Miss Susannah - 15 months

Susannah turned 15 months on June 20th, only a day late updating this time, so I felt the need to update you on her progress. Also, a blog update would not be appropriate without pictures for you to oooooh and ahhhhh over.

Watching brother at swim lessons

We're about to make a quick trip to MS and back for a Moak family vacation, so she won't have her official 15 month checkup to be able to update growth until we return. However, she is currently dealing with a stubborn sinus infection and had to make a visit to the pediatrician. We were surprised to find out that she now weighs a whopping 14.2 lbs. Yeah, I realize that is not much for your average 15 month old, but that is the largest weight gain she's had between visits. We were very blessed to find such a simple solution to her weight gain issue. She is a champ at wearing that cpap machine at night with very little fussing.

15 month snapshot



Things I am doing at fifteen months:

• She is a good sleeper, tolerates the cpap well, and likes to sleep in to eight or nine in the morning.
• She has progressed well with mobility in the past three months. She travels all over the house by rolling or doing an army crawl.
• Still has two teeth on top and three on bottom, but I can see where more are trying to come in on the top.
• Susannah is starting to skip the morning nap and usually takes a short nap in the afternoon.
• The personality is really starting to shine through....she is such a sweet, kind, happy baby. But, can turn a switch so quickly to cry for long periods.
• She has a small vocabulary which consists of saying dada and using those same sounds for good night, bye and anything else she is trying to communicate. Jeremiah's vocabulary was very small until he was two and then the words just started flowing out of him. We'll continue to work with her, but not worried at this point.
• It won't be long until we have a little girl sitting up independently. She does really well balancing while playing in the floor with a toy, but usually falls over while trying to reach for another toy.
• We are currently switching all her clothes from 0-3 months to 3-6 months. She will probably still be in 0-3 month pants in the winter. She's still in a size 2 diaper and size 0 shoe.
• Susannah loves to imitate things that she sees her brother or us do....she is getting good at giving high fives.

  

  Two of the greatest blessings from the Lord

Happy 1st Birthday, Susannah!!

Yeah, I know....she turned one on March 20, we had the party in Feb. while in Mississippi, but I'm just now getting around to blogging about it.

 She had a great time at her party and loved eating that cupcake. I appreciate my parents letting me use their house and all of Susannah's aunts, uncles, grandparents, great-aunts/uncles, cousins and friends for attending and celebrating that special day with us.

She received a good report at her twelve month visit. The cpap machine is helping her sleep better at night, allowing her body to rest well and has helped her gain some weight. At twelve months old, she weighed 12lbs 8.5ounces and was 23 3/4inches long.

Things I am doing at twelve months:

• She is a great sleeper in her bed, but not in the car or at church. She likes to sleep late in the morning.
• Susannah loves playing on the floor, rolling around and starting to crawl wherever she wants to go.
• Teething has not bothered her at all....she has two teeth on top and three on bottom.
• She takes a short morning nap and a longer afternoon nap.
• Susannah is a very nosey girl and loves to people watch.
• She has started forming some words, but mainly just dada.
• Sitting up has been a challenge, but she is getting stronger each day and is determined to master it.
• Eating is a favorite activity now....she will drop everything she is doing when she hears a wrapper being opened or sees someone getting a snack.
• At twelve months, this stubborn girl had weaned herself from nursing, but wouldn't take a cup either. She held out for about two months, but is now drinking out of a cup.
• She is still wearing 0-3 month clothes, but they are getting a little snug. She is in a size two diaper.
• Personality has developed and these are a few words to describe Miss Susannah....strong willed, determined, contagious smile, and sweet spirit.
• She loves her big brother and thinks he hung the moon.