What change a month can bring. I guess it's no different than what can happen for big people who are embarking upon transition. But it just seems so much more substantial when someone is only 3 feet tall.
To be honest, I've been intimidated by this post and dragging my feet for days. There have been so many things this past month that I wasn't sure where to begin or where to cut it off. So feel free to mentally edit where ever and when ever you want.
Her 18th month ended with a visit to the doctor. She's a whopping 35+ inches tall (99th percentile) and 28lbs (90th percentile). She's moving into 3T clothing. All developmental milestones are good. It's really nice to have a positive medical trend growing. We've read about all these crazy things that seem to come up the first two years of life that are not necessarily detectable at birth. We are very grateful for every healthy visit and are even starting to pick up the pace of vaccines (we used an alternative schedule for the first year and half).
Her verbal and physical abilities were what really took a leap in the past month. She's no longer looking like a baby, nor acting like one. Little two word sentences appear here and there. ("Hide More" when we're playing hide and seek, etc).
She is also making associations in a way that is not taught. It's just the skill that comes with being human. One morning her and I were on her bedroom floor. Out of the corner of her eye, an abstract moon on a cloth book caught her attention. She jestered and I acknowledged by calling out "yes, that's a moon". Then she looked up, and pointed to another moon on a pillow sitting on a little chair. Surprised, I cheered on her observation "Yes, that's a moon too!". Watching her mind is like watching an engine slowly turn over for the first couple of seconds and then crank faster and faster, ending in a roaring purr.
She's also mastered opening zippers and plastic bags. She's successfully been able to get shoes on while seated in her carseat. She loves to color and has shown interest in coloring books more recently. When really focused she can count to three ("one, du, tree"). And has started to know colors (blue is most popular but can, at times, point out red, yellow, purple, green). She's mastered her advanced shape puzzle (with octagon, pentagon, trapezoid, etc). She likes her Leapfrog Letter bus and repeats a lot of the letters they say.
I need take and post a picture (TBD)
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