1.01.2009

Addison at almost 18 months




Some of her most commonly used words:
NO NO (sometimes even when she means yes)
Some Family members names:MOM DAD NAN POP G LUUK BABY DREW LEY GAK
Names of foods: nana, mik, noodle etc
Tee
Yights
Gog (Boggs or dog)
Clock
Truck
nack (snack)
most animal sounds moo, baa, meow, woof, ssss, fish face,oo ah ee, rar, doo
baby
some color names: lellow, boo, geen
she will repeat a word if you ask her to say it enough times
she can name body parts
book
uh oh
up
bath
more
tickle
boo
night night
yay
oh
bubbles
poop
mall
shoes
knock knock
go
day (bye)
wow


She loves to play with her babies, feed them, bathe them, and then put them night night. She will giggle and cover her mouth as she does this. She also loves to dance and sing to any music, be read to, and play with barn animals and little people toys. She loves to be outside when the weather permits and look out the window when it does not. She is very curious about everyone and everything around her and she will walk all over the place trying to take it all in. She likes to hide and call your name while you are trying to find her and then she will say boo after you found her like she scared you or something. She also loves to tease with hugs and kisses and tickle too.


Her routine through the work week:
Wakes around 6:30 and we get dressed, brush hair and teeth, eat breakfast and out the door by 7:15. At school, her routine is play, art, and gym time all before lunch at 11, and then rest time after lunch until daddy picks her up around 3. She comes home and plays with dad until I get home around 5:15 and then we eat dinner. Dinner is followed by a VERY LONG BATH (do not try to cut this bath time short or she will get very upset) after bath, we read books or watch a show and then bedtime is 8:00.

On Saturdays, she plays, cleans house, and runs errands with mom while dad works. On Sundays we go to church and then we all spend time together after nap.


Her favorite foods include: Fruit, crackers, bread, pancakes, scrambled eggs, milk, water, yogurt, chili, french fries, chicken nuggets, fish sticks, spaghetti, and pizza. She is constantly changing her mind on what she likes and does not like. On Tuesday she may eat a plateful of something and just a few days later want nothing to do with it. We struggle to get her to eat veggies--I was still feeding her baby food veggies because it was the only kind she would eat, but now she has even grown out of that.



I love her growing independence at this age, but she also has a huge need for mommy still which makes her so innocent. This combination can lead to her becoming easily frustrated with things and having meltdowns which are easily solved with a hug,kiss, or some help.

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