Sylvie Harriet is 11 months!

Even with a bad cold and 103.5 temp Sylvie is a happy girl if she can sit with Daddy and read her Spot book!

Health and growth:

Sylvie now weights 16lbs, 10oz (11%) and stretches to 28.25 inches (63%) (for those interested, Elsie weighed 16lbs, 12oz (4%) and stretched to 27.5 inches (12%) at this age).  She wears size 3 diapers (when she uses disposables), and wears 6-12 month clothes and size 2 shoes.

Sylvie still wakes three or four times a night to eat, and consistently takes 1-2 naps a day, totaling about 2 hours. 

Sylvie continued to work on her teeth, successfully growing her upper lateral incisors ("fangs"), but not central incisors (though we think they are on their way).  That brings the total tooth count up to 4!  I was just looking back and realized that Elsie has 7 teeth at this point- wow! 

She has begun to navigate going down stairs on her own, though we limit her to the front two steps and prefer to be there to spot her.

We went to an open gym session on her 11-month birthday, and she LOVED being able to crawl around on the training floor chasing balls, climbing up and down towers of mats, and bouncing on trampolines, all while keeping one eye on her big sister.  When we went back a week later for Elsie's gymnastics class, she was not very happy that she had to stay in the observation room instead of playing on the gym floor!

She is well on her way to walking, and on numerous occasions has taken three or four steps on her own when she is otherwise distracted by play.  The problem now is that she is a very fast crawler, and doesn't seem motivated to work on walking when it is faster and easier to crawl.

She LOVES reading books, her favorite one being a lift-the-flap "Spot the Dog" book.

She also loves to play- peekaboo, hiding toys for her to find, and "sharing" nuks or toys are a few favorites.  When Elsie is willing, Sylvie will happily sit next to her to "play together" for hours (Elsie usually gets fed up with her little sister's interference long before Sylvie is bored, though).



Communication:

Words Sylvie says: Mama, Dada, mamama (milk), ja (yes)
Signs Sylvie does: good-bye and hello (waving), no, "all done", yes (clapping), "high 5"
Signs and words Sylvie understands: no, "sit down", bounce (jump), dance

Watch me grow:

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2 months

3 months

4 months

5 months

6 months

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8 months

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10 months

11 months

  

And just for fun, Elsie at 11 months: