- eat, bedtime
Enough of the details of our daily life, on to pictures from the last month!
Our second wedding of the summer
This girl wakes up so happy in the morning- it makes getting out of bed a lot more fun!
She loves the pool- we've been twice and are looking forward to taking her while we're on vacation
I may or may not love polka dots...
A girl has gotta have options
"Push faster mom...no pictures please"
She sat in her highchair with us at dinner and talked the whole time
