I cannot believe the Eleanor is already 15 months old! She continues to amaze us each day. I think I am still waiting for the 'shoe to drop' and for us to hit a hard patch with her. But honestly, she is the easiest baby! (We think this and have been told this.)
She sleeps from 7PM to 7AM and takes one afternoon nap for anywhere from 1 hour to 3+ hours. Did I mention that she goes to bed in her crib like a champ? Very little crying, if any at all. She usually just lays there and talks to herself before falling asleep (which I love listening to). She now sleeps with a little
taggie blanket my mom made her and a
taggie book Grandma and Grandpa
Thorson gave her. She usually throws them out before falling asleep, so I put it back in her bed for her to play with when she wakes up. No blanket, just those two items, her PJ's and
SleepSack.
She still loves to eat, although she can be picky at time which has caused some iron deficiency issues that we are working on. For the most part we cannot complain, and her nurse said her phases of only liking certain types of food are completely normal and she will grow out of them. The girl loves her dairy, fruits and grains! She went to 100% whole milk this past week, until 13 1/2 months she was 100%
breastmilk and then we started mixing the two. She has yet to try juice, and we are in no hurry to do that. I figure she gets enough fruits in her regular diet that she doesn't need the extra sugar. Instead she gets water. It doesn't seem to bother her, and she doesn't try to take her day-care classmates juice
sippy cup during snack time.
She is still in a rear facing car-seat in the middle of the backseat. I am hoping to keep her rear facing as long as possible, although her Dr. has already said she probably won't make it to 2 years because she is tall for her age. Maybe 18 months? The extra safety a rear facing seat provides gives me peace of mind--- especially during the bad winter weather. She does well with car rides, although she is not thrilled about having to stop some days. Who can blame her.
She is doing pretty good with her sign language. She knows what 'more' means and uses it in conjunction with wanting food, a toy, music, or her Mommy & Daddy. She loves to play with her
Duplos, play food, cell phone, and just recently her dolls. She LOVES to read, both by herself and having someone read to her.
She is both a Mommy's and a Daddy's girl. I think you can tell we have equal parenting by her ability to go between the two of us without too many issues. That isn't to say she has her days when she only wants Mommy, or Daddy. She is starting to get a little shy, but still pretty open to strangers and when she wants to she will say 'bye' to the cashier at the store.
She is starting to want to do more on her own and be more of a 'grown-up.' Making her Valentine's was a perfect example of that. She has a lot of her Mommy in her when it comes to her independence.
She loves day-care and does not cry a single tear when we drop her of in the morning. She joins right in with the playing and doesn't look back. Although, if we go to visit in the afternoon she gets a little upset that she doesn't get to leave with us. We have found that if we wait until snack time to leave she could care less. Snacks trump Mommy & Daddy.
She is turning into a little ham. OK, she has always been a little ham- but it is coming out a little more. If you laugh at something she does she will instantly do it again, and again, and again. This is both good and bad.
We have loved watching her grow over the past 15 months. I cannot believe how much she has changed, or how much she will change in the next 15 months. It all goes by so quickly! If the next 15 months are anything like the last 15 months it will be AMAZING.
We have her 15 month well baby check-up next week, more shots and some stats. More on that later.
She play with the magnetic robots
She play with the magnetic robots
The big Lego-type blocks
And her favorite, putting the golf ball in and watching it go down the maze.
