My last update was at 15 months. Oops. I just want to write a few things down so I don't forget.
- The biggest change since 15 months is her talking. At 15 months she still only had a handful of words she was saying, but by 18 months she would pretty much try to say any word you asked her to. She didn't necessarily know how to use them, but she could say the word. Now at 22 months, she's putting together 3, 4, 5 word sentences.
- She knows a ton of animals, her colors, body parts, and she can count to 13...except she skips #4 every. single. time.
- She LOVES bubble guppies. Dora is a distant 2nd place. Barney was the favorite early in the year, but he's been long forgotten.
- She's potty trained! We've been working on it since she was 19 months old, and she's done SO well. She tells me every time, and our only challenge is she has to go all the time. It's slowly getting better and she's learning to hold it longer. We had a rough 3 weeks in April/May where she didn't want to go #2 in the potty anymore - she wanted a diaper - but the promise of "big chocolate" finally got us over that hurdle. We're now working on getting her to go potty before we leave the house. She doesn't understand the idea of going to the bathroom before it's urgent.
- I think we're seeing some terrible 2s. She can have major attitude if we are making her do something she doesn't want to do, and she usually hits us in that case. Time-out doesn't really work, but we figured out telling her she has to play by herself is apparently torture. We also hear "mine!" about 50 times a day.
- She still hates the carseat and stroller. She just does not like to be strapped down.
- She is starting to hate her high chair, which is a battle. We're kind of in an in between place with the high chair vs a big chair. She still makes a mess if I put her at the table so I'm trying to keep her in the high chair as long as possible.
- She still has a couple teeth left to come in. The front 8 came in first, then the 4 molars, now the incisors are coming in, which seem to be the most painful for her.
- She's still an excellent sleeper. Bedtime is about 8:30 and she wakes up around 7. Nap time is about 1-4 pm.
- She can swim by herself with a floatie on, and she's not scared of the water at all. She loves to jump in the pool.
- She's still a good eater, and eats tons of fruits and vegetables. The only things I can't get her to eat are mashed potatoes and ice cream. She loves french fries, shrimp, green beans, broccoli, and eggs. She has a tendency when she really likes a food to shove as much as she can in her mouth, then she realizes she can't chew it and spits it back out in my hand. It's lovely.
- She's started to really like stuffed animals and baby dolls. She likes to bring them to bed with her, and we have to tuck the babies in then tuck her in.
- She loves to know everyone's names. We walk by strangers on the street and she points and says, "who that?'
- My favorite words to hear her say are butterfly and pretzel, just because she really drags out the syllables.
- Her favorite songs are Mr. Sun and Itsy Bitsy Spider, but she has always called it just "itsy spider."
- She wears a 3T in clothes, 4T in bathing suits and size 6 shoe.
- She weighs about 32 pounds. I don't think she's gained much weight in the last 4 months, but she's grown quite a few inches.
She's definitely changed so much in the last 6 months, and we're loving watching her grow!
