Evelyn is 2 months old now. She is a big baby! She is in the 95th percentile for height and weight. She weighed in at a surprising 13 pounds, 1 ounce and is 24 inches long. She also took her shots really well--cried for less than 2 minutes afterwards. She is still a calm and patient baby. She likes her swing, enjoys having her feet rubbed, and loves her big sister. She is smiling more and more in response to us, getting better head control, and still sleeping well. She's also starting to track objects with her eyes and turns her head to watch where things go or to identify a sound she hears. Of course, she's a great eater, too, but refuses to take a bottle. She is also beginning to make social noises.
Matilda is 18 months old and continuing her verbal explosion. In the past 2 weeks she has learned the words reindeer, snowman, rocket, red, green, purple, yellow, pink, blue, goat, puppy, kitty, monkey, bear, bird, tiger, honey, fruit, milk, circle, heart, triangle, pig, oh no, ok, sorry, mmmhmm, star, moon, apple, eggs, and tummy. (I'm sure there are more, but she learns them so fast I'm having trouble keeping up now!) The pediatrician says she is verbally advanced.
She can count to 10 by herself and often does while she's dancing in the family room. She's learning to identify most colors (can tell me what color I'm pointing to, and when I ask her to find me something in a certain color can do that too), knows lots and lots of animals (doesn't say them all properly though, for instance, Zebra is Bruh), knows that cows moo and tigers roar, bears growl, knows the names of lots of body parts and clothes and is starting to try out her potty. She is also practicing using a plate, fork, spoon, and regular cup and trying to say "thank you." She runs, climbs, hides, sneaks, is silly, plays simple games, loves to rough-house, dance, shake, and is trying to jump. She hates to have her nails clipped, hair brushed or in any way be "fussed" on, but loves to brush her teeth, take baths and give kisses. She's starting to get a little pickier about what she eats (especially fruits and vegetables) but still has a pretty diverse palate for a kid her age. She especially enjoys dried fruits, salmon, and kidney beans. She does not like sandwiches, but loves pasta, and won't even try eggs. And she LOVES to read. I can't even count how many times a day she comes running at me waving a book yelling "READ! READ! READ!"
She is in the 90th percentile for height and weight at 34 inches and 27.6 pounds. She is strong, smart, healthy and happy.
