How is it possible that our little Natalie is already 11 months old?
~She's talking! There was plenty of friendly debate over her first word, causing a bit of boys vs. girls within our household. The boys thought her first word was "Dada", while the girls thought her first word was "Mama". We had many post-dinner competitions to see which word she would repeat. While she says both often, she's most likely to repeat "Mama". Without prompting, she has said "Up" while getting out of bed, getting out of her highchair and wanting to be picked up. Also without prompting, she'll say "Ni-Ni" (Night Night), accompanied by a sweet wave and/or blown kisses. We've determined that her first repeated word is "Mama" and her first spontaneous word is "Up". She continues to babble often with quite a bit of inflection.
~She's standing! Natalie is able to stand unassisted for several seconds and is quickly increasing the amount of time she's able to remain standing. She's quite determined and will typically pull herself back up and try again after she falls down. Natalie is also increasing her cruising speed!
~Natalie has 8 teeth--4 on top and 4 on bottom. She's chewing on her fingers often, so we suspect molars may be coming soon.
~Natalie is a sweet snuggle-bug. She loves to snuggle with us and will give kisses, either open mouth kisses or blown kisses, and hugs upon request. She loves to snuggle toys/objects also by pulling them to her chest/shoulder and leaning in her head.
~She quickly mastered sippy cups and loves to drink from them. Initially, she just wanted to chew on them, but is now able to drink water from sippy cups and straw cups.
~Natalie's hair is growing fast! It's growing the most on the back and top, and not so much in the front. We'll be ready for bows soon!
