We can't believe it has been a whole year since this little girl came into our lives. What a year it has been!
It actually works out ok that we're a week late on this post, since we just went to the doctor yesterday and have some stats to share, too.
Weight: 7760 grams = 17.12lbs
Height: 74cm = 29.13 inches
Head: 45.5 cm
About percentiles..... I think I mentioned last time that our pediatrician here uses different charts then our pediatrician from Atlanta. I think they are World Health Organization charts, but not sure. The ones in the US are produced by the CDC.
According to the Belgian chart, Audrey is 25th percentile for weight, 50th percentile for length, and between the 50th and 75th for head circumference.
According to the CDC charts, Audrey is between the 50th and 75th percentile for head circumference (same), 50th percentile for length (same), and below the 5th percentile for weight (big difference!!).
I am not sure what goes into the makeup of the different charts. Perhaps it accounts for Americans being much larger then the rest of the world? I just don't know. Our pediatrician here is not worried, but I have this nagging feeling that our Atlanta pediatrician would be.....and wonder what more we could/should be doing.
Anywho, I digress.... I need to get to the 12 things about Miss Audrey!
1. Also another benefit to being a week late in posting this, Miss Audrey officially has 7 teeth through. One just cut the other night. One more is close. No signs of the molars yet, which should be next.
2. Has taken one or two tentative steps on her own. Once she realizes she's not holding on, she goes down into a crawl. Just not confident enough yet... but I'm sure it will be soon.
3. Despite being a mini-girl, she's comfortably in 12 month clothes.
4. Not a whole lot going on in the word department. She says Dada, and I think she means it, as she does say it when she sees her Dada. But other then that....just babbling.
5. Gives kisses. It is so sweet. I am going to attempt a video of this today. Last night I was reading her Brown Bear, and when we were done, she flipped through the book on her own and kissed every animal. No kisses for the teacher or children though. But she kisses Mommy, Daddy, and Grace regularly.
6. We are slowly cutting out bottles. Prior to her birthday, she was on 4 bottles a day. Last week, I cut out the bottle around lunch time, and started offering her a sippy cup of milk. The first day she sucked it down. But most of the time she doesn't drink all of it. Yesterday, we cut out the bedtime bottle. After extended story time and kissing of animals, she went to bed with NO issues. We'll see how it goes..... she was only doing 2 oz for that bottle for awhile, and then suddenly started sucking down more and more. Fingers crossed.
7. In the food department, she is eating what we're eating. I need to get better with snacks. The doctor also mentioned that she needs about 500ml of milk a day once we get totally off the bottle..... which, she has yogurt about once a day, and that equates to about 125ml alone. So I figure a cup of milk with each meal should be good.... but given her weight, I'm not skimping on anything in the full fat department!
8. Always into everything. It's completely exhausting. She is a wrecking ball. And our pet name for her is Calamity Jane.
9. Huge flirt....from far away. But if someone gets too close or tries to pick her up, and she doesn't know them too well, she is not too shy to tell them to back off in her own special way!
10. Sleep is such a roller coaster. Sometimes its good. Sometimes it's not. I just wish we could have a consistent week or two.....
11. And speaking of sleep, I don't think we are anywhere close to cutting out a nap. If she loses one of her naps, it is not pleasant around here.
12. I think I say this every month, but this girl loves her sister. And loves to already antagonize her. I can already see the beginning of a strong sister relationship.
