You’re just getting over a virus of some kind — fever of 102-104 for last few days. Tonight it’s just broken, it seems.
It didn’t slow you down much. You’re learning to pull your animal zoo pullalong toy. Here you go, this evening..
Here I love the look on your face first as you come to my arms….
and here, I love how you look so proud of yourself. And we’re proud of you, too!
You are walking very well all of a sudden. It took you a while to get the hang of it, but as a result, you seem pretty sure-footed. Sometimes you keep your arms up in the air as if we’re there leading you along. Looking a bit Frankenstein monster-ish when you do that…
Boo…playing house
You rarely fall, I think because you took your time getting going, maybe you have more stability. Before getting to the step down into the dining room, you stop, plunk down on your bottom, and turn to go down safely.
I had to try hard not to laugh tonight, putting you to bed. You were quite unsettled for some reason, and after I came back in to try to comfort you a bit, you stood up in your crib, and started waving goodbye to the clock, and then turning slightly, you waved to the nightlight. We often read Goodnight Moon, and in the book, they say goodnight to the things in the room. So you cleverly decided to say good night to the things in your room!
You have many words now, among them, (in no particular order):
Dog
Duck (your yellow duck in pool or pink bathtub duck)
Dada
Mama
Caa (for Butterball the neighborhood Cat)
Owww
Brr (Brittany)
Bebe (for your dolls)
Park
Potty (you told me this yesterday as I was putting you in your crib. I put you on the potty and you promptly crawled off, scooted out the bathroom door, turned around and sat on the hallway hardwood floor and pee’d!)
Poop
Pop (when toast pops you say this)
Signing:
Cheers (clinking glasses with us at meals)
All done (rubbing hands together after meal)
Up (pointing up)
You often practice inflection, raising your eyebrows as you say something, looking at us to see if we got it. You can also get frustrated when you don’t get what you want, you will arch your back and scrunch up your face. Sometimes I’ll smile or just stroke you to calm you and you soon give me a little impish smile, sometimes even a little laugh.
Today was your 15 month checkup and more vaccines, including chickenpox. You screamed as they jabbed three needles into your thighs, but a few minutes later when we emerged from the room, you were quiet and calm, but with tears running down your cheeks. The nurses and doctor commented on how good you were, not even crying. Then you got to choose a toy as a treat from the treasure chest… you went for the little yellow duck. You are drawn to little yellow ducks!
Height: 32.5" (85%)
Weight 23 lbs (48%)
Mother’s Day.
You can now take about 5-6 steps on your own. You’ll stand with good stability, and when we back up and hold out our arms to you, saying "Come here, come here, come here" you start ambling towards us.
You love playing hide and seek. In your walker you run down the hallway, and then chase after me. I hide behind the couch, or behind the wall near the door, or behind the table, and each time you return to the living room looking around with the look of expectation. When you spot me, a big grin covers your face before you turn and dash back down the hall for me to chase you.
You are super good, but if there’s something you’re not supposed to touch, and you’ve been told, you will look at it, shake a finger side to side and look up at me. I distracted you from playing with the humidifier in your room, and later that day when Brittany was with you, when she went close to it, you wagged your finger at her.
