Age: 2 days shy of 13 months at time of check-up on November 2, 2009
Height: 29.5″ (65% percentile)
Weight: 20 lb. 8 oz. (61% percentile)
This month:
- Comprehension. The biggest development this month has been seeing Baby Champuru respond appropriately to requests or questions.
- She can identify correctly her toys: giraffe, elephant, monkey, angel, bucket, blocks, rings, train, shopping cart, tricycle, and books. When I ask her to bring one of these items to me, she will pick up the correct item and bring it to me.
- Point to parts of her body: head, eyes, nose, mouth, and arm.
- I ask her to do simple tasks such as “put your head on the pillow” or “put the clothes in the basket” and if she doesn’t know the word for something, I point it out and she can usually figure out what I’m asking her to do.
- When I began singing “Where is Thumbkin” during a diaper change, she began doing the hand motions with her pointer fingers.
- When I ask her, “which book would you like to read? Bring it here and I’ll read it to you,” she will go through her books, selecting one of interest, bring it back to me and sit on my lap so I can read it to her. She loves her Dr. Seuss and Thumper board books.
- Language. Baby Champuru has been chattering up a storm with her baby talk, but she has also started to say a few words. Most notably is “baby.” When she sees a baby whether in a photograph, television, or in-person, she will point and say “baby.” Another word that she employs liberally is “no.” Ask her if she wants to eat/drink something and if she’s not hungry/thirsty, she will refuse by saying “no” and shaking her head. She also says “no” if she doesn’t want to eat something in particular.
- Motor Skills. She can walk steadily, run in short spurts, and climb given the opportunity. She is also able to put large lego blocks together and place stacking rings on the pole successfully, sometimes even in the correct order.
- Focus. Baby Champuru has focus and determination. She enjoys figuring things out and will work with a particular task for quite a while before becoming frustrated. You can actually see gears churning in her brain when she’s trying to work out a problem.
Baby, you crack me up! I love you!
