Abby at 13 Months Old

Abby is 13 months old and showing her personality more and more. One major change this month is that Abby is completely weaned from nursing. We struggled with this process because she did not like whole milk at all. Finally, I started mixing flavored yogurt in with the milk, and she instantly drank it all. This is not my ideal situation because of the sugar in the yogurt, but I am so confident that she needed to be done nursing. In fact the day that she started finally taking in a good amount of whole milk, she started sleeping through the night, and she has basically slept through the night since then. I really feel that she just wasn’t getting enough milk from me. We tried many times to supplement with formula during that first year, but she just wouldn’t have anything to do with it! Her overall mood and happiness has improved a lot with the addition of milk. Poor girl was probably starving all of the time. I feel sad about that, but I also don’t know what I could have done differently other than trying to make her used to formula earlier on, but I didn’t do that because I wanted her to nurse for a whole year. Well we made it, but I guess I will do things a little differently if in the (distant) future there happens to be a number 3 Capron around here. Anyways back to Abby. She is still crawling with one foot and not walking although she can stand herself up in the middle of the room. She wants me to hold her hands and walk her all around the house. Abby adores her brother and his toys. She seems very happy when he will tolerate her around him while he is playing. This month, Abby has really started gesturing to indicate what she wants, which is a fun thing for us to observe. She has also perfected her pout face quite well. Words Abby can say are: mama, dada, daa (dog), nanananan (banana), and dede (Caleb???). Here Abby is playing in the "train room" while Caleb is unaware of the danger.
Abby loves this position. She "stands" like this all of the time. What a girl!