Showing posts with label 15 months old. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 15 months old. Show all posts
Friday, June 10, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Fun Videos
A few recent ones, can't believe how big she's getting!
Emma fell and split her lip a week or so ago. She wouldn't let us put ice on it, so we gave her an ice cream bar instead -- worked great! :)
Emma loves dancing, and she also likes getting spun around and around until she gets dizzy. She's figured out how to do it herself AND she signs "more"!
And last, but not least, Emma has figured out how to make her Scout doll play (thank you Aunt Ann, again for the Scout dog!). She loves dancing to his music.
Emma fell and split her lip a week or so ago. She wouldn't let us put ice on it, so we gave her an ice cream bar instead -- worked great! :)
Emma loves dancing, and she also likes getting spun around and around until she gets dizzy. She's figured out how to do it herself AND she signs "more"!
And last, but not least, Emma has figured out how to make her Scout doll play (thank you Aunt Ann, again for the Scout dog!). She loves dancing to his music.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Someone Thinks She's A BIG Girl!!!
Yes, yes she does.
1) She's pee-peed in the potty every morning this week. It takes a little time for her to relax (usually I wash her hands with a warm washcloth, and read her a story) but then she does a BIG pee! Her night-time diapers have been mostly dry too, so I'd guess we're getting 90, 95% of the pee in the potty. It's really hit-or-miss whether we go pee pee at night. OH-- but last Tuesday after her bath, she was doing her naked time and she went into the bathroom, lifted the lid on her potty and said to me "Up!" So I put her on the potty and she pee-peed!! We've not had a repeat performance, but I was very excited and happy about that.
2) She went down the slide All By Herself today while we were at the park. And then did it again and again. She doesn't even need help climbing the stairs! She also made a friend while she was at the park, a little 18-month old girl. Too sweet. She's a very social kid right now, and as long as I'm within visual distance of her, she does great.
3) Sleeping is MUCH better. We did a modified night-time sleep thing, and I went ahead and bit the bullet, putting her down in the crib after only a few minutes of rocking and then I just sat by the crib and only reassured her by pats or verbally. The first night it took 75 minutes before she fell asleep. The second night 35. Then it went up and down.... last night she talked to herself for the better part of 45 minutes and then fell asleep. Tonight she was in a funny mood and screamed even while I was in there, I think it took over 45 minutes before she settled down and that took me laying my hand on her and leaving it there. But it's getting better.
4) The night-weaning process is almost complete. It's helped her sleep better at night too. I'll feed her in between 10 and 11, whenever she rouses and I bring her to bed. Then there's no more nursies until morning. I'll usually let her eat between 5-6 am when she asks for it (and she'll sign for it), but this morning it was 6am! In fact, last night we slept from 11pm to 4am without a peep, and at 4am the only reason she stirred was because I got up to use the bathroom, and she fell right back asleep.
5) I stopped pumping this week. She's refusing to take breastmilk in a cup at daycare, no matter how they prepare it, and on Wednesday I had so many clients back-to-back that I never got to pump. On Thursday I just decided not to even take my pump and Friday I made a conscious choice not to do it. I've pumped for 14 months now, which I take pride in, but I'm done!
6) Her vocabulary, both in language and signs, has skyrocketed in the last week. Her current signs are: milk, more, all done, book, sleep, moon, stars, lights, bath, love, kiss, and drink. Her current words are: Mommy, Daddy, Aunt Bobbie, Uncle, Grandpa, Grandma, HaHa (We call Cousin Heather "Cousin Ha Ha" now), banana, apple, blueberry, up, water, milk, juice, more, no, potty, bath, bubbles, sheep, dog, duck, cat, Samson, go, out, book, stepstool, and I'm sure a few more I don't remember at the moment. Oh... and our first sentence is: "I Know!" (or it could be "Oh NO!" but they sound alike).
I'm amazed at how quickly she's growing up! I'll get a video or two up tomorrow to share. :)
1) She's pee-peed in the potty every morning this week. It takes a little time for her to relax (usually I wash her hands with a warm washcloth, and read her a story) but then she does a BIG pee! Her night-time diapers have been mostly dry too, so I'd guess we're getting 90, 95% of the pee in the potty. It's really hit-or-miss whether we go pee pee at night. OH-- but last Tuesday after her bath, she was doing her naked time and she went into the bathroom, lifted the lid on her potty and said to me "Up!" So I put her on the potty and she pee-peed!! We've not had a repeat performance, but I was very excited and happy about that.
2) She went down the slide All By Herself today while we were at the park. And then did it again and again. She doesn't even need help climbing the stairs! She also made a friend while she was at the park, a little 18-month old girl. Too sweet. She's a very social kid right now, and as long as I'm within visual distance of her, she does great.
3) Sleeping is MUCH better. We did a modified night-time sleep thing, and I went ahead and bit the bullet, putting her down in the crib after only a few minutes of rocking and then I just sat by the crib and only reassured her by pats or verbally. The first night it took 75 minutes before she fell asleep. The second night 35. Then it went up and down.... last night she talked to herself for the better part of 45 minutes and then fell asleep. Tonight she was in a funny mood and screamed even while I was in there, I think it took over 45 minutes before she settled down and that took me laying my hand on her and leaving it there. But it's getting better.
4) The night-weaning process is almost complete. It's helped her sleep better at night too. I'll feed her in between 10 and 11, whenever she rouses and I bring her to bed. Then there's no more nursies until morning. I'll usually let her eat between 5-6 am when she asks for it (and she'll sign for it), but this morning it was 6am! In fact, last night we slept from 11pm to 4am without a peep, and at 4am the only reason she stirred was because I got up to use the bathroom, and she fell right back asleep.
5) I stopped pumping this week. She's refusing to take breastmilk in a cup at daycare, no matter how they prepare it, and on Wednesday I had so many clients back-to-back that I never got to pump. On Thursday I just decided not to even take my pump and Friday I made a conscious choice not to do it. I've pumped for 14 months now, which I take pride in, but I'm done!
6) Her vocabulary, both in language and signs, has skyrocketed in the last week. Her current signs are: milk, more, all done, book, sleep, moon, stars, lights, bath, love, kiss, and drink. Her current words are: Mommy, Daddy, Aunt Bobbie, Uncle, Grandpa, Grandma, HaHa (We call Cousin Heather "Cousin Ha Ha" now), banana, apple, blueberry, up, water, milk, juice, more, no, potty, bath, bubbles, sheep, dog, duck, cat, Samson, go, out, book, stepstool, and I'm sure a few more I don't remember at the moment. Oh... and our first sentence is: "I Know!" (or it could be "Oh NO!" but they sound alike).
I'm amazed at how quickly she's growing up! I'll get a video or two up tomorrow to share. :)
Friday, April 1, 2011
15 Month Pictures
Wearing the hat that Grandma Miller made her for Christmas... we miss you Grandma. :(
Aren't I cute? :)
Just hanging out in the basement last night.
Aren't I cute? :)
Just hanging out in the basement last night.
Friday, March 25, 2011
15 Month Stats
Emma is exactly 21 pounds naked at the pediatrician's office, and was 31 1/2 inches tall (exactly what I predicted!). She is in the 80th %ile for height, and in the 25th %ile for weight, which is consistent for her. Tall, skinny baby!
She got the last Hep B shot today, and her first MMR. And she had a double ear infection, which explains the horrible week we've had sleeping. We'll go back in three more months for her 18-month appointment. The pediatrician is happy with her development, and so is Mommy. :)
My messy baby girl is growing up way too fast!
She got the last Hep B shot today, and her first MMR. And she had a double ear infection, which explains the horrible week we've had sleeping. We'll go back in three more months for her 18-month appointment. The pediatrician is happy with her development, and so is Mommy. :)
My messy baby girl is growing up way too fast!
Monday, March 21, 2011
Video Time!
Videos from the last few weeks to share.
The world from Emma's View:
We went to a local Metro Park that had a great children's play area -- Emma could actually get up and down on the slide almost by herself. She absolutely loved it! And she started consistently signing "more" this past week, so she used it over and over again.
I'll upload a few tomorrow when I have a chance... bedtime for tonight. Rough day, hopefully a peaceful night.
The world from Emma's View:
We went to a local Metro Park that had a great children's play area -- Emma could actually get up and down on the slide almost by herself. She absolutely loved it! And she started consistently signing "more" this past week, so she used it over and over again.
I'll upload a few tomorrow when I have a chance... bedtime for tonight. Rough day, hopefully a peaceful night.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Potty!
Emma went wee-wee while on her potty tonight! We just sat her on it while she was waiting for her bath water to run, and Daddy handed her a warm washcloth -- it triggered the urge and she acted like such a big girl! We were so excited. One day short of 15 months old. :)
15 Month Update
While my sweetheart is sleeping, I'll try to do a quick update.
At 15 months, Emma is:
*About 21.5 pounds (we have our official appointment for weight/height on Friday) and 31.5 inches tall.
*Loving all kinds of solid foods. Our new favorites: Beans (of all kinds, but especially kidney beans, navy beans and baked beans), pepperoni, mozzarella goat cheese, and banana! We made her a teeny-tiny hamburger just for herself the other day, with beef from Grandpa Miller's farm and home-made buns from Mommy! She enjoyed having that.
*She ate an ENTIRE banana by herself for her snack yesterday afternoon. That's the first time she's eaten the entire thing. AND she held it by herself. The only thing I did was help her with the peel when she needed it down further.
*She's consistently making the signs for "more," "all done," "milk" and "thank you." Not so consistently we sometimes see "diaper" and what I think is our "kiss" sign.
*She's saying more and more words daily, here's the current list: Mommy, Daddy, Kitty, Delilah, Grandma, Aunt Bobbi, Heather, Pretty, All Done, More, Up, Banana, Yum, No, Now, Bubble, Bath, Out, and probably a few more than I've forgotten.
*We purchased a little toilet yesterday and she *loves* sitting on it. I think potty training might be easier than I think (or hope so anyway!).
*She still absolutely loves bath time and her bubbles.
*She loves outside time. We'll take her outside to play, or for a walk in our wagon, and she gets SO excited.
*She still loves to read, and knows her books now. We'll ask her to get "Peek-a-boo" or "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" or others, and she'll go get the correct books. She'll bring books to us, back up onto our laps and expect us to read. It's adorable.
*Our new thing is playing piano every day. She'll sit on my lap or on the bench, and she'll play a few things. At first it was just banging on the keys, now she tries to hit individual keys with her fingers. We have a picture of Grandma Miller up on the piano, and usually she'll see it, point and wave to the picture, say "Grannma?" and then want to kiss the picture. It just about breaks my heart. But I know Grandma Miller would be the first to love something like that, and want to hear her play, so we leave Grandma's picture there and I just foster that continued "relationship" Emma has with her.
*She easily transitioned to the Toddler room at daycare and has re-discovered her friends there. She's entirely off of bottles there, and drinks her breastmilk from a cup. She does love her water, and will sometimes take a glass of almond milk. It really depends on her mood.
*We are still breastfeeding! Usually in the morning around 5am, then again at 6am, I pump usually around noon when I'm at work, then she feeds in the evening before bedtime, around 7:30 or so. So we're down to 3-4 times a day during the week, a little more on the weekends.
*Sleep continues to be an issue. She's reliably taking a 75 minute nap from 12:30 or so daily. We try to go to sleep between 7:30 and 8pm (I'd like it to be earlier but with the time change and the daylight, it's virtually impossible at this point), and she'll wake up between 6:30 and 7am. She'll usually sleep very soundly until about 10:30pm, then she'll come to bed with us. She'll rouse around 2:30 or so, and sometimes around 4:30 again. After 4:30, she gets very restless and do what I call her "alligator" roll -- she'll just roll round and round and round in the same spot, usually up against me. She's asleep when she's doing it, but it definitely keeps me awake. I'm averaging about 6 hours of broken sleep a night still.
I know there's more, but that's all for the moment. It's almost wake-up time.
At 15 months, Emma is:
*About 21.5 pounds (we have our official appointment for weight/height on Friday) and 31.5 inches tall.
*Loving all kinds of solid foods. Our new favorites: Beans (of all kinds, but especially kidney beans, navy beans and baked beans), pepperoni, mozzarella goat cheese, and banana! We made her a teeny-tiny hamburger just for herself the other day, with beef from Grandpa Miller's farm and home-made buns from Mommy! She enjoyed having that.
*She ate an ENTIRE banana by herself for her snack yesterday afternoon. That's the first time she's eaten the entire thing. AND she held it by herself. The only thing I did was help her with the peel when she needed it down further.
*She's consistently making the signs for "more," "all done," "milk" and "thank you." Not so consistently we sometimes see "diaper" and what I think is our "kiss" sign.
*She's saying more and more words daily, here's the current list: Mommy, Daddy, Kitty, Delilah, Grandma, Aunt Bobbi, Heather, Pretty, All Done, More, Up, Banana, Yum, No, Now, Bubble, Bath, Out, and probably a few more than I've forgotten.
*We purchased a little toilet yesterday and she *loves* sitting on it. I think potty training might be easier than I think (or hope so anyway!).
*She still absolutely loves bath time and her bubbles.
*She loves outside time. We'll take her outside to play, or for a walk in our wagon, and she gets SO excited.
*She still loves to read, and knows her books now. We'll ask her to get "Peek-a-boo" or "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" or others, and she'll go get the correct books. She'll bring books to us, back up onto our laps and expect us to read. It's adorable.
*Our new thing is playing piano every day. She'll sit on my lap or on the bench, and she'll play a few things. At first it was just banging on the keys, now she tries to hit individual keys with her fingers. We have a picture of Grandma Miller up on the piano, and usually she'll see it, point and wave to the picture, say "Grannma?" and then want to kiss the picture. It just about breaks my heart. But I know Grandma Miller would be the first to love something like that, and want to hear her play, so we leave Grandma's picture there and I just foster that continued "relationship" Emma has with her.
*She easily transitioned to the Toddler room at daycare and has re-discovered her friends there. She's entirely off of bottles there, and drinks her breastmilk from a cup. She does love her water, and will sometimes take a glass of almond milk. It really depends on her mood.
*We are still breastfeeding! Usually in the morning around 5am, then again at 6am, I pump usually around noon when I'm at work, then she feeds in the evening before bedtime, around 7:30 or so. So we're down to 3-4 times a day during the week, a little more on the weekends.
*Sleep continues to be an issue. She's reliably taking a 75 minute nap from 12:30 or so daily. We try to go to sleep between 7:30 and 8pm (I'd like it to be earlier but with the time change and the daylight, it's virtually impossible at this point), and she'll wake up between 6:30 and 7am. She'll usually sleep very soundly until about 10:30pm, then she'll come to bed with us. She'll rouse around 2:30 or so, and sometimes around 4:30 again. After 4:30, she gets very restless and do what I call her "alligator" roll -- she'll just roll round and round and round in the same spot, usually up against me. She's asleep when she's doing it, but it definitely keeps me awake. I'm averaging about 6 hours of broken sleep a night still.
I know there's more, but that's all for the moment. It's almost wake-up time.
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