I'll start off by saying "happy mother's day" to all the lovely moms reading this. I had a wonderful day feeling cherished and spoiled -- my man takes good care of me. Mother's Day was also Zoe's 16month birthday. Most of the days between 15-16 months were pretty terrible if I'm being honest. There were great moments in there, don't get me wrong, but the overall month was not a fun one. Poor girl was cutting her top molars and she did not deal well with it. Short naps, lots of crying and fussing, waking up at night, poor appetite... but the good news is that the past few days have been much, much better. The napping still isn't great but in general she is a different child and we are so grateful to have our happy girl back!
Funs:
- She truly has the hang of this walking thing down, including standing up on her own
- She has the funniest expressions and mannerisms that make us laugh over and over
- Beginning to see more ability to occupy herself for periods of time with toys or books
- She is really loving books right now and I love watching her get so absorbed in the pages
- Geoff and I were able to spend a night away while Zoe stayed with her Tia Kara and it went really well!
- says "hi" to lots of people when we're out and about, finally waves goodbye before they are out of sight :)
- we generally get out of the house between her morning nap and lunchtime, whether its going to the library or park or shopping -- she enjoys seeing other kids or "helping" me hold something in the shopping cart
- she often squeals when happy - a loud, piercing sound- especially at the library between books or songs which draws lots of attention from other parents. Yep, that's my loud child.
- Probably my favorite thing is how she wants to sit in our lap and crawls right up or backs herself into our lap. *sigh* melts my heart.
- Giving out kisses much more freely :)
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| She's loving her doll and stuffed animals a lot right now |
- See first paragraph, RE: teething
- back to throwing food on the floor and in general showing much more defiance
- hates having her diaper changed and will fight it the entire time
- Again with the food in the hair- perhaps its her ploy to get more baths since she loves them so much?
