THE BROWNS: On Grace's 1 Year Checkup and more transitions

We took Grace to the Doctor on Tuesday for her 12 month check up. She weighed 22 lb 12 oz. and 29 1/4 inches long. She was in 75% for weight still and 60th % for height. She has had a bit of a growth spurt in her height since last visit. She was in 50th% for her height. Dr. Knights thought she looked great and we talked about what we have to work on now with Grace. I knew that right after we came home I was going to start Whole Milk with Grace and start trying to get her off the bottle. The Doctor did encourage going ahead and working on decreasing the bottles she gets during the day and have her milk in the sippy. We had started working on this just at her snack time and not at her meals. The only thing is she still want us to hold her sippy for her most of the time. She can do it esp. if she is leaning back but when she is sitting up she fails to tilt the cup up to get the drink and I think she still likes that dependency on us. Anyways, we left the Doctor on Tuesday and went straight to the grocery store and bought Grace some whole milk. She had this for lunch that day and didn't really know what to think about it. We had it in the sippy and she kept taking it out of her mouth. We soon learned that she didn't like it because it was cold from the refridgerator. (She was always use to the formula being warmed). After heating it some she takes it without any problem. Now we just got to start getting her use to drinking it cooler and cooler so that this won't be a habit we have to break!:) She still has a little bit of formula though that I am trying to use up and have added a little in with her milk at some feedings. We are already learning that the bottle may be harder to break than we thought too! We have tried to just give her the bottle at breakfast and bedtime now but by evening she is really missing it.... she will start to fuss when we hand her the sippy at supper and it is evident she wants the bottle! She did better today. No fuss at all so we'll see.... Next... we'll be working on getting rid of the paci... (whew)

Also, Grace is officially saying "Ma, Ma"! YAY!!! The only thing is when she usually says it is when she is upset. I guess "Da, Da" is her play friend and she calls on "Ma, Ma" when she is needy!:)

She is also cruising more now. Holding on to furniture and walking more and more and will briefly let go of things but will realize she isn't holding on and fall/ sit down.

Here are some pics

Just some pics from the other day. She wasn't really 'up' for my picture taking but I thought she looked really cute with her 'light up' shirt on and new tennis shoes (she got for her B'day). The shoes are so cute on her!