At 1 year old, here are some thing about Elizabeth:
- She can walk between people, but won't walk unless there is a person a few steps away who she trusts to catch her. When she is standing at the couch and sees something she wants across the room she tends to look at it, take one hand off slowly, pause, and then go down to the floor and crawl to it. She is clearly thinking about whether to walk over and deciding against it.
- She says the following words clearly and consistently: dog, mama, dada, hi, yay
- She approximates the following words, saying a part of the word (usually one sound) and pointing: tickle, button, cat, bottle, sock, book, tiger, all done, banana
- She loves a pacifier, but only the infant soothie ones. We tried to introduce her to the more "big kid" pacifiers and she just takes it out, looks at it curiously, and then plays with it.
- She started sleeping through the night a few days before her first birthday. She had been getting up either once or twice a night before then and then suddenly did 3 nights in a row. Now that we're another 10 days out I'm willing to say that she officially sleeps through the night. There have been 2 nights in the past 2 weeks where she woke up and insisted on eating, but 12/14 counts.
- When she is about to do something she knows she isn't supposed to, she shakes her head no. This doesn't always stop her from doing it, however.
- When she wants something to drink, she points to her mouth. Okay, more like sticks her finger in her mouth as though she is trying to gag herself. She now loves a sippy cup and does a good job with it. We tried milk a bit, which she loved, but she got bad diaper rash so we're back to water.
- She loves books. Not as enthusiastically as she loves dogs, but they are definitely her favorite thing inside our house. She loves to look through her books (and will sometimes bring one over to you to read to her), but it isn't just the stories or even the pictures, because she is fascinated with adult books too. She tries to sneak into our room and goes right for the book on Joe's bedside table. At church she wants to flip through the book of songs. And she does a pretty good job turning the paper pages (although not one at a time) without bending or ripping them.
- She loves to make and listen to music. She has learned how to play the little cymbals we have. Sometimes she catches sight of the piano when we are in the basement coming or going and she insists on sitting down to play.
- She throws baby temper tantrums. I didn't know babies could throw temper tantrums. But when she is mad she will throw herself on the floor and kick her legs with force and scream. Luckily she tends to give up after about a minute . . . for now.
- She is adventurous and has no fear. When she sees something she wants, she tries to throw herself out of your arms to go get it. She crawls down the hallway and peers under the basement door. I have to get a picture of this one, actually, because it is heart melting.
- She loves to climb stairs. If we set her down in the basement to take our jackets off, she makes a bee-line for the stairs and starts to climb up. If we're going to actually use the basement as play space this winter we need to break her of this.
- She loves to eat and eats a wide range of foods.
- She has a STRONG will and will get MAD at you. She is generally a happy kid and pretty easygoing but when she decides she wants something and you won't let her do it or have it, watch out. The other night she woke up and I was trying to give her a pacifier instead of feeding her. Her response? She took the pacifier out of my hand and threw it. 3 times!
- She has recently discovered the fun game of putting things in a container, taking them out, and putting them back in.
Happy Birthday, Lizzie-Boo!!
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| From 2014 November |
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