She's almost 14 months now, and I haven't updated for 5 months!

She started walking at 10.5 months. She has been saying simple words "mama" "dada" "baaa" (ball) for quite some time. She started reading at around her 1st birthday, and can now recognize about 50 words either typed or clearly written. So, I can say that the "Teach Your Baby to Read" DVDs actually worked, at least in our circumstance.

Neither DH nor I speak a second language. So, we decided to emphasize reading instead. It makes me feel like all babies should have the opportunity and exposure to learn to read. We'll see if she keeps it up as she gets older.

Most recently she started enunciating trailing Ts and Ks as in "hat" and "milk". It makes me feel like she isn't a baby any more.

I still breastfeed on evenings and weekends. I think I'd like to wean by summer time, but that isn't a hard and fast decision. I didn't even think I'd still be breastfeeding, as I went into the effort with an open-ended "give it a shot" attitude, with few expectations. Now, here we are! I admit its hard to imagine putting her down for a nap or bedtime without nursing. I don't know how dad does it while I'm at work.

Our only issue is some constipation. I'm trying to push more fiber into her diet... but that girl LOVES her bananas.