Height: 84cm/33inches(97th percentile)
Health:
currently recovering from 4 days of fever but other than that she has been in excellent health so far.
Nicknames: Cheeky Chops
Eating: She's a good eater, but still wanting 'babyish' foods in sauce like the toddler meal trays or home cooked spaghetti Bolognese so I can't just put pieces of chicken and veg on her plate as she won't touch it.
For breakfast she has porridge, lunch either a sandwich or couscous fingers, fruit pieces or a fruit pouch for snack and then a warm dinner. 4oz milk on waking and before bed.
Teething: All 4 canines are currently popping through, which brings us to 16 teeth in total.
Sleeping: Emilia has successfully transitioned to one nap per day, which is lovely but slightly restrictive when wanting to go out.
She usually sleeps for 2-2.5 hours at 12:30pm
Nighttime sleep is 7:15pm-6:30am, generally not needing any 'attention' in the night but now that she's poorly, I have had to go in a couple of times to hold her.
Nappies:
size 4 or 4+
Clothing:
18-24 months
Social:
She no longer has stranger anxiety as far as we can tell.
Soon school starts again, meaning the baby classes are starting up again.
We don't have the money(or a car) to get to most of them, but we're going to make more of an effort to enjoy the free classes in the local library and children's centre.
Another Mum and I have been going to our soft play centre, which the girls enjoyed
Words:
All gone, 'yeah', Mama and she can say my partner's name, but doesn't call her mummy(or me Mama)
She definitely understands a lot more though, we can give her some basic instructions during playtime like 'bring me the ball' or 'go get the cups' and she will.
Likes:
*She LOVES dogs, whenever we see one on our walks she get's very excited and the entire stroller shakes
*she loves traffic lights and gets almost as excited seeing them as she does when seeing dogs
*She likes to sing nursery rhymes and says 'row row' for 'row your boat' and once I finish the first verse, she requests the second one by roaring like a lion :)
*She LOVES to 'eat' fruit or yogurt in pouches
*being told no
*cuddling(much to Mama's dismay)
*having her nappy changed
Milestones:
*she has been cruising since April, but is not in any hurry to actually walk.
*She started climbing on the sofa
*She's a pro at stacking cups and getting a lot better with her shape sorter.
*She's been playing ball for months and likes to read books by herself.
*She can point to her tummy, nose, hair and head when asked in English and German
*she will grab our phones and have 'conversations'
*she's still mainly being spoonfed by me and uses her fingers to feed herself but has started to show an interest in feeding herself with pre-loaded spoons
Mama:
I'm sad about my 'baby' growing up so quickly. She's a big girl and people always think she's older than she is expecting her to be able to do things she is too young for.
She's outgrowing 18-24 months clothing meaning I have been shopping in the 'big girl' section, which feels just wrong considering she's only 15 months!
I'm sorting out all of her outgrown clothes and toys she no longer plays with and since we don't know if we can afford another baby, we are getting rid of them, which is super sad.
Fun things we did:
We flew to Germany when she was 14 months old and boy was it hard to keep her happy on the flight. It's the 4th time that Emilia and I flew on our own and it definitely made me think that for our flight at Christmas she will be having her own seat on the airplane!
But it was nice to catch up with some family members I haven't seen in 10 years as well as visiting my grandmother again, she might not live much longer and I want to make sure that Emilia has some memories of/with her.
What we are looking forward to:
Socialising more
What we are not looking forward to:
Money struggles as I am still not working
