Anatomy Lesson

It's been a while since I posted any sort of developmental update on Carina. Obviously she is walking. She's just starting to stand up on her own from sitting but usually she crawls over to a wall or table for help standing up.

She is eating a lot more "big girl" foods. Her favorite toddler meal is mac-n-cheese with veggies and chicken (although she still tends to gag on meat). She'll try pretty much anything we're eating. Last week we had pancakes and smoothies and both were an instant hit. And the tooth count is still just 2 - one on top and one on bottom, right on top of each other.

She still doesn't say much (that we can understand anyway). She does love to babble in her own little language, especially when you give her a phone. She is still pretty soft spoken but every once in a while will shriek for the fun of it. She is still developing a little temper and has started hitting lately. I guess fortunately for us it's only objects or us and not other kids! I can imagine it is frustrating not being able to tell us exactly what she wants. Pointing will only get you so far.

She is learning animal sounds and will always tell you a sheep says "baaa". Her "moo" is a little less clear but it is there. The other night I was reciting her one of her books from memory and she walked from the dining room to the living room and pulled that particular book out of her pile. I was amazed and seriously think she is a little genius!

She is down to one nap per day and it's usually a really good one - like 3 hours good. Mommy like. Her bed time has been pushed back to closer to 8 pm but she sleeps till closer to 6:30 in the morning (7 this morning!) so that fits our schedule a little better than getting up at 5:30, haha. She still nurses first thing in the morning and at bedtime but she gets a sippy cup of cold whole milk with lunch and dinner and drinks it just fine. No more bottles!

And as you can see from the video she does extremely well with body parts. I attribute that to all the books she loves to read that teach anatomy. She has grown up so much this past month and we coldn't be more proud!