She's walking, talking and even started crawling!!!
Lots has happened since I last posted. Jayla has been walking since about the middle of June. So, I guess that happened around 14 months. She did take some steps (sometimes lots) between two people or objects, pieces of furniture, but now she's pretty steady on those chubby little legs of hers. And chubby they still are. Jayla is starting to slim out a little. And man is she tall. Sometimes her dad and I look in on her in before we go to bed and she looks as tall as a 3 year old. We're pretty sure she's somewhere around 34" long. The measurement we got at the doctor's office at her 15 month appointment was 32.5 inches, but you know how they squiggle around on the table....
Okay, so back to the other stuff. The talking is especially taking off these days. It's amazing how many words a 15 month old can have. We don't have an official list, but off the top of my head; mama, dada, nana, papa, dog, arf arf, boo (for moo), ah ah (for the monkey sound), duck, quack, book, baba (even though she's referring to the sippy cup), bubble, nana (for banana), mmm & num num, cracker, hi, truck, tree, and the newest is melmo (for elmo) - sounds like mama a little bit. But really, I'm sure there are more, but not that I can think of right now....I love hearing her talk. Her little voice is so sweet (when it's not making a screaming sound). Luckily she doesn't do a lot of screaming - phew!!
On to the next one. Crawling. After her waiting till 11 months to roll over - I guess I can understand that she was one of those babies who wanted to take their time in other things she does. She was trying to get onto her hands and knees for a couple weeks. Then once she figured out that her arm strength was enough to hold her up, she was able to get that crawling motion. She figured it out....I was so proud of her. And she was so proud of herself too...as she should be. It's crazy how much there is for a little baby to learn....But luckily there's not pressure, well, very little pressure actually. Really as long as they can do certain things by the time they go to school - walk, run, climb stairs, dress themselves, probably use the potty......but we have lots of time for that.
I now have a laptop, so I think I'll be able to keep this upto date a little better. But I can't make any promises.
Okay, so back to the other stuff. The talking is especially taking off these days. It's amazing how many words a 15 month old can have. We don't have an official list, but off the top of my head; mama, dada, nana, papa, dog, arf arf, boo (for moo), ah ah (for the monkey sound), duck, quack, book, baba (even though she's referring to the sippy cup), bubble, nana (for banana), mmm & num num, cracker, hi, truck, tree, and the newest is melmo (for elmo) - sounds like mama a little bit. But really, I'm sure there are more, but not that I can think of right now....I love hearing her talk. Her little voice is so sweet (when it's not making a screaming sound). Luckily she doesn't do a lot of screaming - phew!!
On to the next one. Crawling. After her waiting till 11 months to roll over - I guess I can understand that she was one of those babies who wanted to take their time in other things she does. She was trying to get onto her hands and knees for a couple weeks. Then once she figured out that her arm strength was enough to hold her up, she was able to get that crawling motion. She figured it out....I was so proud of her. And she was so proud of herself too...as she should be. It's crazy how much there is for a little baby to learn....But luckily there's not pressure, well, very little pressure actually. Really as long as they can do certain things by the time they go to school - walk, run, climb stairs, dress themselves, probably use the potty......but we have lots of time for that.
I now have a laptop, so I think I'll be able to keep this upto date a little better. But I can't make any promises.
posted by Melissa at 5:30 PM
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