This kid has kept us laughing
the last few months. She has a personality that is unmistakable. She will
definitely be a strong willed child, but that’s okay. She’s loving and wants to
help all the time. She wants to help with the dishes and put your shoes on you if you take them off.
She’s constantly giving kisses. Dropping her off in the
mornings right now is awful because all she wants to do is hug and give kisses,
which makes me hate leaving! She puts her shoes away when we get there and then
comes RUNNING back to give me a hug. It’s so cute.
Her attitude is a mile high!
This month she wanted Anthony to read a book. She kept handing it to him saying
“read please.” He kept telling her to read it to him, and after nicely asking a
few times, she slammed the book in his lap and said “read, please, NOW!”
She says “tink you” after you give her anything meaning “thank you.” It’s so
sweet.
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| Little body/Big Attitude |
She’s a stinker though. She’ll
do what she wants when she wants, and she wants to do everything by herself!
She’s spent countless times in time-out because she thinks she’s in charge.
I remember when she was nearly
one how much she drove me crazy. She couldn’t do anything for herself, but
wanted to and couldn’t express what she wanted so she screamed a lot. Now she’s
talking and taken on a personality that’s all her own and it’s so fun seeing
her change and learn new things. I asked her what she was doing the other day
when she was playing with kitchen bowls. She said “I cook.” I think it’s crazy
how she knew exactly what she was doing and we never really worked on learning
that word.
We love her so much, terrible
twos and all!
Weight:
24 lb 14 oz
Height:
35.5' or 2' 11.5"
Percentiles:
in weight: 44%
in height 88%
weight/length combo: 12th%
Favorite Foods:
Apples and Bananas. She
says “APPLE” all the time when she’s
hungry.
Banana is a word that sounds
likes she’s saying “nahnahnah”. It’s not quite “nana”.
She still loves beans and rice.
She really likes pork chops,
which I thought was weird.
She loves all fruit.
She loves cheese.
She loves bacon.
Least Favorite Foods:
It’s hit or miss with chicken.
Some times she likes it and other times she eats everything around it, even if
it’s chicken nuggets.
The veggies were a struggle this
month. She’d much rather have fruit or meat than each squash or carrots.
Bedtime:
Bedtime has gotten later
recently. We are still shooting for 8:00, but several days she’s not in bed
until 8:30 and she talks to herself until 9:00 and later. If she’s not in her
crib by 8:30 at the latest she struggles to fall asleep.
Awake:
This depends every day. Sometimes
it’s as early as 6:30 and as late as 8:30. She usually tries to sleep in on the
days we can’t, and on the days we can, she’s up before 7:00.
Hopefully this summer she’ll learn to love to sleep in! ;)
Clothes:
This is tricky. She’s tall, but
skinny. She can still wear some 18 mo clothes, but if it’s pants they’re WAY
too short!
Some 2T stuff fits like tops and
dresses, but the bottoms seem to be too big.
24 months is probably best, but it’s hard to find those. I can usually find 18
mo or 2T.
Words:
Goodness… She’ll repeat
anything. And by anything I mean ANYTHING!!
My favorites though are:
“hel me” which is “help me.”
"hode you" which is "hold me."
“peeease” which is “please.”
“tink oo” which is “thank you.”
“yes am” which is “yes ma’am.”
“wuv oo” which is “love you.”
She can say all of her
grandparents names.
She loves the word “happy.”
She’ll say “sissy” but not
Bella.
“Mommy” changed to “mum” this
last month. Apparently she’s British.
“mulk” is milk.
She’ll say “oocy” which is her
friend Lucy and “eye-ee” which is Ellie.
She can also say cook, juice,
daddy, no, yes, outside, bye-bye, potty, eww, diaper, shirt, shoes, socks, dog,
kitty, donut, bath, play, down, eat, now, read, go, tea, ice, and I’m sure
there are many more I’m forgetting right now.
She can also put together 2 and 3 word sentences. This week she stuck her butt out at me and said "Mommy I poop." haha.
Favorites:
She likes to put things in the
trash. It’s helpful sometimes, but she tries to sneak things in there when I’m
not looking. I’m sure I’ll realize something is missing soon enough.
She loves to put on clothes when
I’m folding, especially someone else’s panties. She’ll put on 3 and 4 layers.
She likes to do things herself
like put her shoes on or pick out her cup. And forget trying to feed her. If
she doesn’t do it herself, she won’t eat it!
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| Let's Eat! |
She loves ice. I know this is a
bad habit, but I have no idea how she started asking for ice.
She loves to play with her baby
dolls and pretend like she’s feeding them or putting them to bed.
She loves going to the park or
being outside.
She loves her motorized car she
got for Christmas.
She loves trying to delay
bedtime as long as possible!
She loves feeding the dogs. She
puts pieces of food through the kennel when we put them up.
Latest Accomplishments:
She started using the potty
since I last updated. She does really well at school, but at home it’s been a
struggle! She screams like you’re killing her. But this last month we’ve had
more and more successful attempts at home.
She can blow her own nose. And
she thinks it’s hilarious. I gave her a rag to clean up her spilled milk the
other day and she took it and blew her nose. She’ll sometimes blow it without
any rag or tissue.
She spent her first 8 nights
away from Mommy. She stayed with Nonni and Aunt Maggie in Burnet while we were
on our cruise. She did great, but drops offs at day care became a little more
sad because she didn’t want Mommy to leave. She has just started to not be so
clingy after that.
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| Sick little girl! |
Struggles this month:
She caught
several bugs this last 6 months.
She also has
several boo boos because she doesn’t look when she walks
Potty
training as also been a struggle although we are improving.
We NEVER sit
still so taking a picture is a comedy act! The arboretum and bluebonnet
pictures were a joke!
