At 15 months you…
• Pretty much eat anything. The only “risky” foods we haven’t tried are peanuts and honey. You have such a healthy appetite and we are so grateful that you aren’t a picky eater! I won’t list all your faves this time, but it’s safe to say that your absolute favorite is still green beans. Hot, cold, seasoned, unseasoned – you love them. They’re like green candy. If they are a part of your meal, we have to put them aside until you have eaten your other foods or that’s all you’ll eat!
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| Yummy breakfast - blueberry waffle and bananas! |
• You had your last bedtime bottle this past Saturday night (see earlier post here). You drink whole milk, water, and sometimes grape/apple juice diluted with water.
• Are still wearing size 4 diapers.
• Wear a size 4 or 5 shoe.
• Are suddenly outgrowing all of you 18 month clothes! I was hoping you’d make it through the summer before we had to move into 24 month clothes, but we’re going to have to buy a few more lightweight things to finish out the season. Some of your shirts are starting to look like tube tops. :)
• Weighed 26.2 pounds (90 percentile) and were 31.2 inches long (74 percentile) at your well-check today. Your height percentile has gone down quite a bit – even with the discrepancy (see note below). The last time we were at the doctor (a few weeks ago) for an ear infection, you got to STAND on the scale for the first time! What a big girl! Today, Dr. Bub said your ears looked great and that you looked awesome! Great news!
*A side note on percentiles – they told us today that they apparently misread your length last time at your 12 month checkup. It was noted that you were 31.5 inches, which would be impossible since you were 31.2 inches today! They measured you twice today to make sure and informed us that’s probably why your height was in the 99 percentile last time! You’re tall, but not quite as tall as we thought!
• Have a total of 11 teeth and are great about letting us brush them. You like the song we sing while we brush your teeth and wash your face, and that always helps!
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| You can see 10 of her 11 teeth here! CHEESE! |
• Still take both a morning nap and an afternoon nap; most of the time (thank you, Lord!). Some days you only take a morning nap and some days you only take an afternoon nap. It just varies. Usually it’s the former.
• Usually go to sleep between 7:30 and 8:00 and are sleeping later again (thank you!) until around 7:30 am.
• Can get yourself into predicaments pretty easily – since you’re so mobile and curious!
• Can now safely get in and out of your rocking chair by yourself. Sometimes you sit in it and watch Mickey Mouse Playhouse.
• Have a cute little “flip” in your hair on the sides – especially right after I’ve washed it. It’s darling – and the back is wavy.
• Love, love, LOVE balloons! You can even spot them on TV!
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| Great Aunt Beverly with Madeline at Mimi's Birthday Party |
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| She found a balloon on the TV! |
• Are DEFINITELY not ready for crayons yet. I thought we’d try the ones made for 18-month-olds, but you couldn’t quite get your hand around the chubby bottom of them. You DID, however, like tasting them. Good thing they’re non-toxic! We’ll try again at a later time! Mommy had fun with them, though!
• Love to try to “drink” out of anything resembling a cup or a can! I think this comes from us playing “tea party”. It's hard to keep you from drinking bath water out of your toys!
• Are starting to say a few more words, but not a lot. Gran keeps saying you have lots of words stored up in your little head and one day they’re just all going to fall out! Words you’ve said: Mama, Dada, Mommy, bye-bye, hello (heh-wo), Mimi, baby, woof, and hi. You love parroting what we’re saying – especially the inflection in our voices! Just this past week, you've started picking up anything that resembles a telephone and then say, "Heh-wo!"
• Like to clap your hands – especially when we’ve told you you’re a good girl, or if someone on the television is clapping. You can make the touchdown motion, wave hello and bye, give a high five, and blow kisses.
• Aren’t paying much attention to Bond these days. I think he's enjoying the break! You pet him on the head around once a day and that’s about it.
• Are still pointing like crazy! You LOVE looking at photographs and pictures on the wall. You have started pointing to things in your books – flower, puppy dog, Jesus, star, ladybug, “the Mommy”, “the Daddy”, boy, girl, etc. You want to know the name of everything!
• Still love your baths! When we say it’s time for a bath you walk quickly to your bathtub. You’re recently gotten pretty ornery about having your hair rinsed. You’ve never been bothered by the water in your eyes, but you DEFINITELY don’t like it now.
• LOVE being picked up. Makes my heart melt when you walk to me with your arms up in the air wanting to be held! You've started going through a little attachment phase - Mommy is your best bud. Daddy's not too happy about this, but we understand it will be a phase. You cried for the very first time when we left you in the nursery yesterday, but it didn't last long.
• Are still hearing “No No!” or “Don’t Touch” a lot. You know the items you’re not supposed to have (mostly remote controls and Bond’s bones/toys), but you pick them up and immediately bring them to us like you’re doing us a favor! You’ve also started putting these items (especially Bond’s bones) in the basket where we keep the remotes. We appreciate your housekeeping!
• CANNOT get enough of books. We still read before each nap and at bedtime, but now you bring us books and want to sit in our laps and read. We love watching you make connections – you’ll see a ball in a book and then point to your real ball. You’ll see a dog in a book and then point to Bond.
• Are pretty fast on your feet. We’ve seen you pick up the pace several times – something we’d classify as a “run”. You’ve also started climbing a lot – like onto the couch. Dr. Bub suggested we get you one of those little plastic slides, put it in the middle of the room, and let you go crazy on it!
• Have shown a “not so pretty side of yourself” – the possibility of temper tantrums! You do NOT like it when I want us to walk one way and you want to go the other. You THROW your little body down on the grown and fuss like crazy! Once I pick you up and get us going in the right direction, you’re fine.
• Still use your pacifier, still only when you’re sleeping and sometimes in the car. We still let you take it with you to the church nursery, because if we don’t, you swipe other babies’ pacis!
• Still sleep with a blanket, Purple Puppy, Piglet, and Green Puppy – and have added Blue Puppy.
• Still love the water. We’ve been swimming several times at Aunt Michelle and Uncle Bruce’s house. We can’t wait to take you to swimming lessons next year!
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| Silly Uncle Bruce! |
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| Aunt Michelle, Madeline, and Cousin Gregory - one of her favorite playmates! |
• Can do the motions to “If You’re Happy and You Know It” pretty well, and on the beat, which makes your Mommy happy! You also love singing“The Itsy Bitsy Spider” and “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” and can do most of those motions as well.
• Still love playing with balls. ANY kind of ball.
• Have learned more body parts! The newest ones you have down pat are mouth, teeth, hands, and fingers. Still working on knees and shoulders.
We love you, sweet Madeline Rose!
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