October
This month starts a new season in Adddison's and my life, as I have left my job to become a stay-at-home mom. This was a very hard decision for me, however I am happy to report, It hasnt even fazed Addison that she no longer goes to day-care. I was worried, I would have to hear her ask for them everyday, but she doesnt, making this transition alot smoother for her and for me. We spend our days, going to the Library, going on walks, meeting up with friends, having lunch with Stephen, going to the Park, running errarnds or just hanging around the house, which those days I try to do a craft. Our biggest challenge is not leaving the TV on. I have had to make it a point to turn it off and really monitoring it. I am not a big TV watcher myself, however, it is really easy to turn it on and almost forget its on. I am trying to make sure we find OTHER things to do, coloring, crafts, play with legos, dress up, tickle time, reading books... ect. I try to get out every AM and do something or I find that both Addison and I go stir crazy!! The biggest challenge has been finding things to do. I have signed her up for a Library class that starts in another week and that will run every WED until Christmas, but every other avenue I have explored either costs to much or they are full. Praying God will open a door and help me meet some new moms that we can connect with that live local.
Addison is talking in leaps and bounds 3-4 words at once. Really enjoyed this time, as she is starting to really communicate with us and we can really understand her. Favorite Phrases - "I did it Mommy"! "Addie do it", Good Mommmy?", "Luv you" I love how sensitive she has become - "Mommy OK?" "Oh bobo... All better" "I kiss it", The hardest part has been her repeating things you dont want her to say and hearing "NO" and "I SAID NO" screaming these at me. Talk about so embarressing and draining. Especially when I am out and she starts screaming " I SAID NO" while running away from me. Time out now occurs while we are out. The other big thing that we noticed this month was how much she is remembering things we have told her before! It blows me away the things that she remembers. 'She can sing the whole ABC and count up into the teens... Definitly Thankful she is at an age of communication, but I can say 2 year olds can be very challenging!
Her alleriges have come back in full force this month, so we took her in for testing, still waiting for results, but are hopeful they will find something to help her endure these seasonal months. This last year was a long year with Addison's allergies being at peak and us being able to do nothing for her. The other thing that picked up this month was her eczema. She had it last year, but only on her face and the Eucerin cream, cleared it all up! This year though it has come in all over her body, but red dry patches all over her. Luckily after 2 weeks of red, blotchy miserableness, the Eucerin cream, Oatmeal baths and running her humidifier during naps and beditme have finally cleared her up!!
Addison got to experience her first Trick or Treating and she LOVED it! She was our little Owl, cutest Owl I ever saw! She was a little timid at first, but by the 5th hous, she knew what she was doing and definitly didnt need any help or help with carrying her pumpkin full of candy!
November
This month has flown by, cant believe we are already at Thanksgiving! Addison and I are now in full swing of me being a stay-at-home Mom and we are both adjusting to this season! I can say we both have our days of probably being tired of one another. Naptime has become more important than ever before (lol at least for me) as I need this time to rejuvinate! 2 year olds are HARD WORK!! Temper tantrums, "I SAID NO", Running from me, are in FULL FORCE!!! Im not going to lie, some days can be VERY Draining!!! But even in those days, Addison and I find our special moments that melt my heart and remind me of this very special gift I have been given and how I wouldnt TRADE HER FOR THE WORLD!!!
Her little chatter fills our days, with questions "Whats this Mommy?", "What Else Mommy?" She now says, "Oh My Goodness" ALL the time and its super Cute! She can tell me if something hurts/itches and where it is. Its almost like at times we can carry on coversations... She is my little singer! loves to sing songs, especially ones that have hand motions! She espeically loves "This litle light of mine, Im going to let it shine"
She started her first Library classes this month and she LOVES it and it has been nice to have something to look forward to every week. We also look forward to visits with Owen and Maddy and being able to meet new friends! Thankful that November has not been too cold and we have been able to still go on walks and have PARK days! And if we dont make it to the park, thankful that we have a big yard with a swing set for plenty of outside FUN! Just not thrilled with it being dark by 430/445.
We did move her to zantac allergy medicine, which has made a world of a difference and we moved her rug out of her room to help eliminate dust pile up. Very sad to remove this rug, as this was something I really just had to have for her room, but it is just stuff and she is more important!! Since we started the Zantac and moved the rug, we have seen such MAJOR improvment!! it been so great!
This month although it has been hard at times, has been such a reminder to me of the precious gift I have been given and how important this time is with her.... I am truly Blessed beyond measure!
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
27 Months
27 Months -
We started out this month at the beach with my parents and my brother. It was such a special time, as my brother had not seen Addison since Christmas. The beach was definitly a highlight of the year and Addison LOVED it! We would pull the car down the main strip and she would already be saying "Oh Fries, fries." HAHA.. she picked up real quick we have fries at the beach every day. She also LOVED to be buried in the sand EVERY DAY.. several times. I think we all took turns every day buring her, making for a major mess of sand when it was time to leave. The water was really calm while we were there and she even got to go out and enjoy the waves. LOVED watching her chase the sea gulls, jump the waves. Just special moments watching Addison with my family.
This month in general has probably been one of my favorite months in Addisons development. Her speach is really coming around and she is finally starting to put multiple words together. She has also become really aware of her surroundings and is now rememebering what we tell her or just things from earlier in the day or even from the day before, telling us about them. She is doing so good at connecting things together and it has been so much fun to watch and listen. She is also more and more repeating us, which at times can be very scary and has made us be more careful what we are saying. Just so in love with her connections to things and her love of life. - Telling me every day who she is going to see and every night, when I say "Good night, Mommy loves you" - "Dada too", "Ganma too", "Pepa too", "Byon too" - "Addison where does Uncle Bryan live?" - "Forida" and "Where does Ganma and Pepa live?" - "New Ork" - "Addison where is Daddy right now" - "Wok". Everything lately is "Addie too" or "Addie's Turn" - It melts my heart to hear her say "Tank too, Momma" she says it all the time and I think my heart could burst with love. Her little words when she is told that she has been disobediant and that it hurts Mommy when she disobeys - "Sarce (Sorry) Momma". She has really developed a LOVE of singing. So many songs she knows and the words, melts my heart to hear her sing... She can now point out the animals, even the hard ones and Tell you their sounds. This has been a month of discovering her dollies. She LOVES her dollies. Carrying them around - everywhere. Singing to them, wrapping them in blankets and feeding them. Giving them kisses. I seriously cannot get enough watching her with her dolls.
I moved Naptime to 130 and usually after lots of books and a fun packed AM, she will pass out. I have noticed a nap after 2 PM is almost never going to happen and I have had to come to full terms that sometimes you may use up TONS of energy and put them down on time and they still will not nap!! and then you just move forward with an earlier bed-time. Which I can say is very hard, bc I am such a routine person, that earlier bedtimes throw me off schedule...lol!
We still spend our days reading books over and over. Now that it has gotten cooler we have gone to the Library a ton, PARK fun has come back. This summer we spent our days at the pool or playing outside in our yard with the sprinkler, kiddie pool ect. WAY to hot to go to the PARK!!
We started out this month at the beach with my parents and my brother. It was such a special time, as my brother had not seen Addison since Christmas. The beach was definitly a highlight of the year and Addison LOVED it! We would pull the car down the main strip and she would already be saying "Oh Fries, fries." HAHA.. she picked up real quick we have fries at the beach every day. She also LOVED to be buried in the sand EVERY DAY.. several times. I think we all took turns every day buring her, making for a major mess of sand when it was time to leave. The water was really calm while we were there and she even got to go out and enjoy the waves. LOVED watching her chase the sea gulls, jump the waves. Just special moments watching Addison with my family.
This month in general has probably been one of my favorite months in Addisons development. Her speach is really coming around and she is finally starting to put multiple words together. She has also become really aware of her surroundings and is now rememebering what we tell her or just things from earlier in the day or even from the day before, telling us about them. She is doing so good at connecting things together and it has been so much fun to watch and listen. She is also more and more repeating us, which at times can be very scary and has made us be more careful what we are saying. Just so in love with her connections to things and her love of life. - Telling me every day who she is going to see and every night, when I say "Good night, Mommy loves you" - "Dada too", "Ganma too", "Pepa too", "Byon too" - "Addison where does Uncle Bryan live?" - "Forida" and "Where does Ganma and Pepa live?" - "New Ork" - "Addison where is Daddy right now" - "Wok". Everything lately is "Addie too" or "Addie's Turn" - It melts my heart to hear her say "Tank too, Momma" she says it all the time and I think my heart could burst with love. Her little words when she is told that she has been disobediant and that it hurts Mommy when she disobeys - "Sarce (Sorry) Momma". She has really developed a LOVE of singing. So many songs she knows and the words, melts my heart to hear her sing... She can now point out the animals, even the hard ones and Tell you their sounds. This has been a month of discovering her dollies. She LOVES her dollies. Carrying them around - everywhere. Singing to them, wrapping them in blankets and feeding them. Giving them kisses. I seriously cannot get enough watching her with her dolls.
I moved Naptime to 130 and usually after lots of books and a fun packed AM, she will pass out. I have noticed a nap after 2 PM is almost never going to happen and I have had to come to full terms that sometimes you may use up TONS of energy and put them down on time and they still will not nap!! and then you just move forward with an earlier bed-time. Which I can say is very hard, bc I am such a routine person, that earlier bedtimes throw me off schedule...lol!
We still spend our days reading books over and over. Now that it has gotten cooler we have gone to the Library a ton, PARK fun has come back. This summer we spent our days at the pool or playing outside in our yard with the sprinkler, kiddie pool ect. WAY to hot to go to the PARK!!
Thursday, September 6, 2012
August
Once again we were able to start off the month visitng my parents for a long weekend and finally our little girl named my parents and is calling for them. GANMA and PEPA... Love it and so very special to hear her call for them.
So many fun new words - Tank Too for Thank you (which we worked on really hard) - Excuse me - (even knowing when to say it..lol) Her big phrase is "OH MAN" lol.. its soo funny and she has perfect timing! Singing. Our little girl LOVES to sing.. I always hear her singing away, its amazing how many songs she knows... makes me wonder if she might sing more (in front of people) as an adult. (Jesus loves me, twinkle twinkle little star, baba black sheep, rock a bye baby, God Bless America - def some of the favs) We are working on what sounds all the animals make and it is the cutest thing to hear her say their sounds.. Rooster - instead of Cock a dododle do.. it comes out AAAAAAAAA dooo!! LOVE IT!!
Naps are still our constant battle. This has been a month of at least 1 day (out of my 4 days with her during naptime) where she outright will not nap. I have had to come to terms that there are going to be days that she might just miss it, not by my lack of trying. However, if she is reading, singing, laying in her bed, she is still resting.. even if she isnt sleeping!! VERY hard to accept. But, I am working to accept that we are going to have days of no napping and then we just move forward with an early bedtime.
A fun month of just playtime at the pool, playing with her cousins, funtime with Owen, walks in the evening. July was really hot.. August has been a little more breathable - the only problem is the bugs!! Just enjoying every minute of our little girl.... So many new words, new phrases and just her little personality comeing to light.. GREAT smile! Some days its like I cant get enough of her!!
So many fun new words - Tank Too for Thank you (which we worked on really hard) - Excuse me - (even knowing when to say it..lol) Her big phrase is "OH MAN" lol.. its soo funny and she has perfect timing! Singing. Our little girl LOVES to sing.. I always hear her singing away, its amazing how many songs she knows... makes me wonder if she might sing more (in front of people) as an adult. (Jesus loves me, twinkle twinkle little star, baba black sheep, rock a bye baby, God Bless America - def some of the favs) We are working on what sounds all the animals make and it is the cutest thing to hear her say their sounds.. Rooster - instead of Cock a dododle do.. it comes out AAAAAAAAA dooo!! LOVE IT!!
Naps are still our constant battle. This has been a month of at least 1 day (out of my 4 days with her during naptime) where she outright will not nap. I have had to come to terms that there are going to be days that she might just miss it, not by my lack of trying. However, if she is reading, singing, laying in her bed, she is still resting.. even if she isnt sleeping!! VERY hard to accept. But, I am working to accept that we are going to have days of no napping and then we just move forward with an early bedtime.
A fun month of just playtime at the pool, playing with her cousins, funtime with Owen, walks in the evening. July was really hot.. August has been a little more breathable - the only problem is the bugs!! Just enjoying every minute of our little girl.... So many new words, new phrases and just her little personality comeing to light.. GREAT smile! Some days its like I cant get enough of her!!
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
2 YEARS old (25mo)
We started off this month visiting my parents/family in NY for 13 days. Stephen joined us the first week and then Addison and I stayed on for the 2nd. Our days were spent swimming at Great Grandpa and Grandmas house, lunch at the beach, napping in the afternoon and then other activities in the evening from Pool fun, Campground playground, Rodeos, petting zoos, Ice cream, train rides, a family fun night that included a bouncy house, boat rides and a movie night! We had lots of fun days, filled with visits from friends that made the beach all around a lot more fun. Addison took to the water like a champ. We could not believe how completely fearless she was and before we knew she would be out neck deep. Yes, I want her to not have a "Fear" of the water, but I want her to understand that it can hurt you. But she was our "Little Fish" as I would call her!! Making naptime a breeze, as she would be so worn out from the sun and swimming. Its our days visiting that make me wish I lived in NY and could offer her all the fun memories I had growing up, but she will make her own memories and that's life!! Hard to come home, but yet at the same time, missing Stephen and ready to get back to normal.
We came home to Addison starting back at Jens Place Childcare! Jen was an answer to prayer, as Addison had been with Jen from 4mo -19mo and it was a hard adjustment when she let Addison go, but God reopened the doors back at Jens and we could not be happier. Addison is doing wonderful and Jen even seems to think Addison remembers her. Addison now calls her "Nenny" as she cant seem to get out the "J" for Jen, calling for her the whole ride to her house and getting super excited as we pull in. Jen started Addison off on a cot, which had me EXTREMELY nervous, but she seems to understand that she cannot get off!! I guess only time will tell. All around though we could not be happier with Addisons adjustment back to Jen and just that there was a spot back there for her!!
All around Addison is just fulling turning into a little girl and really walking away from her baby years. She is so aware of what is going on around her and understands so much. She is constantly amazing us with what she knows and understands!! She is talking like crazy now. Repeating us constantly and even saying words we didnt even know she could say. We can actually at times have conversations, bc there is an understanding. She learned her first 2 separate words while we were in NY and I could not be prouder. YES, she could say 2 words but they were always the same.. beep beep, bye bye, zoom zoom, tickle tickle, but she put 2 separate words together and I could not be more prouder than to say they were "Yes, Please", she also learned, bye bye ducks and bye bye boat and I believe she is saying "Dont want too"... haha!! It sounds very much like it and it usually comes out when it is something she clearly doenst want to do!! We have learned a lot about her personality. Addison is a very shy at first child, once warmed up she is full of smiles, laughs and just all around chatter. She is very independent, strong willed and fearless. She loves other children and loves to play with them. She is fearless and motivated by what other children are doing around her.. If they can do it, she can do it and she will figure it out. She loves to look at books, magazines and her all out favorite is to look at pictures. Pictures of herself or of people she knows. She is our little lover.. loves to give hugs and kisses and will now say "Mua" after she kisses you. She loves to snuggle and sit on your lap, she loves girly things, dolls, stuffed animals, makeup, beads, haha! Its like she is super girly yet has a tom-boy attitude, as she is so fearless. Another super sweet thing is her love for singing and how much she enjoys singing with you. She doesnt know all the words, but she knows important words to the songs and its soo sweet! Her favorite song seems to be Jesus loves me... truly melts my hear to hear her sing it over and over..
Our biggest struggle this month has been the paci. We never really had a problem with it. She was not a baby that relied on it. Yes, she would use it at naps and bedtime and even this past year, she knew she got it at naps and bedtime, but this month it has full out become an issue. She thinks she needs it ALL the time, making matters worse, she has learned the word. So she screams, calls for it. She knows she only gets it at naps and bedtime yet she struggles so much with letting it go. Wondering how at this point, I am ever go to drop the paci!!
Still working on the Potty training. I will run the bath and then put her on it. IF I say do you have to pee she will push like she needs to pop, she clearly is not comprehending the potty.. haha!! and now as soon as I get her off the potty, I have to quick put her in the bath or she will pee all over the floor... .really not grasping this concept!! HAHA!! However this month she now will all of a sudden hold herself when she pees and if she poops she will tell you and run to the changing table. So we are getting somewhere.
I wanted to say that I personally decided to stop charting her. I used to chart everything she did! While it was extremely helpful it was something that controlled me. I decided that the day she turned 2 I was done charting, as her birthday was on a Sunday and that started a new week. LOL! I still chart in my head, but I no longer feel controlled by this charting. It was hard at first to let go, but I felt so controlled by it, like someone would look at it and think, oh wow, your daughter only slept this long or your daughter ate that and I realized it wasn't worth it. The pressure of no charting has eased my life in so many ways.
This month has just been all around fun, great memories and I could not be happier or feel more blessed with all that God has given us!! Addison has made my life complete!!
2 YEARS old
Is it possible our little girl is 2 years old!! Where did the time go? Our month has been filled with preparing for our little girls Birthday and we have stayed very busy. Hersheypark water park fun, Visit from Gandpa and Grandma, Owens (best Buddies) birthday and just good old summer fun!!
Our little girl is talking more and more every day... its like she started and hasnt stopped!! and every week she tells us another word!! She constantly amazes us with how much and how quickly she is learning!! Naps are still our day to day struggle!! After books had been advised several times, I finally decided to bite the bulltet and try books in the crib!! Since I have only been doing this a week now, I can see it has made a major difference and really calmed her down!! I tried the CIO method again for 5 days last week and I was at my witts end!! CIO did not work the way it had before and I was seriously thinking Naps might need to be dropped as I was running out of steam and energy! But after a hard lesson I had to learn, I finally decided that I really needed to work on my patience and try out something different and well... books its is!! Once again, I am amazed at how well Addison responded to the books and she has finally stopped fighting the naps!! For NOW!! haha!! Ask me next month!!
We have started to work on the "Potty Training" haha!! well kind of. Nana and Poppa bought her one we dont over push her, as everything we have read said to ease into it, but we do encourage her to use it. She can say Pee and Poop and understands that she should Pee and Poop on the potty, yet I cannot seem to get her to Pee on the potty. lol!! So it is a work in progress!!!
Addison was let go from her daycare this month and once again made us sit back and ponder if I should be a stay-at-home mom. This came at such a happy time in our little girls life, as she was celebrating her 2nd birthday. Hard to be strong and not allow fears to take over, but we were confidant that God would show us what his plan was for both Addison and us.
The highlight of the month.. Addison turned 2. Ice cream party with lots of outdoor fun! Family and special friends came to help make Addison's day soo special!! Pool, bouncy house, sprinkler and fun new toys, along with cake pops and ice cream sundaes were the highlight for our little girl!!
Addison has continued to fill our hearts with so much loye and laughter as she becomes more and more her own little individual! Just full of life ... loves to give hugs and kisses, just constantly overwhelming our hearts as she learns new things and new words. YES, being a mother of a 2 year old has its days! Addison is very strong-willed, determined, independent child, but such a love for life and she has filled our hearts with such laughter and happiness!
Our little girl is talking more and more every day... its like she started and hasnt stopped!! and every week she tells us another word!! She constantly amazes us with how much and how quickly she is learning!! Naps are still our day to day struggle!! After books had been advised several times, I finally decided to bite the bulltet and try books in the crib!! Since I have only been doing this a week now, I can see it has made a major difference and really calmed her down!! I tried the CIO method again for 5 days last week and I was at my witts end!! CIO did not work the way it had before and I was seriously thinking Naps might need to be dropped as I was running out of steam and energy! But after a hard lesson I had to learn, I finally decided that I really needed to work on my patience and try out something different and well... books its is!! Once again, I am amazed at how well Addison responded to the books and she has finally stopped fighting the naps!! For NOW!! haha!! Ask me next month!!
We have started to work on the "Potty Training" haha!! well kind of. Nana and Poppa bought her one we dont over push her, as everything we have read said to ease into it, but we do encourage her to use it. She can say Pee and Poop and understands that she should Pee and Poop on the potty, yet I cannot seem to get her to Pee on the potty. lol!! So it is a work in progress!!!
Addison was let go from her daycare this month and once again made us sit back and ponder if I should be a stay-at-home mom. This came at such a happy time in our little girls life, as she was celebrating her 2nd birthday. Hard to be strong and not allow fears to take over, but we were confidant that God would show us what his plan was for both Addison and us.
The highlight of the month.. Addison turned 2. Ice cream party with lots of outdoor fun! Family and special friends came to help make Addison's day soo special!! Pool, bouncy house, sprinkler and fun new toys, along with cake pops and ice cream sundaes were the highlight for our little girl!!
Addison has continued to fill our hearts with so much loye and laughter as she becomes more and more her own little individual! Just full of life ... loves to give hugs and kisses, just constantly overwhelming our hearts as she learns new things and new words. YES, being a mother of a 2 year old has its days! Addison is very strong-willed, determined, independent child, but such a love for life and she has filled our hearts with such laughter and happiness!
22/23 Months
So I have been really bad at blogging!! I kept thinking I would sit down and type it all up and the months kind of got away from me, as I was in my busiest season at work and nights came and all I wanted to do was crawl into bed!!
Luckily I wrote stuff down and even though I cant fully remember everything that happened, I have some special and hard lessions that I had to learn on this journey of "Motherhood"during this time.
22 Months
Apirl - SPRING!!! This month was an all around great month for Addison. We moved Addison out of her highchair into a big girl chair at the table and she now officially sits with us at the table for meals... I know she really feels like a BIG girl as she sits right at the "head of the table" lol!!
After months of fighting for naps and then a week of fighting me at bedtime too...I finally did several LONG days of CIO one lasting 2 plus hours!! But that was it ...after that it was like something clicked and she has finally stopped fighting us for naps!! This has been a really hard year...lots of changes, adjustments and just learning for her and for me... the biggest thing has been learning patience with naps!! But I was encouraged to try out the CIO method and for now it seems to have worked and I am soo happy!! No more screaming, yelling, throwing things out of bed, YES, she stilll chatters a bit, but I think i finally got through to her!! haha!! For NOW!!
She is still not talking a ton, no where near the rest of the kids her age, which is hard as a parent!! You feel like you have done something wrong ... Why is she not up to speed like the rest of the kids her age!! However, she has learned the sign for please and it has made a world of a difference in knowing what she wants!!! YES, everything is still No, when clearly she means yes, but her sign for Please has helped us in getting a little clearer of an answer. She also signs "More" when she would like more of something. Please and More are her to very clear signs that we fully know what she is saying.. and it was exciting to see her learn them and understand them. She has also learned where Eyes, Nose, Ears, Mouth, hands and toes are!! She will even say "Nose" as she points to it! She has also learned "Choo Choo" for the train!! Now whenever we hear or see the train, she will give us an automatic.. Choo Choo!!Her BIG word of the month though.. was 2!! If you ask her how old is she going to be.. she will tell you!! 2!! ITS SOOO CUTE!!!! Currently working on showing fingers.. but for now.. she will answer you and tell you how old she is going to be!!
Addison cut 4 teeth this month, all four of her "Eye" teeth as they call them. So She now looks like she has a full set of teeth in there!! And I am happy to report that she is finally really growing some hair!! lol!! Our little bald baby is finally getting hair!! And I have really noticed that she now works with you to get dressed.. haha! She will actually try to dress herself!!
My parents visited this month for Easter and Addison had a GREAT time. We did an Easter Egg hunt with Owen and I have to say it was hysterical watching the different personalities!! Addison fully grasped that she was to go pick them up and she was on a MISSION to get them all in her bag.. worked out, as Owen was more interested in the outside toys! So no arguments!!
23Months
This was a special month for us, as Addison finally started really saying "Words". She had been saying a few words here and there, but compared to most kids her age, she just wasnt there. Finally the week before Mothers day It was like our little girl finally found her voice and really started grasping what we were saying and repeating back to us!! It made it even more fun, as we were able to visit with my parents and brother and have them hear all her new words and even try out new words!! Everything is still No, when asked a question, however we are now starting to get a nod of a head for Yes!! She is also now finally saying Please with her sign, however it does come out "Peas" but soo sweet! She has also learned where Eyes, Nose, Ears, Mouth, hands and toes are!! She will even say "Nose" as she points to it!
Our biggest challenge this month, was after a month and half of finally not fighting for naps, Addison decided to start fighting them again. It was really hard this time!! I felt that Feb and March were nightmares for naptime and I thought we had finally gotten it all under control!! OH No I was in for a BIG surprise as naptime once again, became a major issue. SCREAMING, Yelling, throwing everything out of her bed ..no matter what I did, she would just full out fight me for almost 2 hours before finally caving and passing out!! Still not sure.. what we are going to do... but what I do know.... you really start to question if naptime is worth it!!
Addison has finally started to give kisses along with her hugs ..no sounds, but she leans in and will kiss you! Soo sweet! You can say, can you give a hug bye and she will walk right over and give hugs!! She will also say Bye Bye!! Soo cute and sweet and I feel soo proud of her every time she does it!! A big thing this month was I finally decided to push her to drop her bottle!! Yes, I am a horrible mother, my daughter is a month away from being 2 and I still let her have her bottle in the AM and before BED. I started with the AM and after a week of her not even noticing I dropped the PM. This was a little harder, as she then did not want it and would hand me the cup back. Since my daughter has not always been the best Milk drinker and knowing that she still needed to have a little more milk in her, I then resorted to soft top sippies for about 2 weeks before finally getting frustrated as she just kept biting them to death and then milk was leaking everywhere! But I am happy to report she adjusted fine when I tried with the hard top and we are officially out of bottles!!
Our days are mostly spent outside now.. she LOVES to be outside.. screaming to be out there! Thankful we have a fence!! Now to just get a cover for the patio!!
So I have been really bad at blogging!! I kept thinking I would sit down and type it all up and the months kind of got away from me, as I was in my busiest season at work and nights came and all I wanted to do was crawl into bed!!
Luckily I wrote stuff down and even though I cant fully remember everything that happened, I have some special and hard lessions that I had to learn on this journey of "Motherhood"during this time.
22 Months
Apirl - SPRING!!! This month was an all around great month for Addison. We moved Addison out of her highchair into a big girl chair at the table and she now officially sits with us at the table for meals... I know she really feels like a BIG girl as she sits right at the "head of the table" lol!!
After months of fighting for naps and then a week of fighting me at bedtime too...I finally did several LONG days of CIO one lasting 2 plus hours!! But that was it ...after that it was like something clicked and she has finally stopped fighting us for naps!! This has been a really hard year...lots of changes, adjustments and just learning for her and for me... the biggest thing has been learning patience with naps!! But I was encouraged to try out the CIO method and for now it seems to have worked and I am soo happy!! No more screaming, yelling, throwing things out of bed, YES, she stilll chatters a bit, but I think i finally got through to her!! haha!! For NOW!!
She is still not talking a ton, no where near the rest of the kids her age, which is hard as a parent!! You feel like you have done something wrong ... Why is she not up to speed like the rest of the kids her age!! However, she has learned the sign for please and it has made a world of a difference in knowing what she wants!!! YES, everything is still No, when clearly she means yes, but her sign for Please has helped us in getting a little clearer of an answer. She also signs "More" when she would like more of something. Please and More are her to very clear signs that we fully know what she is saying.. and it was exciting to see her learn them and understand them. She has also learned where Eyes, Nose, Ears, Mouth, hands and toes are!! She will even say "Nose" as she points to it! She has also learned "Choo Choo" for the train!! Now whenever we hear or see the train, she will give us an automatic.. Choo Choo!!Her BIG word of the month though.. was 2!! If you ask her how old is she going to be.. she will tell you!! 2!! ITS SOOO CUTE!!!! Currently working on showing fingers.. but for now.. she will answer you and tell you how old she is going to be!!
Addison cut 4 teeth this month, all four of her "Eye" teeth as they call them. So She now looks like she has a full set of teeth in there!! And I am happy to report that she is finally really growing some hair!! lol!! Our little bald baby is finally getting hair!! And I have really noticed that she now works with you to get dressed.. haha! She will actually try to dress herself!!
My parents visited this month for Easter and Addison had a GREAT time. We did an Easter Egg hunt with Owen and I have to say it was hysterical watching the different personalities!! Addison fully grasped that she was to go pick them up and she was on a MISSION to get them all in her bag.. worked out, as Owen was more interested in the outside toys! So no arguments!!
23Months
This was a special month for us, as Addison finally started really saying "Words". She had been saying a few words here and there, but compared to most kids her age, she just wasnt there. Finally the week before Mothers day It was like our little girl finally found her voice and really started grasping what we were saying and repeating back to us!! It made it even more fun, as we were able to visit with my parents and brother and have them hear all her new words and even try out new words!! Everything is still No, when asked a question, however we are now starting to get a nod of a head for Yes!! She is also now finally saying Please with her sign, however it does come out "Peas" but soo sweet! She has also learned where Eyes, Nose, Ears, Mouth, hands and toes are!! She will even say "Nose" as she points to it!
Our biggest challenge this month, was after a month and half of finally not fighting for naps, Addison decided to start fighting them again. It was really hard this time!! I felt that Feb and March were nightmares for naptime and I thought we had finally gotten it all under control!! OH No I was in for a BIG surprise as naptime once again, became a major issue. SCREAMING, Yelling, throwing everything out of her bed ..no matter what I did, she would just full out fight me for almost 2 hours before finally caving and passing out!! Still not sure.. what we are going to do... but what I do know.... you really start to question if naptime is worth it!!
Addison has finally started to give kisses along with her hugs ..no sounds, but she leans in and will kiss you! Soo sweet! You can say, can you give a hug bye and she will walk right over and give hugs!! She will also say Bye Bye!! Soo cute and sweet and I feel soo proud of her every time she does it!! A big thing this month was I finally decided to push her to drop her bottle!! Yes, I am a horrible mother, my daughter is a month away from being 2 and I still let her have her bottle in the AM and before BED. I started with the AM and after a week of her not even noticing I dropped the PM. This was a little harder, as she then did not want it and would hand me the cup back. Since my daughter has not always been the best Milk drinker and knowing that she still needed to have a little more milk in her, I then resorted to soft top sippies for about 2 weeks before finally getting frustrated as she just kept biting them to death and then milk was leaking everywhere! But I am happy to report she adjusted fine when I tried with the hard top and we are officially out of bottles!!
Our days are mostly spent outside now.. she LOVES to be outside.. screaming to be out there! Thankful we have a fence!! Now to just get a cover for the patio!!
Monday, March 26, 2012
20/21 Months
20 Months
Our month has been busy with adjustments/colds/new words/learning hand motions to songs/ just becoming her own little person.
Our big highlights this Month was moving to the table and no longer sitting in her highchair! She has adjusted well and its nice to no longer have to clean off the massive tray. Surprisingly she has done really well and no major messes on the floor like I thought.. but then again we do have GA, who is super quick to pick up anything that gets dropped.
I wouldn't say her vocabulary has really picked up anymore than the last month, but she has learned the word "CHEESE" haha and she knows that you say "Cheese" when you take a picture and "Cheese" for an actual piece of Cheese! Such a smart little cookie. She even will say Cheese when you take her picture! lol! She has picked up a favorite song and even learned the hand motions to "If your happy and you know it Clap/Pat your knee/Stomp your feet/Beep your nose/Shout Hooray" Its is super cute to watch and listen, she LOVES the song and gets soo excited when it comes on. She received some dvds from my parents, "Cedarmount Kids" its children singing all the classic Bible school songs that I grew up singing! She loves these dvds, trying to sing and do the hand motions with them. They are a little old school, but she doesnt know that and Its been a BIG highlight! Another word she has somehow learned is "MINE"... I would have to say, I'm not super thrilled about this word, as I now constantly say to her PLEASE.. Not really sure where/how she learned this word, but she knows what it means and it always seems to come out when she wants something she shouldn't have!!
She has turned into our little helper.. She loves to help me set the table.. we are working on putting the silverware on the right side of the table.. She will bring you just about anything you ask her. She loves to get her own shoes and hat when its time to go... calling for them..shoes..shoes.. Even when you are getting ready to go, she thinks its time to go and she will go get her shoes and hat..She has even mastered putting her own hat on. Has not mastered putting on her shoes yet!
She is still adjusting to daycare. I decided to pick up a 4th day of work until June. One, to help us bring in some extra money, but 2 to help my department out. I think it has been a hard adjustment on both of us. She still clings or cries most AMs that I drop her off, which makes leaving really challenging.. but I am hopeful picking up a 4th day will help her adjust.
Our biggest challenge this month, besides, never ending colds and adjusting to daycare. Addison has started to really fight me for naps. I am not sure where this stems from, but it was like she woke up one day and decided that napping was going to be a fight. It has been an all out war to get her to calm down and go to sleep. She will throw everything out of bed, including her paci, scream.. piercing screams at the top of her lungs.. all in all it is very draining and tiring! I even tried to hold out one day and held out for almost 45mins, before I caved and went in and dealt with the issue. I am hopeful that this is just a phase and we will work through this. To top it off she has been fighting bedtime as well. This actually started last month, I was confident that this was a phase as well, but it has continued into this month. Some nights, she is hitting 830/845 before passing out. Luckily night time, she just babbles until she passes out, no war which is nice.
I would have to say this past month flew by and I cant believe we are already in March. Praying for warm weather to come our way, so we can get these colds behind us.
21 Months
Well.. we entered the month with another cold and miserable coughing and I was done, so we headed off to the Pediatricians once again to get to the bottom of it. Low and behold, our little Miss Addison has Allergies. They are not sure what kind, but they are moderate and they believe its dust from the house being closed off and that's why this "Cold" wont fully go away. So finally an answer to our never ending cold battle. Only took 3 plus months and a visit to the Pediatrician at least every 2 weeks for them to finally realize that this was Allergies! She has been put on Clairton and it has helped, she still has coughing on and off and her nose runs occasionally, but it has calmed it down and made it manageable for her. I will be conducting a major Spring Cleaning in her room.. so hopefully that will help! Soo thats our BIG news... Addison has allergies!
She has turned into a little babbler, always talking to us, like we understand her, pointing at things, which do help somewhat in trying to figure out what she is trying to say. She has learned the word "Cookie"..haha.. a SWEET! Sometimes it sounds like she is saying "Whats this?" But, its so hard to tell! She will now say Choo Choo when she hears the train, she will even look for the train if we are outside. Its super cute, but she thinks that Trucks as Trains..they tend to make a loud noise and she compares the 2 as one!! LOL! She can say Moo, for a cow and can point out out the animals in books, when you say - "Where is the Cow" ect. She also says Beep Beep! I always say.. Beep Beep when I am trying to get by her and now she will say it!! She knows where her belly button is and she is working on Head and shoulders knees and toes... She has all of it down, but the shoulders...lol.. goes straight to the knees!! All in all she is definitely trying to talk to us. She does fully understands everything you say to her and she picks up super quickly! She is even trying to master winking!! Super cute!!
She is still doing the hand motions to "If your happy and you know it clap your Hands" and she recently learned that when you sing patty cake to "Mark it"..lol! She will use one finger to tap her palm or your palm!! She is mastering setting the table, even placing silverware on each side of the table rather than on both sides...lol! She just LOVES to help!! Still says No, when she clearly means yes, however on occassion she will say Ummm.... So, when you ask her a question... you either get, No or Umm...lol!! Never YES!! She has all of a sudden started to love to count.. She counts everything!! The only thing is, she gets stuck on two. So you go, one, two and she says two, two, two! Its soo cute! She recently discovered how to open and close doors. Not sure how I feel about this, but she can reach and open and close them... sometimes its definitly a game in her mind!! She is a climber for sure, FEARLESS... she will now climbe up the front of the slide to the top without help, evening attempting the climbing wall.. very nerve wracking for sure!! At least she is using up a lot of energy!! lol!!
She is doing better with daycare, some days are still rough, but she seems to be adjusting a lot better! It is probably Mom here who has the hardest time with the 4 days. I really miss her and feel like I never see her..lol! At least there is an end in sight! June cant come any faster!! I do relish in the sound of shoes, shoes, shoes, when I come to get her.. she knows right away to get her shoes on, almost throwing a fit if we don't get them on fast enough
Napping has gotten better, YES, we have our days, ALOT of days! But we bought a little Light/Music bug and that seems to help. She has started to wake early, I would say most mornings are 6:45/6:50 and then every couple of days, I get a 730, which I will take, I have to say this has helped with naptime, bc she is tired when it rolls around. (Luckily I almost always always get 730 on the wknds.. :) ) Half way through the month I decided to move Bedtime to 740 to help with all her jabbering, but it still seems to be almost 815 before she passes out, but at least its not 830, like it was.
She is still doing good eating at the dining room table, the only issue that we have is, she wants to put her feet up on the table or she uses her feet to push against the table and push herself away from the table. I think we spend all dinner saying, put your feet down.... definitely can be very draining!
She is just full of energy and life, exploring everything around her, testing all her boundaries, but sweet special moments that I will hold onto forever.... Clinging to all the extra snuggles and little conversations (babbling) she has with us...realizing that in just a few more months our little girl will be 2!!
Our month has been busy with adjustments/colds/new words/learning hand motions to songs/ just becoming her own little person.
Our big highlights this Month was moving to the table and no longer sitting in her highchair! She has adjusted well and its nice to no longer have to clean off the massive tray. Surprisingly she has done really well and no major messes on the floor like I thought.. but then again we do have GA, who is super quick to pick up anything that gets dropped.
I wouldn't say her vocabulary has really picked up anymore than the last month, but she has learned the word "CHEESE" haha and she knows that you say "Cheese" when you take a picture and "Cheese" for an actual piece of Cheese! Such a smart little cookie. She even will say Cheese when you take her picture! lol! She has picked up a favorite song and even learned the hand motions to "If your happy and you know it Clap/Pat your knee/Stomp your feet/Beep your nose/Shout Hooray" Its is super cute to watch and listen, she LOVES the song and gets soo excited when it comes on. She received some dvds from my parents, "Cedarmount Kids" its children singing all the classic Bible school songs that I grew up singing! She loves these dvds, trying to sing and do the hand motions with them. They are a little old school, but she doesnt know that and Its been a BIG highlight! Another word she has somehow learned is "MINE"... I would have to say, I'm not super thrilled about this word, as I now constantly say to her PLEASE.. Not really sure where/how she learned this word, but she knows what it means and it always seems to come out when she wants something she shouldn't have!!
She has turned into our little helper.. She loves to help me set the table.. we are working on putting the silverware on the right side of the table.. She will bring you just about anything you ask her. She loves to get her own shoes and hat when its time to go... calling for them..shoes..shoes.. Even when you are getting ready to go, she thinks its time to go and she will go get her shoes and hat..She has even mastered putting her own hat on. Has not mastered putting on her shoes yet!
She is still adjusting to daycare. I decided to pick up a 4th day of work until June. One, to help us bring in some extra money, but 2 to help my department out. I think it has been a hard adjustment on both of us. She still clings or cries most AMs that I drop her off, which makes leaving really challenging.. but I am hopeful picking up a 4th day will help her adjust.
Our biggest challenge this month, besides, never ending colds and adjusting to daycare. Addison has started to really fight me for naps. I am not sure where this stems from, but it was like she woke up one day and decided that napping was going to be a fight. It has been an all out war to get her to calm down and go to sleep. She will throw everything out of bed, including her paci, scream.. piercing screams at the top of her lungs.. all in all it is very draining and tiring! I even tried to hold out one day and held out for almost 45mins, before I caved and went in and dealt with the issue. I am hopeful that this is just a phase and we will work through this. To top it off she has been fighting bedtime as well. This actually started last month, I was confident that this was a phase as well, but it has continued into this month. Some nights, she is hitting 830/845 before passing out. Luckily night time, she just babbles until she passes out, no war which is nice.
I would have to say this past month flew by and I cant believe we are already in March. Praying for warm weather to come our way, so we can get these colds behind us.
21 Months
Well.. we entered the month with another cold and miserable coughing and I was done, so we headed off to the Pediatricians once again to get to the bottom of it. Low and behold, our little Miss Addison has Allergies. They are not sure what kind, but they are moderate and they believe its dust from the house being closed off and that's why this "Cold" wont fully go away. So finally an answer to our never ending cold battle. Only took 3 plus months and a visit to the Pediatrician at least every 2 weeks for them to finally realize that this was Allergies! She has been put on Clairton and it has helped, she still has coughing on and off and her nose runs occasionally, but it has calmed it down and made it manageable for her. I will be conducting a major Spring Cleaning in her room.. so hopefully that will help! Soo thats our BIG news... Addison has allergies!
She has turned into a little babbler, always talking to us, like we understand her, pointing at things, which do help somewhat in trying to figure out what she is trying to say. She has learned the word "Cookie"..haha.. a SWEET! Sometimes it sounds like she is saying "Whats this?" But, its so hard to tell! She will now say Choo Choo when she hears the train, she will even look for the train if we are outside. Its super cute, but she thinks that Trucks as Trains..they tend to make a loud noise and she compares the 2 as one!! LOL! She can say Moo, for a cow and can point out out the animals in books, when you say - "Where is the Cow" ect. She also says Beep Beep! I always say.. Beep Beep when I am trying to get by her and now she will say it!! She knows where her belly button is and she is working on Head and shoulders knees and toes... She has all of it down, but the shoulders...lol.. goes straight to the knees!! All in all she is definitely trying to talk to us. She does fully understands everything you say to her and she picks up super quickly! She is even trying to master winking!! Super cute!!
She is still doing the hand motions to "If your happy and you know it clap your Hands" and she recently learned that when you sing patty cake to "Mark it"..lol! She will use one finger to tap her palm or your palm!! She is mastering setting the table, even placing silverware on each side of the table rather than on both sides...lol! She just LOVES to help!! Still says No, when she clearly means yes, however on occassion she will say Ummm.... So, when you ask her a question... you either get, No or Umm...lol!! Never YES!! She has all of a sudden started to love to count.. She counts everything!! The only thing is, she gets stuck on two. So you go, one, two and she says two, two, two! Its soo cute! She recently discovered how to open and close doors. Not sure how I feel about this, but she can reach and open and close them... sometimes its definitly a game in her mind!! She is a climber for sure, FEARLESS... she will now climbe up the front of the slide to the top without help, evening attempting the climbing wall.. very nerve wracking for sure!! At least she is using up a lot of energy!! lol!!
She is doing better with daycare, some days are still rough, but she seems to be adjusting a lot better! It is probably Mom here who has the hardest time with the 4 days. I really miss her and feel like I never see her..lol! At least there is an end in sight! June cant come any faster!! I do relish in the sound of shoes, shoes, shoes, when I come to get her.. she knows right away to get her shoes on, almost throwing a fit if we don't get them on fast enough
Napping has gotten better, YES, we have our days, ALOT of days! But we bought a little Light/Music bug and that seems to help. She has started to wake early, I would say most mornings are 6:45/6:50 and then every couple of days, I get a 730, which I will take, I have to say this has helped with naptime, bc she is tired when it rolls around. (Luckily I almost always always get 730 on the wknds.. :) ) Half way through the month I decided to move Bedtime to 740 to help with all her jabbering, but it still seems to be almost 815 before she passes out, but at least its not 830, like it was.
She is still doing good eating at the dining room table, the only issue that we have is, she wants to put her feet up on the table or she uses her feet to push against the table and push herself away from the table. I think we spend all dinner saying, put your feet down.... definitely can be very draining!
She is just full of energy and life, exploring everything around her, testing all her boundaries, but sweet special moments that I will hold onto forever.... Clinging to all the extra snuggles and little conversations (babbling) she has with us...realizing that in just a few more months our little girl will be 2!!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
18/19 Months
Soo, I had big plans to do an 18 month blog, but the time got away from me and I realized that she is now 19 months. So I will try to talk about them seperately.
18 Months
It was Christmas Eve on Addisons 18 month birthday, kind of hard to forget your childs 1/2 year birthday when it lands so close to a holiday...lol! We were able to be in NY with my family for the holidays and we had a wonderful time, always goes by way to fast. Addison even got to go out and go sleeding for her first time, Grandpa took her out to enjoy the snow.
Addison weighed in at exactly 24lbs for 18 months (January 6). Our pediatrician said she is doing great and meeting all her milestones. She is full of energy and life, a climber for sure, I think I spend all day pulling her down off the table or anything else she can climb. YES, she figured out how to climb her changing table... couldnt believe it and almost had a heart attack the first time I came in and say her standing up there... ok still do, everytime I find her up there. Still babbling away, like she wants to talk, but just doesnt. I really think she knows a lot more than she is willing to say. She can clearly understand everything I am saying or asking her to do... I wouldnt say there are any "NEW" words, however we have noticed that she refers to herself as a baby and whenever she does say baby, she whispers it...soo funny!! She is my little helper for sure, helping me unload the dishwasher, help me carry the bags in or my purse, help me unload the cart at the grocery store, get her shoes, hat and coat and bring them to me when its time to go. She has figured out how to blow kisses and she understands that when we pray we hold hands and she will reach out to hold your hand, when you say "lets pray." She loves to twirl around until your disey. She loves it if you do it to her, she will actually lay back as your twirling and close her eyes.. so fearless!! But she also twirls herself and just laughs and laughs... its soo funny to watch. She also just loves to run around the house with her eyes closed...silly girl!! She runs into everything, but just keeps going!! She has really mastered her spoon and fork and she can now even eat cereal with milk in it with her spoon. Yes, we still sometimes make a mess, but she is doing soo well, I hardly even have to help her. She has started to learn what time outs are and you can now, place her in the seat and she understands she has to stay there for minute.. yes she sometimes gets up, but she undesrstands that when she is bad, there is a time-out. She is definitly a very strong-willed, determined little girl, however she is my snuggler for sureandloves to be held. So very curious and yet so smart at how quickly she picks up on things. A big step we did was flip around her car seat at her 18 month mark, I struggled with this change with all the advisories out there, but she seems to be a lot happier in the car now that she can see us and my pediatrian said she meets the weight limit and we are tottally OK to flip her around.
19 Months
This last month has been a very long month and alot of changes and growing. Addison started off the month in the hospital for vomitting and so lathargic we thought we were losing her, she kept having these spasms that shook her body, we wondered if she was having seizures...so scary. Luckily it was just a fever, causing her to get cold and then shake and the vomitting does make children lathargic. No sooner did we get past that, when we were informed our daycare would be letting Addison go. No need to go into detail, but this shook our world. Thankfully Grandma made the trip down to be with Addison and to help us look for another daycare provider for our sweet girl. Grandma stayed with us for about 8 days and luckily by the time she left, God had answered our prayers. Addison spent her last week at her daycare, that she has been at since she was 3 and half months old and on Thursday, woke up to a vomitting virus that knocked her out all weekend. I would have to say that 2012, has been a very rough year so far and we are still adjusting. First week at her new day care, has been hard, but I know with time it will get better. Addison cried so hard on Wednesday when I had to leave in the AM, I almost started crying with her and walked out of that hosue and quit my job. She has never cried like this, not even for church Nursery and It broke my heart to leave her. Thankfully she did calm down and was off playing by the time I walked out. "Why is Change sooo HARD!!!" Hopefully week 2 will be better!!
With all that said, Addison learned how to climb up and down her highchair while Grandma was here. She is currently cutting her cannine teeth on the top, so she will soon have a mouth full of teeth up there. She has finally figured out how to say "NO" except that "NO" in her mind means "YES". Its soo funny.. "Addison are you Hungry?" No... "Addison do you want to take a bath?" No...lol.. everything is "NO" when she clearly means "YES."
She has figured out how to put her hat on herself. Yes, it ends up being a little lopsided, but its super cute! She has even attempted to put on her own shoes. She will now put our shoes on and try to walk in them.. soo funny!! She has learned to sing with you the ABCs... I definitly think she is saying some of the letters and she does this thing where she sways back and forth and tilts her head from side to side, when she sings it with you.. its soo cute. She can also count 1, 2, 3... such a smart little girl. She learned how to say "Grandma" while my mom was here... so truly special!! She has also, finally after months of showing her, learned the arm movements to the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" LOVE THIS!! Another funny thing is she will now, if she gets in trouble sit herself in time-out, without you telling her to sit in time-out... its soo funny!! Things that you wouldnt necessarily put her in time-out for, she will go sit in the time out spot. She really is such a smart little girl... Glad she got her daddy and Grandpas jeans!! However, I would have to say, she is a very good mix of both Stephen and I, besides looking 100% like Stephen. On a side note -her hair has really started to come in this month.. she now wakes up and the back of her head, hair is sticking up everywhere. I have even had to wet it a couple of days to get it to lay flat. I do think its going to have some curl, bc its definitley wispy. Soon I will be able to put little barets in her hair and they will stay!!
She has has finally picked a "lovey" Out of all her options, she has attached herself to a purple blanket that my mom made. That blanket is a favorite for sure and seems to always find its way outside her crib and if she doesnt bring it out with her in the AM or after nap and she cant seem to reach through the crib to get it, there is some serious crying involved. She has also recently become very attached to her paci, throwing major fits if she cant have it. Up until a month ago, the paci was used only at naptimes and bedtime. When she was really little she used alot more, even in the car. But, as she got older and not wanting her to be dependant on it, I thought it best to only be used during sleeping times. We did decide to use it a little more over Christmas this year, due to late nights and nap times being pushed around, however recently it has become an issue. Throwing such major temper tantrums. The desire for the paci also started around the time that she attached herself to her blanket and Im starting to think its all the change. I think she is dealing with a little bit of insecurities and feeling unsure and its something constant. Hopefully in another month, she will start adjusting.... my poor sweet girl!!
Her imagination has really come out recently. Yes, she does mimick, but now she does things, that we have shown her all the time. I can look into her room and can see her stirring her tea and then fake drinking it, fake eating her food, sprinkling her cupcakes with fake sprinkles. Just soo sweet. I even noticed yesterday her putting some of her lego pieces together!! I couldnt believe it, I have showed her so many times and she never does it!! Still loves to look at books and be read too, and also loves to color even though, she likes to eat the crayons and I think she has broken all of them in half. She can even now ride her toy horse, she will drag it out from her bedroom and climb up onto it and just ride it... she loves it!! A year ago, she received it and she wasnt even sitting up yet and now my sweet child plays with it and can climb up and off it and can swing it back and forth!! She is just getting soo big, where has the time gone!! We are so truly blessed and we serve an AMAZING GOD that has made my dreams come true!! May I never forget!!
18 Months
It was Christmas Eve on Addisons 18 month birthday, kind of hard to forget your childs 1/2 year birthday when it lands so close to a holiday...lol! We were able to be in NY with my family for the holidays and we had a wonderful time, always goes by way to fast. Addison even got to go out and go sleeding for her first time, Grandpa took her out to enjoy the snow.
Addison weighed in at exactly 24lbs for 18 months (January 6). Our pediatrician said she is doing great and meeting all her milestones. She is full of energy and life, a climber for sure, I think I spend all day pulling her down off the table or anything else she can climb. YES, she figured out how to climb her changing table... couldnt believe it and almost had a heart attack the first time I came in and say her standing up there... ok still do, everytime I find her up there. Still babbling away, like she wants to talk, but just doesnt. I really think she knows a lot more than she is willing to say. She can clearly understand everything I am saying or asking her to do... I wouldnt say there are any "NEW" words, however we have noticed that she refers to herself as a baby and whenever she does say baby, she whispers it...soo funny!! She is my little helper for sure, helping me unload the dishwasher, help me carry the bags in or my purse, help me unload the cart at the grocery store, get her shoes, hat and coat and bring them to me when its time to go. She has figured out how to blow kisses and she understands that when we pray we hold hands and she will reach out to hold your hand, when you say "lets pray." She loves to twirl around until your disey. She loves it if you do it to her, she will actually lay back as your twirling and close her eyes.. so fearless!! But she also twirls herself and just laughs and laughs... its soo funny to watch. She also just loves to run around the house with her eyes closed...silly girl!! She runs into everything, but just keeps going!! She has really mastered her spoon and fork and she can now even eat cereal with milk in it with her spoon. Yes, we still sometimes make a mess, but she is doing soo well, I hardly even have to help her. She has started to learn what time outs are and you can now, place her in the seat and she understands she has to stay there for minute.. yes she sometimes gets up, but she undesrstands that when she is bad, there is a time-out. She is definitly a very strong-willed, determined little girl, however she is my snuggler for sureandloves to be held. So very curious and yet so smart at how quickly she picks up on things. A big step we did was flip around her car seat at her 18 month mark, I struggled with this change with all the advisories out there, but she seems to be a lot happier in the car now that she can see us and my pediatrian said she meets the weight limit and we are tottally OK to flip her around.19 Months
This last month has been a very long month and alot of changes and growing. Addison started off the month in the hospital for vomitting and so lathargic we thought we were losing her, she kept having these spasms that shook her body, we wondered if she was having seizures...so scary. Luckily it was just a fever, causing her to get cold and then shake and the vomitting does make children lathargic. No sooner did we get past that, when we were informed our daycare would be letting Addison go. No need to go into detail, but this shook our world. Thankfully Grandma made the trip down to be with Addison and to help us look for another daycare provider for our sweet girl. Grandma stayed with us for about 8 days and luckily by the time she left, God had answered our prayers. Addison spent her last week at her daycare, that she has been at since she was 3 and half months old and on Thursday, woke up to a vomitting virus that knocked her out all weekend. I would have to say that 2012, has been a very rough year so far and we are still adjusting. First week at her new day care, has been hard, but I know with time it will get better. Addison cried so hard on Wednesday when I had to leave in the AM, I almost started crying with her and walked out of that hosue and quit my job. She has never cried like this, not even for church Nursery and It broke my heart to leave her. Thankfully she did calm down and was off playing by the time I walked out. "Why is Change sooo HARD!!!" Hopefully week 2 will be better!!
With all that said, Addison learned how to climb up and down her highchair while Grandma was here. She is currently cutting her cannine teeth on the top, so she will soon have a mouth full of teeth up there. She has finally figured out how to say "NO" except that "NO" in her mind means "YES". Its soo funny.. "Addison are you Hungry?" No... "Addison do you want to take a bath?" No...lol.. everything is "NO" when she clearly means "YES."
She has figured out how to put her hat on herself. Yes, it ends up being a little lopsided, but its super cute! She has even attempted to put on her own shoes. She will now put our shoes on and try to walk in them.. soo funny!! She has learned to sing with you the ABCs... I definitly think she is saying some of the letters and she does this thing where she sways back and forth and tilts her head from side to side, when she sings it with you.. its soo cute. She can also count 1, 2, 3... such a smart little girl. She learned how to say "Grandma" while my mom was here... so truly special!! She has also, finally after months of showing her, learned the arm movements to the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" LOVE THIS!! Another funny thing is she will now, if she gets in trouble sit herself in time-out, without you telling her to sit in time-out... its soo funny!! Things that you wouldnt necessarily put her in time-out for, she will go sit in the time out spot. She really is such a smart little girl... Glad she got her daddy and Grandpas jeans!! However, I would have to say, she is a very good mix of both Stephen and I, besides looking 100% like Stephen. On a side note -her hair has really started to come in this month.. she now wakes up and the back of her head, hair is sticking up everywhere. I have even had to wet it a couple of days to get it to lay flat. I do think its going to have some curl, bc its definitley wispy. Soon I will be able to put little barets in her hair and they will stay!!
She has has finally picked a "lovey" Out of all her options, she has attached herself to a purple blanket that my mom made. That blanket is a favorite for sure and seems to always find its way outside her crib and if she doesnt bring it out with her in the AM or after nap and she cant seem to reach through the crib to get it, there is some serious crying involved. She has also recently become very attached to her paci, throwing major fits if she cant have it. Up until a month ago, the paci was used only at naptimes and bedtime. When she was really little she used alot more, even in the car. But, as she got older and not wanting her to be dependant on it, I thought it best to only be used during sleeping times. We did decide to use it a little more over Christmas this year, due to late nights and nap times being pushed around, however recently it has become an issue. Throwing such major temper tantrums. The desire for the paci also started around the time that she attached herself to her blanket and Im starting to think its all the change. I think she is dealing with a little bit of insecurities and feeling unsure and its something constant. Hopefully in another month, she will start adjusting.... my poor sweet girl!!
Her imagination has really come out recently. Yes, she does mimick, but now she does things, that we have shown her all the time. I can look into her room and can see her stirring her tea and then fake drinking it, fake eating her food, sprinkling her cupcakes with fake sprinkles. Just soo sweet. I even noticed yesterday her putting some of her lego pieces together!! I couldnt believe it, I have showed her so many times and she never does it!! Still loves to look at books and be read too, and also loves to color even though, she likes to eat the crayons and I think she has broken all of them in half. She can even now ride her toy horse, she will drag it out from her bedroom and climb up onto it and just ride it... she loves it!! A year ago, she received it and she wasnt even sitting up yet and now my sweet child plays with it and can climb up and off it and can swing it back and forth!! She is just getting soo big, where has the time gone!! We are so truly blessed and we serve an AMAZING GOD that has made my dreams come true!! May I never forget!!
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