First weight and height: 15 1/2 pounds (4th percentile) and 27 inches (37th percentile). It's official- she's a beanpole! Either I was wrong when I weighed her last month or she just didn't gain that much weight this month. Given how much Taylor moves around, the latter is a strong possibility. That being said, let's get into her physical development....
Remember when I said she'd be crawling soon? I was wrong! She still army crawls everywhere. Honestly, with our wood floors it's a very efficient way for her to get around (as I type she's in the hallway playing with the door stop) so why should she go through the trouble of learning to crawl properly? That's not to say she hasn't attempted it. Sometimes she'll do a cross between a crawl on all fours and a butt scoot. That usually doesn't last very long as she doesn't get anywhere. Also remember how she was too short to reach things to pull up on? That is no longer the case! She pulls up on everything now!! Even things she shouldn't be pulling up on. We've had quite a few tumbles (including one at the dr.'s office this morning- you should have seen the look the receptionist gave me when she started crying ::insert eye roll::). Taylor can be a little over-dramatic when she takes a spill so Walker and I tend not to overreact. We think that will only fuel the dramatization. However, if she really gets a good bonk we're very comforting and snuggly- don't worry about that! Oh yes, and Taylor looooves walking around the room while holding onto our hands. We bought her one of those push toys hoping to give our lower backs a break, but her balance isn't quite good enough yet and she gets scared when it starts to get too far in front of her so she hasn't used it too much. And she's developing her pincer grasp nicely although she doesn't really seem to want to feed herself yet. We're working on it....slowly.
Language skills haven't changed too much- still lots of syllables. I have noticed that whenever she sees something new and interesting she says "eehhhh!" I'm guessing that means "look!" or "what's that?" haha- who knows? She definitely understands the sign for milk because whenever we make the sign she smiles and starts kicking her legs.
Cognitively, I would say she definitely understands the word "no!" Or at least she understands she's done something wrong. Hearing that from us has elicited a few tears and we didn't even raise our voices when we said it! Like I said, a total drama queen sometimes! And this past weekend, her grandpa taught her how to wave. It's more like she flops her arm up and down, than actual waving but it still works. I love it when she waves at herself in the mirror!
And now for some pictures!!
Oh yeah, in case you hadn't noticed, her 2 front teeth came in- she has 6 teeth!
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