Would have made more sense to do it next week when she actually is 18 months i know, but if i do that im sure i will forget and then it'll be 19 months, 20 months and who knows when i will get around to it.
So as a foreword - im sure she advanced in some things as she is behind is some things too.
Like her fine motor skills - i recall when she was a few weeks old and i gave her a dummy, Miles never had one so i didn't know what to expect, other than i read/heard a lot of people dong the 'dummy rún' in the middle of the night.
Greta slept 12 hours straight 7pm -7am from 7 weeks of age. Actually she slept 10 hours overnight in the hospital when she was a day old and probably would have gone on doing that but when we brought her home, we popped her straight in the cot in her own room as we did with Miles as a baby but she'd cry and wake up after an hour or so.. Thinking she was hungry we'd feed her, but she never wanted the feed, hardly took a drop overnight, so i'd end up sitting up with her on the couch and she'd fall asleep on my chest and sleep that way the entire night - not very comfy for mum though!
So after doing this for about a month i thought this is crazy and had a think about it... realised she was never waking for milk just for a snuggle - so i popped out and bought the Snuggle Bed! From that night on she was sleeping 7pm - 7am.
Anyway in this time, before i had my brain wave, i stuck a dummy in her mouth to see if she wanted to suck on something and, well that wasn't the issue, but she loved her dummy!
So, i was worried i'd be doing the 'dummy run' i'd heard about. But nope. pretty much from day one of having a dummy, at around 4 weeks of age, she just used to shove it back in her mouth if it slipped out - i dont recall once getting up to her in the night to put her dummy back in. Then several months later i recall hearing mums group friends etc saying that their little ones had just started to put their dummy back in themselves, so im thinking gosh Greta has done that for months!
Also when feeding her, i'd shove a heaped spoon in her mouth and she'd shove in any that fell out with her hands... the pincer grib she had down pat for a few months old - pointing she was doing from 6 months or so - so just very good with fine motor skills.
Walking on the other hand! No where near, so i know she is way behind for that. She started to surf the couch etc about 6 weeks ago - but still if she wants something she will get down and crawl to it rather than surf to it - she just hates being on her legs - has walkers and prams etc but no interest at all!
So yeah, advanced with some things but behind with others.
So here is a list of a few things she is doing that i can think of:
Words;
Mummy
Daddy
Miles (said as My)
Amber (our cat)
Hi
Bye (and waves)
cat - meow
dog - woof woof
duck - quack quak
all gone
floor
up
there
nose - and points to her nose
head - and points
cheeks - points
tounge - sticks it out
dummy
tummy
feet - and points
leg
arm
grandad (gradad)
Banana (narna)
more
cot
night night
brum brum
car
A bumble bee
Hoot (from giggle and hoot)
hat
Little star (as in twinkle twinkle - and does the actions)
rain
no and shakes her pretty little head.
And she will string a few together, like "Daddy, All gone" when her Daddy goes to work.. etc.
Sleep;
Still has 2 naps a day, usually 2 - 2.5 hours each. 1at around 9am till around 11am. then one around 2 or 2.30 till 4.30 or 5pm
Then bed is 6.30pm, and she will wake around 7.30am.
She can still only manage to be awake around 3 hours before she needs a nap.
Food;
Only a couple things i have found that she dislikes, which is kiwi fruit and rice crackers that Miles has.
She is a fantastic little eater and will eat anything put in front of her - loves a rice, veggies and tomatoes dish i make... favourtie foods are cherry tomatoes and sultanas.
Favourtie toy;
Lola - by a country mile! She ADORES Lola and will scream the house down hunting for her!
However she can sniff out and hunt down a doll ANYWHERE! she LOVES LOVES LOVES dolls, any doll the most. Which is funny as when i was a kid, the only thing i would play with was Barbie dolls, i refused all other toys - so i see where she gets it from. She is a very girly girl, she squeals a lot, loves anything pink and sparkly and dolls... as i said LOVES dolls!
Other things;
Still only crawling
standing
surfing
cant realyl stand unaided yet
draws - loves to draw, but just squiggles
loves Miles' sand and water table
Loves to be outdoors and play with balls outside with Miles, spend most of our time outdoors
Loves the cubby house - a favourtie with them both, although Miles showed no interested until Greta did!
Has a cup of milk at night and thats about it - about 100 mls at most id say - she had never been a big milk fan. Has it for brekkie on her food and yoghurts and custards and cheese but not a fan of drinking it.
I recall Miles at 12 months, trying to get him to stop taking milk from a bottle and use a cup instead and it was a battle - with Greta, no problem, she seems to prefer the cup to the bottle so it was no issues throwing out the bottles 6 months away - i hate seeimg babies with bottles though about 12 months, my little pet hate it just looks gross! Well we all have silly little pet hates i guess.
So thats about all i can think of at present.
I'll add a recent picture of my little lady to this post too..
In other news:
Just went to the library for story time. Miles did a craft activity there - that was pretty good. Greta likes it too...Greta made friends with a little baby there - she is a bit of a social butterfly, i am terrible with chatting to people, as is Miles but i could watch Greta for hours, she makes friends wherever she goes too. Anyway she was playing with a little girl and the mum asked me how old Greta is, i told her 18 months next week and she commented that she is petite! Well i thought after having a small child (miles) for the past almost 4 yrs id have a bigger one with greta, but nope she is shaping up to be petite too - also she seems like she is older as she has so much hair - anyway, we will see her stats at her 18 month check up i guess!
Tomorrow we are off to Worlds Biggest Playgroup at the Maritime Museum in Sydney - looking forward to that, i like a trip inot Sydney - Miles does too, loves the mono-rail and the tall buildings - although this will be a very cheap trip as we are broke!
Best get on, i have a kitchen floor to mop before little Greta wakes, i have no energy though, need to do the laundry but i am still battling this cold - i feel rather lathargic, i do a little then have no energy..frustrating!
Erm think thats all...
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