My 15 Month Old

Here's an update of what my baby, I mean big girl is up to now. I know these updates can get long but right now while I have the time- I want to remember all the little things I can about what she was doing at this age and stage.

At her 15 month check-up Amelia weighed in at 19lbs and was 29 inches long.  She is still maintaining her petite little growth curve so the Doctor was happy.  She is still in between the 5th and 10th percentile for weight and just under the 25th percentile for height.  She is just going to be a petite little thing!

-Eating:  pretty much all finger foods now; Amelia has decided she doesn't want to use her tray on the highchair anymore- she wants to be pulled up to the table like a big girl;
   -still working on eating with a spoon by herself; she definitely likes to use the spoon but usually she will pick up the food and try to put it on the spoon and then move the spoon to her mouth.  Unfortunately the food ends up falling off before it gets to her mouth.  Then she gives up and just uses her hands.  So it's a work in progress!

LOVES drinking her milk from a straw :)

Sleeping:  Amelia goes to bed about 8:00pm and sleeps until around 7:30 or 8:00am.  She has pretty much stopped taking her morning nap and takes a nice long afternoon nap from 2:00 to 4:30ish.

New words:  moo, frog, ribbit (frog sound), I love you, up, ball, all done, baby

What she's into lately:

• Climbing!  Amelia loves to climb up on the hearth of our fireplace, up on the ottoman, on the couch, on her plastic dishwasher; pretty much anything she can climb up onto

• Books-  she still LOVES books.  That is what we do at least half of the day- read books!  Her current favorites: the color book, God made Music (a baby book about how David loved God and played music), a book of sleeping cats and a cat book about colors, any books that are songs (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Wheels on the Bus, Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, etc), any book with cows or ducks

• Loves to look at pictures of family- can point to Grandpa, Grandma, Grammy, Papa, Daddy, and Mommy and herself (sometimes) in pictures; every day we have to hold her to look at the pictures on our fridge- we have everyone in our family up there but the grandparents are the ones she knows best so she can actually point to them when we ask specifically "where is grandpa?" for example 

• When we ask "where is ______?" she will hold her hands with palms facing up like I don't know.

• Likes to play Outside:  with it being so hot we have not been out as much except in the morning; she loves to walk around the try to throw the ball for the dogs; sometimes she will want to slide or play in her new playhouse, then she wants to swing, then she likes to play with the rocks

loves the cell phone in her new playhouse

• Animal sounds- she has been very interested in the See And Say- you pull the handle and the arrow goes around and says the name of a farm animal and then what sound it makes-  she usually points to the animal she wants to hear (the cow or the cat always being first).  She is really studying the sounds and at times it seems like she is really trying to say them even though it sounds to me like just jabber still- just with the correct number of syllables

• Music- she loves toys that play music; she will make the toy play music and then 'dance' or clap to the music- her dancing is just a bobbing up and down

• Babies or bears- she has really started to show an interest in playing with baby dolls or teddy bears- she will give them a bottle or push them around in her pink stroller she learned to walk with, she will also use a little plastic spoon and plate from her kitchen to "feed" the baby

after feeding bear she decided to lay on his soft tummy

• Peek-a-Boo:  she still loves this game; often she will hide behind the door jam or under a blanket and then pop out with this irresistible grin; then she will hide again- this time waiting for us to play along

• Can point to her ears, nose, mouth, head, and toes. If you try to get her to show where her eyes are she will point to our eyes; she loves to grab our noses or ears too; lately she has been very interested in my hair and my earrings- she doesn't pull my hair but likes to touch it.  However after pulling out my earrings several times- now the earrings are off limits.
• Big helper:  she likes to help throw away trash now and can take something to the trash and throw it away without us being right there; she likes to help close the fridge and the dishwasher

little hands and feet sticking out :)

peek-a-boo

look Mom- I fit inside half the cabinet

• Clean Up- Amelia absolutely loves baby wipes or tissues!  If she gets fidgety at a restaurant just give her a baby wipe and she will wipe her mouth, her nose, and her hair on the right side of her head and then wipe down whatever is near- the table, mommy's arm, the wall; at home sometimes she will get a hold of a tissue and will walk around for quite a while wiping her mouth, nose, hair, and then the floor, the cat, the couch, whatever
• Has two new teeth on top- in the back but not the very end; poor thing has been drooling and putting her hands way back in her mouth- but I think they are finally poked through

teething face :(

• Follows simple directions- 
• "let's get your shoes" is a favorite; 
• "let's change your diaper"- she will head upstairs to her room where we change her diaper; 
• "let's go upstairs for nap time"- she will gladly head up stairs and help me put down the baby I babsit in the pack-n-play in the guest room and then go wait by her crib.  Usually she will have already gotten her paci out of her bed and when I pick her up she will point at her white noise machine to remind me to turn it on, then she lays down on her silky blanket and goes to sleep

Our sweet baby is growing up too fast!