This month has gone by so fast with all of the holiday activities. Here’s what Lucy has been up to.
She is:
- talking, talking, talking! At her 18 month appointment in mid-December the doc asked me how many words she has. I had counted about 40. Apparently 10-15 is average, and she has added more since then…we have a gabber on our hands!
- starting to put words together, as well. “More, please;” “Daddy go?” “My tee-tee” (blankey).
- 30 pounds and 32 ¾ inches long. Still a big girl!
- fighting persistent red patches on her cheeks – doc says it’s dry skin, but every time we seem to clear it up, it comes right back.
- loving her “babies” and stuffed animals, and has to have about 5 in bed with her or in the chair when we’re reading books.
- starting to take an interest in the bathroom and has even requested to sit on the toilet a couple of times. (Right now we’re just sort of facilitating the interest and explaining things, but aren’t in a rush to break out the potty training just yet).
- answering a lot of questions or requests with “NO.”
- putting Mommy through some pretty difficult mornings lately…Miss Independent is getting harder to get out the door.
- scolding the dog on a regular basis – my favorite is “Buddy, GO!” as she runs him over to the gate and points downstairs. That being said, she is not very nice to him sometimes…and we are trying to correct that.
- enjoying all of her Christmas gifts, especially her bean bag, baby dolls, Little People Farm, tea set, and play food.
- doing a lot of running up and down the hallways, and jumping into her bean bag.
- a dancing machine. She's got quite the fancy footwork!
- A busy, busy bee. The girl rarely slows down, but when she does, it is usually for food, sleep, or books!
