31lbs(99.5th percentile)
Height:
36inches/91.5cm(99.5th percentile)
Well, the last update was 6 months ago and since then she had a really high 5 day fever, her first ear infection at 18 months and plenty of runny noses and coughs.
Eating:
I'd say her eating is pretty good, but she can be a little picky.
On a normal day she wakes up and has 5oz of milk in a cup(though we skip this sometimes when she wakes too late), porridge for breakfast, a little snack around 10, a sandwich or houmous and pitta for lunch, followed by a yoghurt; a little snack after her nap and a cooked meal for dinner, then 5oz of milk before bed.
We successfully transitioned from bottle to cup last September/October and it couldn't have gone better.
Dinners are a rotation of spaghetti Bolognese, pasta pesto, chicken nuggets, fish fingers, sausages, meatballs or couscous fingers with the occasional toddler ready meal(she has pretty much started to refuse them)
Our issue are the veggies, I can get her to eat peas, sweetcorn, cucumber, peppers, tomatoes, sometimes steamed carrots, but that's it!
Her absolute favourite food is houmous and she has this most days at lunch, either on toast, with pitta or with homemade spinach cheese waffles, it's a good way to get her to eat a lot of vegetables as she really enjoys dipping("dippedy")
Sleeping:
1.5-2.5 hours at lunchtime and 10-12 hours at night, mostly from 7:30pm-7am
She tends to roll around the cot for a little while chatting to herself, but is happy and doesn't need me to come back.
Teething:
She's almost done, all 20 have broken through but the last molars must hurt as they keep moving their way down because every few days she goes crazy, which is typical for her when teething.
Nappies:
size 5
Clothing:
size 2-3 or 3T(98EUR), size 6.5(UK)
23(EUR) shoes
Social:
We attend 3 toddler groups a week. Tuesday classes are run by our local children's centre and aimed at families on a lower income in the area. They do messy play, rhyme time or 'active play' sessions. Thursdays we go to a 45 minute singing session at the church opposite our apartment and Fridays we attend a toddler group in a church hall a 10 minute walk away, so all very local and FREE to attend.
We still haven't made more actual friends, but Emilia has got one 'best friend'. P. also has two mummies and the girls should attend the same class in nursery and school.
Likes:
*When I sing to her
*Taking a bath
*Reading books
*Using the lift or escalator. She really has an eye for finding them whenever we're out.
*Pressing the button on the traffic lights to cross the road
*to close the microwave, oven, cupboards
Dislikes:
*Sitting in her pushchair/stroller for long periods of time
*When we switch her tv shows off
Milestones:
Well the biggest one being that she finally started walking early November, at almost 18 months!
She can request the following nursery rhymes:
*The wheels on the bus (by saying "round round")
*Incy Wincy Spider ("spidey")
*Wind the bobbin up ("wind")
*Row your boat ("row row")
She recognizes places we regularly go to and requests to go there when we just walk past for example the churches we attend toddler groups at or the road her grandma lives on. She can finish the pages in a few of her favourite books for example we say
"poor old fox has lost his..." and she'll say "socks"
"he was too big, I sent him..." and she'll say "back"
I'd say her speech is pretty much on target for a 21 months old, especially given that I speak some German to her.
Mama:
We are actually in a financial situation which allows us to start thinking about baby number 2, which makes me very happy :)
Fun things we did:
We flew to Germany at Christmas and again in January. My secret weapon is just letting her watch the tablet and give her snacks, makes it so much easier. In January I booked her her own seat as she's just getting too big and heavy to be on my lap.
The return flight wasn't that good because my tablet refused to work and she had a bit of a meltdown. Must have a technology backup plan next time!
A possible holiday to Florida in May/June
