Madeline-20 Months

Weight: You're are still a solid 20-22 lbs and short as ever!

Health: Nothing major this month to report.  You have had your fair share of boo boos as you are super mobile and into everything.

Social: You are talking SO MUCH now.  I love how you have your own language and have serious things to tell us.  If we don't seem to understand what you are saying you will repeat it back to us until we ackowledge you.  We are still working on a better way for you to get our attention than just screaming.

Diet: You are fully on regular food this month and don't seem to even remember nursing.  You love your yogurt and will eat more than your older sister.  You also love string cheese, crackers, pretzels, mashed potatoes, bananas, rice, apples, water, etc.  You aren't super found of meat but will eat the occasional seasoned ground beef!

Clothes: You are in 18-24 months and fitting comfortably.  I am really disliking any onsie outfit on you at this point which I think I also felt with Mara.  It's just easier to have the shirt and bottoms with your cloth diapers.

Mama's Favorites: You are super cuddly lately and have really attached yourself to me in that regard.  You will find your paci and then come cuddle in my lap for awhile.

Crying: You are still doing your tantrums and I'm sure this is something that will continue for a few years lol.  We aren't even into the twos yet so you have a ways with those.  Otherwise you generally only get angry when your sister takes something away from you or your frustrated you can't do something the way you want to do it.

Sleep: You are still a solid sleeper.  You sleep through the night from 8-8 for the most part.  I can tell you wake in the night from the monitor alarms but you have taken to putting yourself back to sleep which is amazing.  Your sister didn't master this till well past three. Naps have been getting shorter but you are still taking them and we are not letting those go anytime soon.  Somedays you'll be out for over 2 hours others barely an hour.  Not sure why but we're just going with the flow and encouraging you to keep taking them.  We've pushed nap to 1pm from noon and that seems to help a bit.

This Month: We did a little bit more traveling going up to the mountains and then to the vineyards for the harvest.  You are a great traveler although defintily wake up more in the night than you do at home.  You are getting to the stage where you will walk on your own a lot which makes things easier. 

Baby Likes: You are still in love with your sister and want to do everything she does.  Daddy was huge this month as you love rough housing with him when he gets home.  You are also really into your music showing off your killer dance moves at the drop of any beat.  You also have this weird fedish where you have to rub my arms when we cuddle.  Most of the time I'm cool with it but HATE it in the morning.  Weird how you do this and your sister pinched elbows.

Milestones: You are putting together sentences.  You continue to add new vocabulary daily and repeat almost everything we day.

You love helping around the house and will load the dishwasher with me and help fold cloth diapers.

You are mastering pretend play.  You seem to have gotten this from your sister and love to play with the Little People making up stories and doing animal sounds.

You say cheese when someone takes a picture of you.

Best of Times: Watching your dance moves on the regular.

Worst of Times: Dealing with the constant tantrums and moods.  You have more spirit than your older sister did...if that's possible.

Sister Diaries: You guys have your moments of great play and interactions and then others where you are screaming at each other.  Completely normal I'm sure.  Mara still tries to take your toys away as she thinks you still won't notice....you do.