4.6.13
ZJ is finally up to 20 pounds! She is also 31.5 inches tall.
ZJ has been resistant
to identifying the parts of her face and usually just points to her ear for
everything so I went on to the rest of her body and she identifies several body
parts when asked (head, hair, mouth, belly, bum, hand and foot). Of these, hand, bum and foot, she will also
say. Foot is actually one of her
favorite words and she is obsessed with identifying feet and showing them to
everyone she meets. She likes to raise
hers into the air when she says it. She
is also now saying book, bubble, dada and yay.
She’s up to 13 words. Oddly, some
she doesn’t repeat or continue to say, but she has said them. She’s also making 6 animal sounds and a car
sound. She’s pretending to be on the
phone now and will use random objects and say “hi.” She can stack rings on her own now but it’s
still difficult for her.
She loves to
be outside and desperately wants to dig in the dirt or splash in the dog water
bowl. She will now go down the slide at
parks on her own and loves to but hates the swing and flails about when put in
one. She was horribly afraid of bubbles
and would scream and cry when we blew bubbles but I just kept doing it and a
few days ago she was gleefully running around in them. She loves to take my shoes out and walk
around the house in them. Her favorite climbing
spot this month is the trunk behind the couch, but she now climbs up and falls
forward over the cushions to get onto the couch seat. She’s been giving me real kisses but decided
she would give them to her brother a few weeks ago and now finally gives daddy
kisses too.
This entire
month has been a battle at bedtime. She
still usually goes to sleep at nap time while nursing, but she refuses to fall
asleep at night time, even when I tried a later time. It usually takes about an hour of nursing and
rocking. So she’s been going to sleep
closer to 8 pm and waking between 6:30 and 7:30 am. Her nap is usually an hour.
She still
throws food on the floor and has to be watched closely because as soon as you
turn your back she tosses it. She’s
still finicky about what she likes and changes her mind a lot. Her favorites are pasta with tomato sauce,
most veggies and fruit, breads and cheerios.
She doesn’t consistently eat many protein rich foods but I now add
peanut butter to her applesauce at lunch each day.
ZJ has 16 teeth now that her canines are coming in. She hasn’t
been sick all month.
