Claire is up, apparently. She has been standing a lot and for long periods of time, even on this bed (which looks like she's about to slide off of. Sorry. That tilt bugs, but I had to snap fast and leveling it would crop off that cute little head. OK I'm done).
Back to the babe, she doesn't seem like an infant anymore. She has made so many milestones and shamefully, with all the blogging I do, I haven't documented everything.
So, I mentioned she stands, and well. We have seen her take a shaky step here and there, but she's not walking yet. My prediction is that she'll be walking in the next couple of weeks, though, and definitely before she turns one in March.
Claire is VERY vocal. Sometimes she uses her chords to yell out for our attention or in protest, and sometimes she uses them in a more preferred manner by actually saying words. So far, she has just said "Da" for Dad (Woody is also "Da", who looks enough like Dan, I suppose) and "Du" for diaper. Seriously, I can tell the difference. She knows what she's talking about, too.
She is also communicating with a few signs like "eat", "all done", "bath" and "diaper". She also is progressing with word recognition. I love it when I say "kisses" and she just smiles big. She knows those are the best.
Claire still only has two teeth, and she doesn't have the amount of hair her sisters had at this age. I know because I haven't been able to put that little hair sprout on top of her head yet.
Claire is not the roll of chub she was
last summer. She has slimmed throughout her body, a little too much for the likes of our pediatrician- she dropped from the 50th to the 10th percentile in two months. I'm not worried though. She seems healthy to me.
She is also in the 50th percentile for height and head- she's following Jane's height patterns.
I think that's about it, except that she likes to shake it to a groovy beat.
She's just awesome.
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