Liliana is 15 months old. We saw the pediatrician a couple of weeks early for her 15 month appointment and he was very impressed with our little social butterfly. He said that she was one of the most social, interactive babies he had ever met for her age. I must say, she is always very friendly and talkative and people always comment on this, but she really laid it on thick for him. She walked right up to Dr. Bob and said "hi" and smiled at him and asked him to pick her up. Once she was sitting on his knee she touched her nose and said, "beep, beep," and then touched his and said, "honk, honk." They both started laughing, which is when Liliana noticed Dr. Bob's teeth. She pointed to them and named them and went on to point to and name his eyes, nose, and ears. For the duration of the appointment she talked and played with him and practiced counting to three (which sounds like, "why, ree, ree"), gave him high-fives (aka "hi-byes"), and pretended to read a book in her nonsense language. Such a little show off.
But, you can't be good at everything...one of the benchmarks on Dr. Bob's list that the nurse gave me when I arrived was if Liliana was starting to run. I had to explain that she just started walking this month. ;)
Despite the fact that Liliana literally eats as much food as I do, she hasn't gained any weight since September! She still weighs 21 lbs, putting her in the 45th percentile. Someone the other day actually said that she was a long, lean baby!! It made me a little sad to hear that because it means she is growing up and losing her adorable baby fat. She has never been anything close to lean...she was always the chubbiest baby around. She is definitely thinning out, but she still has a little chunk hanging on around her knees and you can see the faint rings on her arms where there used to be rubber band rolls, and her belly ("bewy") and buns are still big.
She is 32 1/2" tall, putting her in the 95th percentile for height.
And, for those of you who are wondering, her head size is 19 1/2"...still off the charts. :)
She is starting to enter the "terrible two" stage. It's not so terrible really, but she does have a few melt downs during the day either because I can't understand what she is trying to communicate or because she can't do something all by herself. She gets so frustrated that she scratches at herself and bites her fist. She has such a fiery temper for a generally happy-go-lucky little girl. One of her favorite new phrases is, "NO, NO, NO!" and she tells me that A LOT these days.
She continues to love to sing and still makes up her own songs, but is now trying to sing real songs that we sing to her. She "sings" ABC ("b,b,b") and Row, Row, Row Your Boat (for which she just sings "row, row, row, row...") The funniest part about it is how serious she can get about it by bopping her head back and forth and getting into it with her facial expressions.
3 comments:
hey gorgeous! ok dont u DARE (!!!!!) concern urself with the doctors charts & %'s all that. my girls were always off, below the charts. now look at them. Kai is almost as tall as i am & she can fit some of my clothes. and she's a sports + academic whiz. after a while i told the dr. WHO CARES! and never wanted to hear the stats. most breastfed or healthy fed babies are. AND they develop as they will, when they will. if she wasnt crawling or something like that by now then yes maybe. ur precious daughter is all the proof u need on her development. ur doing an awesome job mama! & when she decides to run...ur going to miss these days ;) no worries sweet cheeks!
I can't believe how much she has changed in only a few weeks!! I can't wait to see you guys next week and give her loads of besos & hugs. We miss you girls like crazy! xoxo
LOVE this update! what a big girl! cannot wait to see you all!
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