Today our baby girl is the big 1-8! She's hit all of the
babycenter milestones, and then some. She's a bilingual baby, so her verbal skills are quite good considering. And she knows some sign language which really helps her to communicate. She's become a lot more affectionate now, giving hugs and kisses (even gave a kiss to some girl she played with at the park!). She can tell me when she is going potty, but is reluctant to sit on her little toilet. We'll be working on that a bit more in the upcoming months. She is good at feeding herself, and refuses to let anyone feed her! And she can sit in a booster seat now, like a big girl!
L is quite active, and gets bored easily. She has zero patience, and can definitely throw a diva fit!
She tried fingerpainting for the first time today, and she loved it! The above pic is one of her masterpieces! Now that she's a bit older, I'm going to start doing more advanced activities with her. Dancing, singing, and reading can only go so far nowadays. I have to start getting creative!
I never thought that being a stay-at-home mom could be considered a real job, but it is! For as many hours as my husband is at work, I too am working at home with our daughter. Feeding, playing, reading, bathing....the list goes on. Even at night, I'm on duty. She still wakes up a couple of times every night (she actually woke up 5 times the other night) and I go and settle her down so she can sleep again. She's not the type of baby that will settle herself and go back to sleep (she rarely does that). Her sniffling will turn into crying, which will eventually turn into screaming. There is no way you can possibly ignore her, or hope that she will go back to sleep on her own. She's always been a difficult sleeper, but she's teething too so now it's even worse!
As much as I love my daughter and love being a mom, I feel worn out with having one child. I don't know how mothers with two or more do it! Although I feel like I would like to have another, I'm not sure when that will be. Maybe once she starts sleeping through the night? I don't know. But for now, I really have my hands full with little
L.
I've been toying with the idea of putting her into daycare a couple of times a week. Not sure how she would react though. Another thing is....I don't want her to lose her English! Silly I know, as she will still hear lots of English from me. If we do put her into daycare, it won't be for another couple of months.
My husband got promotion at work, so his schedule has changed. We are looking to move a bit closer to where he works so that he can cut his travel time in half, and come home for lunch. If not, he'll barely see his daughter throughout the week.
So here's to our big girl who never ceases to amaze us. Happy 18 months little
L! We
LOVE you!!!!
