16 Months Old, Take 2
Dearest Amelia,
You recently turned sixteen months old. Time is flying by so fast I barely had time to sit down to post some pictures, so unfortunately your letter is a week late.
Now that you are fully walking – and exploring and climbing and all the toddler activities that go with it – you have been picking up words and signs fast over the last month. You can moo like a cow and baa like a sheep. You do the ‘go dawgs’ with your fist when you ruff ruff like a dog. You truly understand much of what we say, which makes is all the more frustrating when you knowingly do something to oppose it. Our biggest battle with you these days is while eating – you like to throw food that you aren’t interested in, or sometimes just anything even if you would eat it – onto the ground. You find great delight in it. And even though we say no, and will give you time out if you do it again – you still do it. You know you aren’t supposed to – you look at us, make sure we are watching, then throw or drop. You’ll even test the other side of the tray if we sit so we try to block you from doing it. Its hard not to laugh at your persistance and your expressions – but we try to be consistent with you. Maybe it’ll sink in and you’ll move on to something else.
Your walking is adorable – you are very solid build with short legs and so your walk is… I don’t know how to describe it, but I love it – you chug along after all the big kids. You are getting faster and nearly running now.
That crazy curly hair of yours is getting crazier and curlier… we had to start using conditioner and I don’t know what to do with it somedays. Just a curly mop, but I love it!
You eat well most of the time – but if you see bread or crackers you try to get those ahead of everything else. Except maybe peas – you love peas. We are trying to only offer you one meal – hopefully that will pay off with a good eater in the long run. You still have your toddler days though when you just won’t try what is on your plate…. daddy is better at getting you to try things – he has the better patience of the two of us.
When you aren’t sick, which is hit & miss this fall, you are sleeping well. 7:30 – 6:30 most days, which works quite nicely. Its just been a hard fall between molars and illness, let’s hope we are through the worst. You got your 3rd one year molar on Halloween and your 4th came in just before you hit 16 months – we thoguht we’d have a nice reprieve from teething for awhile. However, you starting drooling and showing signs of teething your canine about 2 days later…. teething really doesn’t end does it?
I’m sorry this letter is shorter than most – but most my time is spent with you! You just soak up everything around you and you are very loving, giving the best hugs. I love you baby girl!
Momma
