(I’m so late on this because I am so picky about the picture I use for these posts… I was planning on taking a new one, but then found this from the 24th and decided it was perfect. She’s in a cute outfit, wearing her favorite necklace, and taking the bow out of her hair. This is so Kaya!)
Clothing size: Both 9-12 and 12-18 month pants, both 9-12 and 12-18 month onesies, some 2T tees (we like them long) and 12-18 month jammies. Size 5 shoes.
Eyecolor: Hazel/Gray.
Teeth: Sixteen, which I think means we’re done getting any more teeth until her 2-year-molars come in.
Eating: With her “sleep regression” (more details about that below), she lost interest in a lot of her favorite foods. It came down to her getting very hungry, which meant she’d get very cranky… so she had a lot of muffins, pretzels, and tortilla chips this month, because eating those was better than her having a meltdown due to an empty stomach. We’re doing better now and she’s recently enjoyed pizza and black bean tacos!
Words: Dadada (daddy), Mama, uh-oh, up! Still lots of gibberish most of the time, but it does sound like she tries to repeat us every once in a while. She definitely understands everything we say to her.
Favorite things: Riding her rocking horse, hugging her Valentine balloon, wearing shoes, putting on her necklace so that she’ll look “sooo pretty”, hide-n-seek, dancing, throwing the ball for Jax, and talking on the phone (real or fake)!
Dislikes: Baths still, for the most part.
Sleep: Well… I don’t even know what to say about sleep lately, except that it doesn’t feel like anyone is getting a whole lot of it around here! We think she started the “18-month sleep regression” because suddenly, she’s waking up at night, multiple times, and often resisting naps (but as I write this, she is taking a 3-hour-long nap… so it’s inconsistent). We still try to make her go to bed between 7 and 8 pm but everything else is just hit or miss right now.
Milestones, etc.: -Climbing out of the CRIB!!! She got way too good at it all at once so we converted the crib to a toddler bed. She ends up asleep on the floor most nights/naps, but at least we don’t have to worry about her hurting herself.
-Trying to sing along to songs (she’s got the “ohhhhhh” down in Old MacDonald)
-She’ll sit on our laps at meals and feed us… It’s just a little hard to eat with the way she holds the fork/spoon.
-She’s really good at understanding requests/commands now. Yay for having a little helper! 🙂
Dear Kaya,
You get sillier all the time and I LOVE it. We play hide-n-seek a whole lot and it makes you giggle so much!
I love when you climb into my lap to cuddle. I could spend all day with you nestled up to me, and it still wouldn’t be enough. Lately, you love to “help” me bake (usually you just stand on a chair at the counter and play with the measuring cups). You love everything we make, so I guess you inherited my sweet tooth.
Love you, Birdy. Thanks for making every day brighter!