Melissa's Major Milestone 11-12 Month

Melissa had her 12 months check up 2 weeks ago. Here is a quick summary of her growth and development:

Weight: 20 lb 13 oz (61%)
Height: 29.75 inches (69%)
Head Circumference: 46.1 cm (78%)

Here are some major milestones when Melissa is 11-12 month old:
• Twists and turns like crazy during diaper change.
• Starts walking and can walk a couple steps right before she turns 1 year old.
• Barely crawls after she knows how to walk; she tries to walk as much as possible.
• Points things with her index fingers.
• Very good hand coordination for eating, pointing, grabbing, etc.
• Points at something she wants and shakes her head if she doesn’t want it.
• Shows great interest in our food.
• Continues to have great appetite and eat very fast; She wants to eat when she sees other people eating
• Prefers chunky food and doesn’t like to eat pureed food anymore.
• Doesn’t seem to like soy milk very much.
• Breastfeeds twice (one in the morning and one at night) now and drinks formula twice during the day.
• Her 3rd and 4th teeth are finally coming out, and 5th tooth is showing.
• Waves bye-bye if we say bye bye.
• Likes reading books.
• Likes to put things in the box (cleaning up) and pour them out and repeats this process over and over…
• Likes to be chased after.
• Sleeps very well at night from 9pm ish to 8am ish but only Mommy can put her to sleep...