Milestones and Stats

So, I realized that I never blogged about some of Sydney's recent milestones.

Teeth
Sydney now has four teeth coming in...all on the top gum. They all broke within a couple days of each other and for now she has a stepping stone kind of look to her top gum. It's really cute, but I'm not too excited about her using them on us.

Milk
With Sydney turning a year old, her doctor gave us the go ahead to give her whole milk. Charles was pretty excited about this until I told him that in no uncertain terms was he to drink the whole milk. Sydney seems to like it, but she much prefers it warm than right out of the refrigerator cold.

Words
Sydney has been saying "hi" for a few months now. She says it all the time, especially when she is around people. However, she won't preform on cue. Usually, if we tell her to say hi, she does so...about ten seconds after the person we want her to say hi to has left. She has also started saying and understanding the word "no". She now says no right back to us when we tell her no...like the other day when she kept pulling her shirt up in Ross and I would put it down and say no, she would pull it right back up and say no right back.

Walking
Sydney can walk when she is holding our hands or pushing anything: shopping carts, strollers, her push toy. And yesterday she took three steps between chairs, but only when she thought no one was watching. She doesn't even think she can stand on her own. If you distract her enough, she will stand on her own...but as soon as she realizes that she is standing without support, she sits right down.

Stats
At her one year well baby check up, Sydney weighed in at 16 lbs 8 oz and is now 27 inches tall. She has gained nine pounds and grown nine inches since she was born. She's super tiny, most people who don't know how old she is guess that she is about eight months old. Plus, since she isn't over twenty two (maybe just twenty) pounds, she has to say in a rear-facing car seat for a few more months.