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Almost 13 months old – September 14, 2015
THIRTEENTH MONTH
AUGUST 21 – SEPTEMBER 21 (2015)
THIRTEENTH MONTH “FIRSTS”
- 1st birthday! (8/21)
- 1st time clapping hands together (8/26)
- 1st time saying “car” (8/26)
- 1st time stepping up a curb (legs only) (8/30)
- 1st time stepping down a curb (legs only) (9/2)
- 1st “play date” (9/8)
- 1st birthday party (9/13)
- 1st & 2nd full days with Eric while I worked (9/19 & 9/20)
1st birthday party – September 13, 2015
WORDS
- car (sounds like “gah”)
- he says car for real cars, toy cars, cars in books and on TV
- ball (sounds like “bah”)
- he says ball for real balls, balls in books and on TV
1st full day with dada – September 19, 2015
OTHER SPEECH/LANGUAGE
- new sounds: “um bucka bucka”/”a buckum buckum”
- he makes a “nam” sound when it’s time to eat
- he directly addressed one of the kids (“Emil”) we’d just met at the park by name (8/30)
- he might have said his name (9/5)
- he might have said “I love you” (he said to both Eric & I separately)
- he knows what “pillow blanket” means and will look for it (same goes for balls)
FOLLOWING COMMANDS
- “clap your hands” (no gestural cues) (9/1)
- “stomp your feet” (9/2)
- “high five” (9/3)
- “brush my hair” (9/7)
- “take your bib off” (he also does on his own) (9/10)
- “skinny cat” (which means raise arms to help having shirt removed)
- “throw it” (either a ball or something “yucky” that he picks up outside)
- “down dog” (9/15)
- “where’s your ball/pillow blanket?” (he’ll go looking)
MISC MOTOR
- he walked backward repeatedly with his Little Tikes car (8/25)
- he stepped over the couch armrest (from the coffee table) using just his legs (8/31)
- he steps up & down curbs (with & without help)
- sitting on his Little Tikes car, he “drove” it forward with feet by leaning way forward (9/10)
- he climbed into a kitchen cupboard (9/16)
- possible right hand dominance (i.e. when eating)
- he started doing “down dog” yoga pose before I realized that’s what he was doing (he sees me doing it regularly)
- he doesn’t just walk, he runs!
- he trips less frequently
- he rarely hits his head when falling backward because his abdominal strength is so good
Climbing into a cupboard – September 16, 2015
FUN TIMES AT HOME
- “dancing”
- making us laugh doing his funny “shaky thing”
- throwing/bouncing balls
- making “baskets” in the basketball hoop & Pack ‘n Play
- driving his little cars across the floor (or walls)
- turning pages of books
- he laughs hysterically while chasing & being chased, then falls into pillows
- I cut 1 panel out of a Pack ‘n Play to make him a “fort”
- putting blocks in container & trying to close lid (9/8)
- play date with Piper (9/8)
- watching Sesame Street, Mister Rogers
- he gets very interested in music documentaries (stops to listen and/or dance)
- 1st birthday party (9/13)
HE LOVES GOING OUTSIDE!
- outdoor “roaming” the yard
- running down the sidewalk (9/9)
- visiting & petting the neighbor’s dogs
- 1st mud puddle (9/17)
- rides in the stroller (walking, rollerblading)
- hot tub “swim”
- sitting on the skateboard for rides with Eric
Petting the neighbor’s dogs – September 9, 2015
GOING PLACES
- playing at Imagine Children’s Museum for his birthday (8/21)
- looking at the animals at Petco (9/2)
- hiking (with Ergo carrier) at the Pilchuck Tree Farm (9/5)
- dining at The Shire Cafe (9/5)
- “Touch A Truck” (9/12)
- we started Kindermusik (9/15)
- he loves shopping cart rides at stores
Touch A Truck – September 12, 2015
HEALTH
- he had a runny nose and sneezing that lasted ~2 days (8/24-25)
- 12 month pediatrician visit (8/25)
- Weight = 19 lbs at 12 months
- he got his MMR & Hep A vaccines, but I declined the chickenpox vaccine (9/2)
New clothes from Todd’s Great Aunt – August 22, 2015
ORAL HAPPENINGS
- he kept handing his spoon back to me after taking bites (instead of resisting letting go like usual) (8/23)
- he started gnawing on crib rails (so I covered them!)
- he has a strong tendency for “chewing” (i.e. he’s destructive to board books)
- we try to brush his teeth daily but it can be almost impossible!
BBQ tempeh – August 30, 2015
RANDOM STUFF
- he put his pillow blanket in the kitchen drawer, then closed the drawer (and repeated it) (9/1)
- he sometimes claps for himself (9/4)
- he tried to put the dish towel back on fridge, and tried to pull open fridge door (9/14)
- he tries to put rose petals back, after he pulls them off
Hiking at the Pilchuck Tree Farm – September 5, 2015
BEING ONE
- he protests when he can’t have something
- increasingly distracted sitting in my glider chair in the morning and before naps
- he resists being picked up by raising arms and arching head and body waaaay back
He carried that step stool up there all by himself – September 17, 2015
FORMULA & BOTTLE WEANING
- started formula weaning (8/27)
- started using Green Sprouts Glass Sip ‘n Straw Cup instead of bottles (8/31)
- initially his organic soy formula was mixed with a little hemp milk (3:1 ratio)
- homemade cashew rice milk was added in (9/2)
- I started making cashew oat milk instead of cashew rice milk
- at month’s end he gets a blend of (equal parts): formula, hemp milk, cashew oat milk and soy milk
- at month’s end we’re half way through formula can #71
- he had ~2.5 cans of formula this month which is half as much as last month
Green Sprouts sippy & “pillow blanket” & Seahawks fuzzy slippers – September 14, 2015
SLEEP
- best sleep month to date!
- he woke up at night only twice (one was a “rough” night because he stayed awake/restless from 1:30 – 3:30 AM)
- 1x he woke up at 4:30 AM so I had him sleep in my bed with me for another hour before we got up
- fell asleep on floor 45 min before bed (9/9)
- shortest nap: 30 minutes
- longest nap: 2.75 hours
- average nap: 1.75 hours
- wears size 18 month sleepers
Asleep on the floor – September 9, 2015
POTTY TALK
- more solid food = more poop!
- he poops about twice per day
- 33 poops were done on the toilet
- 32 poops were “misses”
- while sitting on the toilet, he reaches as far down into the toilet as he can
- increasingly resists staying on the toilet seat (twists to get off)
Outside roaming – September 8, 2015
All for now!
Monday, May 14, 2012
Today I was rollerblading on a paved trail near my house. The side of the path had been freshly mowed. There, I saw about 5 dead baby possums who must have been killed by the mower. There was no blood, and the bodies were intact. I think they were crushed.
Seeing them made me think about all the animals killed during the production of food crops: field mice, moles, rabbits and others, who unknowingly get in the way of the farm machinery.
Some people like to use the fact that “animals die in the harvesting of plants” as an argument to discredit a vegan’s decision to leave animals off her plate. I respond: Should I go back to eating animals because I can’t help the small mammals who meet their untimely deaths out in the farm fields?
If I can’t help it that a bird got killed by my car while driving, does it mean that I should go back to eating chickens? No. I don’t want to kill either bird: not a sparrow by accident or a chicken on purpose. I want to cause as little harm as humanly possible.
Animals who are killed for food don’t just magically grow big and plump without eating. Animals who are intentionally killed are fed plants first. The two main “animal feed” crops in animal agriculture are corn and soybeans. A high percentage are genetically modified and heavily sprayed with pesticides.
Animals eat plants and then people eat the animals. More animal death is caused by eating animals than by simply eating plants directly. Eat organic, non-GMO plants whenever possible.
What about “grass-fed” animals, you ask? The fact is, grass-fed livestock are rarely 100% grass-fed. Pastured livestock are raised on grassy pastures, but their diet is supplemented with grains, especially in colder climates. Pastured cows, bison, pigs, turkeys and chickens are typically at least partially grain-fed even when they’re called “free-range,” “organic,” “heirloom,” and “heritage.”
In addition, numerous animals– wild horses, badgers, black bears, bobcats, mountain lions, coyotes, foxes, wolves, opossum, raccoons, skunks, beavers, nutrias, porcupines, prairie dogs, black birds, cattle egrets, and starlings– are killed for the purpose of “protecting” ranchers’ interests (i.e. their livestock, their livelihood.)
The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services (WS) has been tasked to “help people resolve wildlife damage to a wide variety of resources.” (In this case, “resources” means cattle. The cattle are physically protected up until the time they are slaughtered.) Wildlife Services (WS) uses the following methods of “resolution”: poisoning, trapping, snaring, denning (denning = pouring kerosene into a den, setting fire to it, and burning young animals alive), shooting, and aerial gunning.
Back to my point.
Yes, even in the “best case scenario,” a certain percentage of animals will be killed through not so pain-free methods: Animals are hit by cars, bugs get squashed, critters are unfortunate victims of combine harvesters and lawnmowers, and animals are routinely consumed by other animals.
I highly doubt that people routinely go into grocery stores thinking– while picking up pork chops– “Well I couldn’t save that possum from being killed by the mower, so I might as well be the reason this pig had to die.”
That’s not how it works. People typically select animal products because 1) animal products taste good, 2) people are accustomed to buying animal products, and 3) people believe that animal products are essential to a healthy diet.
I think that some people who use the “animals die in the harvesting of plants” line of reasoning are simply looking for an reason to continue consuming animals.
Bottom line: it all comes down to daily choices. We can either choose to consume animals that we know for a fact were killed, or we can try our best to avoid unnecessary death.
When shopping for food, we can all choose fruits, vegetables, beans/legumes, nuts, seeds, grains, herbs and spices. We can strive to choose whole, organic, non-GMO foods. We can avoid animal products– including, but not limited to– chickens, pigs, cows, fishes, eggs, milk and cheese.
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