You are just blossoming into a little girl these days, although I am holding on to "my baby" for dear life! :) You are so much fun. Your little personality just shines and I am so glad I get to be your mother.
-Gross motor skills: You can crawl (very quickly!), and pull up to your knees. You like to "walk" across the room on your knees and your new trick is to try and "jump," also on your knees. You refuse to pull up to standing, however. You feel safe on your knees, I guess. You love to dance to music!
-Fine motor: You have really great fine motor skills! You can easily color with a crayon or marker, as well as pick up teeny tiny pieces of things on the floor that I don't want you to.
-Verbal: You are extremely verbal! You babble a LOT, and are constantly talking to yourself and me in a language I don't understand. Words you CAN say: Mama, Daddy, Kayla, Grandpa, uh-oh, bottle (baba), puppy (pup-pup). eat, hi, bye bye, baby, boots, duck, and several more I'm sure that I can't remember. You can sign "all done" and "eat."
-You absolutely LOVE playing with your baby doll. You are the best mommy to her! You feed her her ba-ba, put her to sleep, burp her, and rock her. Over and over and over again. That is probably your favorite toy at the moment.
-You know what a chicken, duck, and horsie say. You also know where your eyes, nose, and "Santa" (your tummy) are. You are very bright, and can easily identify things I ask you to find. In the bath, we play find that toy - I will ask for Katarina Kitty-Cat, or the duck, or the turtle, etc, and you will find it and bring it to me. You always get it right!
-You wear size 18 month clothes and jammies, although they are a bit big on you still. You wear some 2T pants for length. You wear size 3 diapers and size 3 shoes.
-You are just over 18 pounds (10%) and 30.5 (50%) inches long. Still small for your age.
-You are extremely shy around new people. You give everyone THE SCOWL until you decide that they are okay, and then you become flirty and chatty and try to make friends.
-You love Daniel Tiger. You will sit and watch that show like no other show. It's an easy way for me to calm you down or distract/redirect you when necessary.
-You also love music. Any song that comes on, you immediately begin dancing.
-You are becoming a picky eater. You only sometimes will eat what I put in front of you. Unless it's a giant spoonful of peanut butter. You always eat that! :)
-You only have one bottle per day now, at night. All the rest are gone!
-You are still a terrible night sleeper. You mostly sleep in my bed, but that is becoming more difficult, as it is becoming apparent that you sleep like me - like a crazy person! However, sleep training you is soooooo hard. We've been working on it, but it's still a work in progress. There have been so many nights recently where I"m just about in tears, begging you to please please please just go to sleep. I'm so exhausted.
We are so happy that you are part of our family, Madelynn Kate. You are so sweet and loving and we love you so much!
Love,
Mommy
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