It seems weird posting a 20 month update….maybe because 20 months seems so old, or maybe because before I had Soph I used to hate when I’d ask someone how old their child was and I’d get a response like “48 months” and would have to do the math in my head (which I suck at Math). Why couldn’t they just say “4 years old?” Well, 20 months is weird…because when people ask me….i don’t want to say 1 ½ because she’s older than 1 ½ and I can’t say 2, so I guess I’ll just say almost 2 from here on out…since 20 months sounds weird. Anyhow, I love doing monthly updates because I always look back to see where she was and I hope that when she’s older she can use this as her electronic baby book and look at her stats, pictures, etc.
On to the update:
Weight:
12 months 24.2
15 months 26 pounds
19 months 27.5 pounds
20 months (i'll weigh her tomorrow)
Food: Still hit or miss. Some
nights she eats really well, some days she doesn’t. Breakfast is no longer her
favorite meal – in fact, she barely eats breakfast now. She’s tried pork chops
this week and ate acouple small cut up pieces. She still loves fruit and water.
She has been asking for milk a lot more and she still loves ice cream. Going
out for dinner has been a challenge recently. Soph no longer sits in high
chairs so the booster seats aren’t cutting it. She doesn’t want to sit in them,
she wants down to run.
Words: She
now says “the end” after every book and I’m not sure where she learned that
because I never say it after her nightly book. When we’re outside she looks for
pine cones and yells “pine cones!” When we say our prayers every night she says
“Dear Jesus,” and “Amen” at the end (I say everything in the middle lol) and
will point to her Bible and say “Bible” which makes me very happy.
She has started to say small sentences including:
“I got it!”
“Where’d it go?”
“I did it!”
Soph will watch her show, Word World and will say certain
words before they even say them…we’re not sure how she knows these words like,
rose, radio, etc. Elliott was putting together her new water table tonight and before
we said “water table” she looked at it and said “water table.” Again, not sure
how she knew that – we must have said it before when it was in the box and she
remembered it.
Soph also knows her name and when we point to a picture
she’ll say “Sophie!” We’ve called her Sophie and Sophia so if she wants to be
called “Sophie” that’s what we’ll call her lol! When I point to her cousin’s
pictures she always says their names, tonight I pointed to her Auntie and Uncle
Ricky and she knew both of them and yelled “Auntie” and “Ricky!”
Clothes: 2t and some 3t, size 5 diapers and size 6 shoes
Sleep: Soph’s sleep has changed
since the time change acouple weeks ago. We now start her routine of changing
her diaper, brushing her teeth, reading 1-2 books, and praying at 8:45 and she’s
in bed by 9 and asleep by 9:01. She’s typically exhausted by 9 and falls right
asleep.
Activities: Being outside (and screams when it’s time to
come in), riding her “bike” as she calls it, playing with her water table, painting,
playing with play doh, watching her favorite shows Mickey Mouse Club House and
Henry Hugglemonster.
Potty training: she
has gone in the potty I think one additional time since last month. She isn’t
really into sitting on it anymore. She hides her eyes when she’s going number 2
and will tell us when she’s finished.
Soph is also going through the hitting stage….but she
only hits Elliott and I. She thinks its funny. We’ve been trying to teach her
that it’s not nice and we’re hoping this is just a stage.
Although she can be rotten at times (with the hitting,
going out to dinner, etc.) I just love this age. She is soo much fun. She gets
so excited over little things which just melts my heart. The expression she
makes when she gets excited is the same one Elliott makes. I see Elliott in her
more and more everyday.
Here's some recent pictures:
Soph in line with her friends at gym class waiting on a stamp:
Soph's first skinned knee:
Dumping water on herself lol:
