Here are some fun, cute and new things in Month 18:
- Mickey Mouse is still the "Man of the Hour" along with Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Daisy and Pluto. She knows them all and can point them out and say their names. She sleeps with her Mickey and Minnie every night and is frequently playing with them and her other stuffed animals in her crib when we go in to get her in the morning. Avery also likes to watch the "Minnie's Bow-tique" clips that come on after MMC - She starts squealing "A TIQ" "A TIQ" when they come on.
- Her new favorite phrase is Help Please which sounds like "Help peas" - I think she thinks it's one word and she knows it gets Hung or me to assist her.
- I have been most amazed with all the language Avery is picking up - She's starting to say a lot of two syllable words and putting a couple words together. Her teachers are always telling us how impressed they are with all her talking at school and we hear TONS of it at home. I feel like there are new words every day!
- She says "Yeah" and "No" all the time. Avery really understands what we are asking her and she is not afraid to tell us if she wants something or not. At night when we are rocking her we'll say "Do you want to go to bed now?" and we usually get a sleepy "Yeah". So sweet! We also hear lots of "Uh Oh" and "Oh No" -The other night I heard her going "Oh No" over and over again in her crib. I went in and discovered she couldn't find her Paci - quite the emergency!
- Avery is very into eye glasses - She loves to wear her sunglasses and our sunglasses and likes us to try on hers, as well. And likes it when we are wearing our glasses at night or in the morning - always points them out. Along with Hung's Keurig every morning which she points to and say "Cof Tee".
- We are working on colors - but right now if you ask her what color something is the answer is always "blue".
- I have loved how Avery has started to associate things with the people she knows and loves. For example, Hung likes to watch lots of Golf on TV (I know, SO boring. But he loves it). When my mom and I were out with Avery we saw some Golf on TV in a store and Avery pointed at the TV and said "DaDa". Loved it.
- She still likes books but I feel like we speed read now - she just keeps turning pages and has less of an attention span for us to actually read the words. Avery loves this new Baa Baa book that G got her for Valentine's Day. Each page a baby is looking for an animal and behind the flaps there are objects and only one flap has the animal in question. She likes to say "No" for each flap that is wrong and then show you the right flap with the animal.
- Favorite toys are her baby dolls and stuffed animals and all her pretend food and kitchen stuff. She likes her doctor kit lately, too. She likes to examine her stuffed animals and me and Hung - her favorites are checking our ears and eyes, giving us shots, and using the scissors (sometimes not so nicely on her stuffed bear).
- Avery is into having everyone in the room do the same thing - So if Avery has me try on her sunglasses, then Hung has to do it and my mom has to do it (along with anyone else that is present).
- Avery also likes to get in the bath tub in our bathroom (fully clothed, no water) and just hang out. And many times she likes us to get in with her. Very random.
- She also loves to play hide and seek and peek-a-boo with Dad.
- She continues to have a great appetite and will eat almost anything - We only have issues when she's distracted by something or sick.
- Avery has a little statue in her room of a Mom, Dad and baby. She likes to hold it before bed or while she is getting her diaper changed and point at each figure and say "MaMa", "DaDa" and "Avee" (which is what she calls herself). It was so sweet - I literally was choked up the first time she did it.
- She is getting better about keeping her hair up and off her face - but it still gets pulled out quite often. I will love it when her bangs finally grow out but I think we have a ways until that happens.
- Avery still loves her Paci and would use it all day if we let her. We try to keep it to just bed and nap but there are tantrums and times we are not as strict as we should be - we're working on it. Apparently at daycare she never asks for it during the day and rarely at nap time - I think we are being scammed at home!
- She always tells us to "cut" all the food we put in front of her - and will keep asking until we cut things up smaller -even if they are already bite sized. Avery also thinks all of her food is too "hot" even if it's only a little warm. She'll tell us "hot" and blow on it.
- She is in mostly 24 mos and 2T clothes and size 6 shoes. Avery is shaped just like her mama - all her pants are too long and she needs longer shirts since all her height is in her torso.
Our photo shoot was a challenge this month. We tried last night to get pictures and all she would do was kiss her sign. So we tried again in the morning...She was very wiggly and active. And was also trying to roll around on the ground (she had just watched herself rolling as a baby and was trying to copy the video). Not great shots - but captures her energy at age 18 months!
