This goof ball is a year and a half. The blanket cape and socks on her hands were all her idea. Not to mention this was the same afternoon that she had been throwing up allllllll morning. She hit her second wind and had to take advantage of it by being super baby.
Anyways she had her 18 month check up this morning (with no shots thank goodness) and I have a chance to post about it. Here are her stats:
Weight: 20.3 lbs. in the 3rd%
Height: 29 inches in the 7th%
It took her a year and a half but she finally broke the 20lbs barrier and can sit facing forward in the car. I was looking back in her percentiles and the highest she has ever been was when she was 4 months she was in the 13th. At least she is short so it makes her proportionate I guess. There's not much of a chance of her ever changing because it is impossible to get her to eat. She doesn't really like any meat or sweets or anything that could possibly help her chunk up. All she wants to eat is fruits, veggies and crackers. We have recently discovered her undying love for strawberries. She still loves baby food too. What a nut.
According to the Dr. she is doing excellent in her speech. I was kind of concerned that she doesn't say any 2 syllable words yet but that isn't necessarily normal for her age so I'm relieved about that. For example baby is "bay" and Dora (as in the show) is "do". It's more the effort and amount of words rather than the quality of how she says it I guess. He said normal for her age is about 7-20 and she says 25+ at least I haven't actually counted. And she definitely has no problem with understanding the concepts of words and commands so she is right on track. She is getting pretty good at understanding fairly complex commands too which is a lot of fun to watch. It's just fun all around to see her grow and learn and be a part of that with her.
She definitely doesn't lack in personality either. She is a spitfire and very tenderhearted at the same time. She is an emotional time bomb. Kyle has no idea what to do with her at times because she is such a girl. She goes from high to low at the drop of a hat. Some days it is a lot to handle but other days (when I'm well rested) I can just sit back and watch her personality change from minute to minute and just crack up because there are no words to describe her. When she wants to be she is just about the sweetest little love bug you will find. She will randomly come over to me, run her hand in my hair, look me straight in the eye then give me a big hug and kiss. Then she will go straight over and in a span of about 15 seconds play with the buttons on the tv, go to the Wii and turn that on and then go to the laptop and try to lift the lid and turn that on too. Needless to say we have also been working on timeouts the last few months that's a whole other topic.
Her newest thing right now is singing. She is constantly singing songs to herself now. The other day she twirled around in the living room singing for 15 minutes straight. I really need to get a good video of it. I guess that can be my goal to do that before this baby decides to make an appearance.
We can't wait for her to have a little brother to share her kind loving side and her quirks with. She has no idea what's about to hit her but I can't wait to get this party started.
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