Melanie is 19 months old
Melanie has grown by leaps and bounds since my last update at 1 year. She can now walk on her own and is quickening up her pace! Once she started being confident enough to take those first steps at 15 months, she was off! Just check out the video in my previous blog post.
Other quick updates….
LOVES TO SAY:
- up
- car
- apple
- phone
- wa-wa (water)
- juice
- ba-ba (bottle)
- Mommy, daddy
- Men-nee, Vin-nee
- all done
- mine!
- “no, no, no” (+finger wave)
- cheeeese! (take my picture)
She can also say some animal names (duck, rabbit, pig), animal sounds (woof, baa, meow).
LOVES TO EAT & DRINK:
- chips
- cake
- orange juice
- pancakes
- stinky snacks (arare/japanese rice crackers)
- Gerber yogurt melts
- asian noodles
- protein bars
- milk from a bottle
LOVES TO PLAY & MOVE:
- Telephone
- String / headphones
- Pens / stylus
- Bubbles
- clapping
- Music / sing songs (Baa Baa Black sheep, Twinkle Twinkle, Hoky Poky, ABC, One Little Finger)
- Hide and seek / chase with Brother
- Brushing teeth
- play with brooms
- Dress up / wear bibs/ jackets / hats/sunglasses
- Balloons
- Jumping on the couch
- Taking Selfies
HER PERSONALITY
After our trip to Hawaii, Melanie was a changed person. LOL. Actually, our trip disrupted her daily routine a bit too much i think, and she got really clingy. She also may have been suffering from heat stroke/effects from her vaccinations. Anyway, more on that in the Hawaii post, but basically she refused to bathe or eat like a normal child. This lead me to look up some parenting books, and i came across one called “The Child Whisperer” – it identifies children with their personality type and explains what methods are effective at parenting that type. Melanie is definitely an “Sensitive” child. (more emotional, needs time to think things through and ask questions). Vincent is a “Determined” child (very physical, once he sets his mind to something, it needs to be achieved, cannot wait). Could they be any more opposite?! LOL.
GROWING WELL?
At her 18 month check up, Melanie was only at 10% growth. 21.5 lbs. Small for her age. She doesnt really eat much so i am not surprised. The doc said to give her pediasure, which we did, and she hated and then started refusing any milk, which freaked us out. Now she is back to drinking milk from a bottle, so we’re just letting it go. Better than no milk at all!
She has lots of teeth now! 6 upper and 6 lower for 12 teeth total. So she has her first set of molars. She didnt have any trouble teething, but still drooling a bit. But less than before, so sometimes we can manage without a bib!
HER FAVORITE THINGS:
- Her Beanie Boo named “Kitty” stuffed animal (its actually a unicorn that we refer to the unikitty)
- Her blankie – we keep it mostly for naps and bedtime but occasionally it will make its way out into the rest of the house
- Her paci (same note as above)
AND… THINGS SHE HATES:
- Baths
- Seeing Mommy leave
- When Mommy doesn’t pick up her/carry her
- When she doesn’t get something that was given to Brother (i.e., snack/water, maybe a toy)
PHOTO DUMP BELOW:
Still taking a good afternoon nap for a couple hours (This was in Hawaii, in the crib I slept in when a baby!):
This was before she feared water (aka, the good ole days):
Walking with her brother to daycare in her first pair of shoes: