Baby is 19 months old

You Baby Me Mummy

12 years ago

I am a few days late in writing this update, as I have been snowed under. Last Thursday Baby turned 19 months old, wow time has flown!

I feel in some way the rate of development is slowing down, as she has achieved so many milestones already. There were months when so much was happening at the same time. Now she has passed the mobility milestones; it is now developments in her learning and comprehension that we are seeing more of.

This month, she has started to say a clear ‘hello’ to anyone and everyone. She still loves to wave at strangers and is often quite free and easy with her kisses. Her new words include ‘towel’ and ‘shoe’ quite randomly!

She is such a bright spark and can be both entertaining and frustrating. Her incredible determination is probably as very good attribute, but there are times when I wish she wasn’t quite so tenacious. She has started having a few tantrums, some ending up on the floor. Which is very embarrassing, as I automatically assume people will think it is because you are a bad mum; that raised a brat. They are probably just grateful that it is not their child that that time.

She adores phoning Daddy and won’t stop kissing the phone when he is on the line. I love her face when she hears him come through the door after work, pure delight with the exclamation of ‘Dada’! She loves it when we copy her noises, and gets a little smirk on her face as she changes her noises, to see if we will carry on copying her. She thinks it is wonderful to steal my phone and present it to me, as if she has just found it (and she is very happy to take the credit).

She is a joy, such a character and although she can be challenging, she brightens every single day with her phenomenal smile. I am beyond grateful to be her Mummy.

This photo was taken by the lovely Jaime (from The Oliver’s Madhouse).