I know this is a week early, but Lucy has been doing so many new cool things I just had to write them all down! I'll work backwards towards the beginning of the summer, we've been on the run and all over the place, so lots to update you on! Lucy started walking at 16 months and one week, exactly 3 months to the day that she started crawling! She is still pretty timid with walking and would much prefer to crawl to get places, but she is becoming a pro with walking/push toys. She loves to push her own stroller too which is cute. About a month ago she FINALLY started using signs which makes for a much less frustrated baby and mom and dad....Here is what she all signs:
- More
- Please
- All done
- Help
- Drink
- Thank you
- Earmuffs (thanks uncle Brandon and no, that is not ASL!)
- Light
- Fan
- Up
- Down
- Milk
We are working on the signs for
- Plane (a tricky one)
- No
- Bird
Lucy can also identify some body parts....none of the normal ones mind you:
- Hair
- tongue
- cheeks
- belly
- mouth
She is becoming quite the comedian, especially at dinner time. She loves to give cheesy grins, 'sing', imitate different sounds and noises, point out planes, birds, cicadas and anything else making a loud noise (when we eat dinner outside). She also likes to blow bubbles in her drink and say 'ahh' after she takes a couple big gulps of something (so cute).
She still isn't talking yet but is babbling a lot and gives names of 'da' to everything. She does say 'wa' when she walks and calls Ian 'da' too.
She is a pro at climbing up stairs and just learned how to climb down the other day....one of her favorite games is to throw balls down the stairs at whoever will catch them....she also loves to play with sticks and pinecones (which we discovered at the cottage). Her new favorite toy though is Grandma's fly swatter. Its on the deck and she usually will play with all her toys for about 5 minutes and then go over to the fly swatter and play with it for about 20. She also loves the broom and dustpan! It keeps her occupied for about 10 minutes while I clean up after meals, its great. We eat out on the deck a lot and she loves to be hosed down afterwords....no joke!
She is very good at making her needs known, they usually involve wanting you to play with her or something to eat or drink. She will want to eat anything that someone else has, but also likes to share with you. She now demands to have not one but two pieces of food in her hands, so if you give her one banana chip there better be another one coming!
She is still breastfeeding throughout the day/night but she likes to be busy playing and sometimes forgets! She has topped out (hopefully) at 14 food allergies and we are still working very hard at healing her gut with the GAPS diet and getting plenty of probiotics into her. I can't wait for her to have dairy (and myself too!)
She take one nap almost exclusively now, usually anywhere from 1-3 hours. She sleeps about 12 hours at night and wakes up about 5 times (on good nights!).
So that's where we are at now....I think Ian and I both agree that we love this stage of almost constant change....she is doing at least 1-2 new things every day and its so cool to be up close and watching every second!
