Blog | 20 Months!
M is 20 months old today (I’m on time for a change)! M still sleeps great unless she loses that bink, but for the most part, she is doing much better about holding on to it. She sleeps 11-12 hours at night and 2.5-3.5 hours during the day when at home (1-2 hours during the day when at school). She LOVES sleeping in the same room with B, and will ask for her immediately if B is not in the same room with her when she wakes up.
She loves to talk and loves to repeat after people, especially B. Words/phrases include pineapple, go gators, Kenzie right back (Kenzie ra buk), small small world (explanation in next post), delicious (dee-ish-us), help please (hep peez), treat please (teet peez), Sky kitty come, basketball (which sounds remarkably like basketball), football, B-B school, Mommy come (complete with a little hand motion), etc.
I took her for her “18 month” checkup a couple of weeks ago, and she is currently 26 lbs, 11.5 oz (86%) and 32.75″ (60%). Growing so fast! She has even ventured out a little (very little) bit to try some more new foods. She ate rice last night – I know that seems innocuous enough, but she has always adamantly refused to eat it before. She is the most picky about meats, but she is growing and healthy, so we don’t worry too much about it. We just give her choices, making sure to use her baby food (“sauce”) to round out the fruits and veggies, and let her be.
As you can see in the photos, we can do pigtails (barely) now, so her hair is definitely growing. It is still fairly straight on top, but the curls in the back seem to be winning.
She is also full of adventure – we tease her that she is our little menace (think Dennis the Menace). She gets into EVERYTHING, and it takes her about 2 seconds to do so. I have to be extra careful to keep dangerous things (knives, pot handles, plates, etc.) away from the edge of the counter because she can and will try to grab them. I have to watch her super closely while cooking with the electric skillet or wok because she can and will try to unplug them. She likes to climb on things, and does NOT like to be helped!
M loves music – pretty much all kinds. For those of you who remember B’s obsession with “Single Ladies”…M heard it on the radio yesterday, and loved it! She kept saying “Mommy! Oh oh oh oh!” Speaking of music, we started her in a Kindermusik class (Our Time) and she LOVEs it! She doesn’t sing along, but she loves to do all the hand motions, play the instruments, and dance along with everyone else. Her favorite part is the bubbles part (this is pretty much the favorite of all the kids). She has even managed to blow some bubbles (when she’s not eating them)! I am so happy to see her in her own class, and enjoying Kindermusik (and Ms Susan!) as much as B did.
Favorite toys still include her stacking cups, books, cars, Pooh phone, toy computer, balls, and puppy. Favorite “lovies” include Mickey, Winnie the Pooh, and Nemo. We recently started picking movies for M to watch (instead of letting B pick all the time), and so we picked Finding Nemo – M is a HUGE fan. It is fun to watch her watch the movie. When Nemo is in trouble, she yells (in a very worried voice) NEMO! over and over again. With most of B’s movies, she watches for a minute or two and then moves on to something else. With Nemo (or Cars), she watches!
One interesting note about her – she seems to be leaning towards at least being ambidextrous. She colors and feeds herself with both hands, but shows a strong preference for using a spoon with her left hand. It will be interesting to see if this is just experimentation on her part, or if she is really left handed.
She had gotten better about following (not accepting) the rules – meaning she may scream the whole time if she is not interested in following instructions, but she generally will do what she is told. Baby steps…For the most part, however, she is very good – just quite curious and interested in everything around her, and doing everything B does, and trying anything and everything. Very few things intimidate her!
