Eating Habits:
She eats oatmeal for breakfast, I usually mix in juice, baby fruit and yogurt. For lunch she eats the Gerber Graduates ravioli and 4 Gerber Graduate meat sticks. She also eats a yogurt, raisins, and pears with something else mixed in. For dinner she has been eating macaroni and cheese, chicken nuggets, pancakes, and grilled cheese. Tonight she ate more than ever and had 7 chicken nuggets and 4 swedish meatballs!!
The one funny thing is that she always has to have her hands full. If she gets a snack it’s always two. 2 marshmallows, 2 pretzels. It’s just funny. I guess it’s a guarantee that there is more when she is eating the first one.
When it comes to vegetables, I still try, but with not much success. She will eat potatoes, sometimes asparagus, and that is about it.
I stopped with the cheese sticks to cut down on the dairy so she wouldn’t be so “backed-up”.
Play Time:
She still loves going outside more than anything! We set up a sand table on the front porch and a water table on the side porch. She enjoys them. I can make dinner while she plays with the water and Maximus on the side porch. Here she is playing with her sand table…
She also likes to play “ring around the rosie”, climb her daddy to touch the ceiling, and pretend she is a kitty cat. Oh, so cute. Her new thing is playing in the car. After we get home, she will flip over the side of her car seat and walk around the car for a little while. I roll down a window a bit and get her when she says, “Done”. The other day she played in there through lunch, ate hotdogs in the front seat!
Night Time:
She has dinner at 5. Bath at 6, every other day. Bed at 7. She usually sleeps through the night. She will make up once or twice because her diaper is wet or she lost her binky. Then she goes right back to sleep, our angel.
Morning time:
Half of the time I have to wake her up at 7:15, the other half she is up and playing music and singing my name to come and get her by 7. We change the diaper, get dressed and go downstairs for breakfast. On a good day she will sit on the couch in the dining room and watch Elmo or something while make her oatmeal. Then she will eat her oatmeal on the couch while I make lunches. I usually have to chase her to put on her coat, but I enjoy her laughing as she runs.
Babysitters:
I get to Sarah’s house in Vineland about 8:30. I usually has to hear her cry as I left for work, but recently, she just goes right to Sarah and waves good bye as I leave. It is so nice to leave knowing she is happy. I know when she did cry she would stop by the time I got to my car. I just love that she has created a bond with Sarah and the whole family. LOL, it was funny because when Sarah’s husband comes home for lunch, his children say, “Dad”. Leiyah also says, “Dad” when she should say Dan. Oh, she makes me laugh.
Songs:
She now is trying to sing the alphabet, The Wheels on the Bus, Old MacDonald has a Farm and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. She just loves music.
Talking:
She loves naming things. She will be on your lap and she will point to you and say, “Mommy”, then point to herself and say, “Leiyah”, then everyone and thing else in the room. Me-ma, Pop-Pop, Meka, MooMoo, ball, turtle, etc… She also says, “Thank you Mommy” and “Sorry Mommy”. When she is mad at something or someone she will say their name but with a mad noise before it. Like, “Ugh Mommy”. I don’t know if she is saying bad mommy or what, but you can definitely tell she is mad!
That is all I can think of for now, but I will be back with more updates as she grows and changes!
