Dear TT,
I can’t believe you are 14 months old. Didn’t you just turn one? Time is flying! This year between turning one and two is such a fun time of development and I’m so excited to see what you’re going to do next. Right now you love language and music. You love to sing and dance and you think sign language is awesome, as does the rest of the family. I love communicating with you and I love how excited you become when you learn a new word. I just had to spend 5 days away on a business trip (it was only supposed to be 3 but that is a different story) and you did so well staying home with Daddy and Q. Daddy and I were a bit worried about how you’d do with no breastmilk for so long and no boobs for comfort but you did great. You (finally) mastered a sippy cup and drank lots of water and you ate a lot of yummy food! I was also worried that you might lose interest in nursing after that long without but I worried in vain. You were so glad to be nursing again when I got home and now we are back to our normal routine of 6-8 times a day.
You love to explore and you hate to be left alone. You crawl after anyone who tries to leave the room. You are able to stand on your own without support but you’re not very confident so as soon as you realize you are doing it, you sit down. You’re also able to walk with a push toy or while holding our hands but you’re not very interested since crawling is faster. I expect your first steps in the next few weeks and full on walking in the next few months. Take your time, girlie. That will be a big change for us!
You love your lovey blankies and your little baby doll from Christmas (we call her Pink Baby). You sleep with them at night and for naps. You love balls, climbing on to Q’s bed, jumping on your knees or jumping while holding something, and instruments. You are getting so silly too. You like to play peekaboo and you think it’s hilarious when someone sneezes or knocks down blocks. We just started baby gymnastics and you had fun crawling up inclines and steps.
Spoken Words: Cat, Daddy, Car, Cracker, Hi, Hot, Dog, George, Baby, Eyes, Snow, Water (wawa), Mama, Signing (when we watch Signing Time), Cold, Mmmmmmmm (when eating), Diaper (and if I say “poop” you say “diaper!” haha) Ah-ah-choo (pretend sneezes, you hold tissues on your nose and my nose) and you try to sing along to Happy Birthday and the ABC song. It’s not just nonsense singing either, you say the same “words” every time. It’s so cool! You also try to count along when we count to 10. You are drinking everything in and it’s so cool to watch.
(Sidebar on what counts as a word – you say it spontaneously and in the correct context repeatedly over time. They aren’t perfectly pronounced but you’re a baby, you’ll get there. 🙂 )
Signs: More, all done, milk, baby (though now you say it instead of sign it), eat, dog, cat, cracker.
You bring so much joy to my days!! I love you forever and for always!
Love,
Mommy
