18/19 months

How can a child change so much in 6 months? She was so little and quiet at a year old, now at a year and half ALL has changed. I have wanted to do an 18 month post but now we are past 19 months and she changed so much in the last month, it is hard to remember what she was not doing at 18 months that she does now.

She is a very verbal child and says two words together about 70% of the time now and some 3 word sentences!!! Everyday she amazes us with new words but in the last week we have been shocked with what she comes up with.....especially starting to copy me. some of the random words: daddy slipper, mommy- eye boogies (informing me that I have eye boogies), need boogie wipes (she has had 2 colds), bless you, OUT! (telling the cats to leave), underwear butt, and jump rope.

Her singing skills are refined every week, she is singing more songs now and can sing more clearly.....some of her favorites : ABC'S, twinkle/twinkle, our good night song, ring around the rosie, and wheels on the bus. She has also amazed us with her counting and memorization. She can count to 10, sometimes correctly but usually leaving 2-3 numbers out, she knows and REMEMBERS SO MANY people's name; she also has a book of colors memorized but if you ask her what color something is, she usually says white.

We have reached the stage of NO NO NO with attitude! We also had our first in public power struggle, we were leaving a store and she did not want to leave and laid down in the doorway, we continued to walk out and she got up and joined us shortly there after. most of the time we can reason with her...we encourage her to use her words and can usually reach a comprimise

She is just starting to show signs of getting embaressed, mothering and caring for younger children, selective hearing, and ignoring. Her first child characteristics also shine through in that she LOVES to please us and show us her new skills! ok - now it is done....jk

time in birch bay ( we go almost daily, she loves her boots)



tea party with Noah and bear:)