15 month update

Stats: 
Weight: 18 lbs 12 oz (<3rd percentile)
Length: 28.8 inches (8th percentile)
Head Circumference: 44 cm (8th percentile)
Diaper size: 3
Clothing size: 6-12 months & some 12-18 months
She is my steady & consistent girl & tracking perfectly on her growth curve.  


Teeth:
4 on top, 3 on bottom. She just cut her first set of molars on the left side of her mouth & is in the process of cutting the other set.  

Appearance:  
She has changed so much over the last few months. Her baby-ness is COMPLETELY gone! What little baby "chub" she had left is gone.  I miss the elbow dimples & inner thigh fat :( Her hair is getting super long; I can put it in a ponytail now. It's long & blonde with lots of little ringlets.  

Personality:
She is still my little entertainer, constantly doing things to make people laugh. She eats up attention! Her favorite thing to do is sniff things with her crinkled little nose & make everyone in the room smell it as well.  She thinks it's funny when she burps, laughing then saying "burp" when she is done.  She is in an extremely imitative phase; if she sees a kid stomp their feet, she will stomp her feet.  She loves when you imitate an animal. If you say "the lion says rawr" she will crawl around moving her hands in the air saying "rawr". She repeats just about everything she hears.  She loves to pick out her headbands, you can tell she feels pretty when she has them on.  She also loves to help undress/dress herself. She is extremely independent & wants to everything all by herself. She points to herself and says "Addison" when she wants to do it.  She loves to wrestle & be tickled as she tickles you back.  She is so much fun. 

Feeding: 
She drinks mostly water, milk & coconut milk. Occasionally I will let her have watered down 100% apple juice. She mostly drinks from cups with straws.  She prefers them over her traditional sippy cups. She feeds herself with her own little metal fork & gets extremely mad when we try to help her.  She blows on her food and says "hot" even if it isn't.  She still isn't picky at all. If you put food in front of her she is going to gobble it all up.  Her favorite veggie is probably brussel sprouts or sweet potatoes. Her favorite fruit is blueberries & her favorite main meal is Salmon. This girl LOVES salmon. The only food she has rejected lately was turnip greens at Thanksgiving. 

Sleep:  
Bedtime is still around 7:30 & she wakes up around 7:30am. She takes an hour to 2 hour morning nap & takes about an hour afternoon nap, although she does just fine if she misses it. She is super flexible with her sleep routine now. 

Talking: 
Oh my, oh my. She is a little TALKER!  She says: "Elmo", counts to 3, "Nunna" (my Mum), "Jack" (my mother-in-law's fiance), "pepper", "eggplant" (how crazy that she can say that), "no", "up", "more", "hot", "bath", "boat", "choo-choo" (train), "snack", "truck", "cheese" (when you tell her to smile", "baby", "nuh-night" (when she is tired", "bear", "hat", "bow", "rawr" (when you ask what the lion says), imitates a monkey, makes an elephant sound, "cracker", "bu-berry" (blueberry), "yuck", "ho, ho, ho", "pee-eew" (when something stinks", "poop", "burp", "all done", "flower", "ball", "apple", "ballon", "Uh-oh", "vroom vroom", "owl", "oh no", "meow", woof-woof", "Mumma, "Da-Da", "that" (what's that), "duck", "Hampton", "dog", "hi", "bye-bye", "puppa" (my Dad), "off","shoe", "Emma", "nose". She says "shhhh" & put her finger to her mouth". I am sure she says even more than this.  She talks non-stop!

Stuff she is doing: 
She is running & climbing everything. She stacks pillows & stuffed animals on top of each other to get whatever it is she is trying to reach for. I need to come up with a solution fast because I caught her doing it during nap time trying to climb out of her crib a couple of weeks ago. She is FEARLESS & jumps off of everything. She literally just dives forward with no fear. 
She is being "girly".  She loves to pick out her own clothes & headbands. She loves to be included in getting dressed. Especially when it comes to picking out her shoes.
She knows nose, mouth, eye; if you ask, she points to them. She tries to do somersaults & pushups. She loves to snuggle with her stuffed animals and blankey & carries her blankey everywhere. She loves to stack & put things away. She nicely puts things back one at a time, exactly where they are suppossed to be.  She shares her snacks with her stuffed animals, it's really sweet.  She loves to mix.  If you put a ball in a pot she takes a spoon and vigorously moves it around like she is mixing something.  She likes to wash her own face and highchair tray when she is finished eating.  She feeds herself & likes to help unload the dishwasher. She loves to throw the ball & puts her tiny little hands together to catch it. She LIGHTS up when she does, it's precious. 

Likes: 
She loves playing with other kids.  Her favorite toys: pottery barn chair, rocking horse, toy jeep, books & her piano/drums.  Her favorite TV show is Sesame Street; she's LOVES Elmo. She loves to shopping, especially if she can sit in a shopping cart. She is obsessed with necklaces and always wants to wear one if she sees you with one on. She likes to brush her own hair & put her own lotion on. She still loves bath time. She loves having her hair blow dryed.  We always try to figure out if she is more of mommy's girl or daddy's.  I think she is more of mommy's girl but most definitely is attached to her Daddy.  She LOVES my mum & dad. She loves to get into the cabinets & pull out coffee filters & pots/pans. This girl loves some pots and pans! Her favorite play place is Marbles. There isn't much she doesn't like. She is a very happy kid. 

Dislikes:
Not much has changed here: having her diaper changed. Having her face/hands wiped after eating. Being told no. Having something taken away from her.