Kaitlyn update, 12 months

I have been busy and then slack the last few weeks and didn't write any update about Kaitlyn.

Our baby turned ONE on the 21st February. She walks, says words in Cantonese, Mandarin and Cantonese. She sings, wiggles around and screams. She is getting better in telling us what she wants and is definitely very skilled in telling us what she does not want. She throws occasional tantrums. Most of the time though, she's a happy girl and quite easy to care for. She now has 5 teeth and is teething right now, I think it's her molars trying to come through because she holds her cheek and whimpers in pain at times. She had her 12 month vaccinations and she only cried for a couple of minutes and didn't get sick at all this time.

Oh, she's starting to show memory and comprehension. This morning, she tripped over and got her first ever bruise/bump. It was a big bump on her forehead. Anyway, she cried and cried for a while and refuse to go to Brett after that (because Brett was watching her when she fell). Even after a few hours, she still cried when passed to Brett. So I had to sit down with her and tell her daddy didn't mean to let her fall, it was an accident, daddy still loves her etc. After talking to her for a few minutes, she turned around and reached for Brett with a big smile on her face. /sighs... my baby's growing up so fast...

She eats a lot but still doesn't put on much weight. Her stats at 12 month were:

Height: 75cm (30 inches)
Weight: 8.4kg

Oh, she is quite a climber, she climb on and over everything. She's such a cautious girl most of the time, but when she climbs, she has absolutely no fear. She gets herself on and off the sofa and sofa bed with precision and speed. :)

And she loves books. Now that we no longer breastfeed before bed, she demands 3 to 5 books to be read to her, before she will eat her last bottle and be put to bed. We are still breastfeeding once each day, early in the morning before I go to work. She's way too distracted to breastfeed any other time in the day. I am very proud to have breastfed for this long, considering the very rough start. I have a feeling she may wean herself completely soon though.

That's all I can think of right now. I will try to sort out the photos this week and post some.