Emily had her 18 month check up yesterday. She got a great report! She weighed 23lbs, 13oz and was in the 35th percentile for her weight. She's 32.75 inches tall and is in the 75 percentile for her height. Her doctor was happy with her weight gain as she's gained a couple pounds since her 15 month check up and moved from the 25th percentile to the 35th. He said that we could give her a little less milk (he had asked us to up the amount of whole milk we give her at her 15 month check up b/c she hadn't gained much between her 12 and 15 month check ups). I'm thankful that we're able to decrease her milk intake b/c I am hoping it will help her to eat a little better. My girl is already a bit of a picky eater and when she was filling up on whole milk through out the day it made for some stressful meal times.:) She had a major growth spurt, growing almost 3 inches in 3 1/2 months. No wonder I feel like she's been out-growing her clothes a little fast these days.
Emily's Favorites at 18 1/2 months:
Food: Oranges, Pineapples (she calls these "apples"), broccoli, crackers, bananas
Movies: Baby Signing Time
Books: But No Elephants!, The Very Hungry Caterpillar; There's a Wocket in my Pocket
Activities: Playing outside, swinging, dancing, "changing baby's diaper", reading books, taking baths, coloring
Phrases she can say: Good Morning, Night night, Hey Daddy, Hey Mommy, come here, stop it, come in, love you, up please, thank you, bless you (she says this when anyone coughs or sneezes), excuse me ("'scuse me!")
Sleeping Habits at 18 1/2 months:
-Takes 1 nap a day. She usually naps for about 2 hours in the afternoon.
-It usually takes her about 10-15 minutes to fall asleep for naps and about 1 or 2 minutes to fall asleep at bed time.
-She sleeps 11-12 hours at night, and she almost never wakes up in the middle of the night.
-She sleeps with her bunny (she MUST have the bunny!)
Things I treasure about my 18 1/2 month old:
-She loves to take care of her baby. Today she "fed" her part of her banana.
-She LOVES to be outside. It doesn't matter what she's doing, but she just loves the fresh air.
-She's so friendly. She's quick to say "HEY" to anyone she meets in the cutest little voice.
-She loves music and she loves to dance.
-Tonight she was having a hard time falling asleep and I got to hold her while she fell asleep. This almost never happens and I loved every single minute of it.
-When she has a temp it runs high. Her temps usually run in the upper 103's (she made it to 104.9 one time. No.Thank.You....literally almost gave her Mama a heart attack). The doctors are always afraid it's an ear infection, strep or a UTI, but so far it always turns out to be just a virus of some sort.
-She changes her L's to Y's. "Yites" (lights), "Yap" (lap), etc.
-She's in the middle of a phase where she doesn't like staying in the nursery for both services at church. She's totally fine during the first service, but during the transition between teachers she has a complete meltdown and they usually have to come get us.
-She loves dogs.
-She tells dogs and babies that she sees on TV to "Come Here" while doing the hand motion to go along with it.
-I haven't found the perfect distraction for her while I'm cooking dinner. She usually gets fussy during this time.
-She's basically a vegetarian at this point. We're trying to give her meat, but she's very selective about what and when she'll eat it.
-She can tell you what sounds the following animals make: Ducks, dogs, cats, cows, frog, sheep and elephants (with a hand motion for the trunk!)
-When she hears a car coming she says "car, beep, beep."
-When we're asking her to do something she doesn't want to do she'll say "No, 'Top it (stop it)"
-She often says "no" in the wrong context. The other day I asked her to come give me a hug and she said "no" while running to me.
-Seeing her run is one of my favorite things. Too cute!
-She's learned to climb on furniture in the last couple weeks. She can climb on the couch, kitchen chair and our bed all without help.
-She loves phones and she will walk around "talking" on the phone.
-She talks all the time...all the time, people. The doctor asked me if she could say 15 words and I just said "Oh yeah and SO many more!"
-She loves her play time with Daddy when he gets home from work! As soon as he walks in the door she's wanting him to get on the floor to play with her.
-Any time my phone rings during the day she immediately starts saying "Daddy, Daddy."
-She's associating people. Ex.: If we're talking to Mimi on the phone she'll start saying "Papa.", etc.
-She tells herself to be careful when she is getting off the bed, couch...She just repeats "careful, careful"....I guess we've drilled it into her head.
-I love hearing her say "Hannah."
We love you, Emily Jean Watts. You are an absolute joy and a precious gift from the Lord!!
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