As you might be able to tell from the title, I've been meaning to do this post for quite some time. Unfortunately, Baby Sister keeps getting bigger, and older, and learning to do more things. I just can't keep up. But, I need to document at least something from this age/stage.
But first, 15 month stats:
Height: 32 inches
Weight: unknown (she wouldn't sit still long enough to get a good reading)
Teeth: 6
Sleeps: Usually 11 hours at night plus a 2 hour nap
I've noticed that she has become interested in several of the things that the Little Mister was at this same age. At the time, I thought they were just "quirks", but maybe they are something all kids do. At least my kids. Examples are:
Obsession with: Taking things out of the fridge or pantry and having things "whole" (i.e. whole banana, whole bag of goldfish, whole piece of bread even though it's dangerous, impractical, and messy).
Fascination in: Turning on and off the lights, zippers, toilet paper, her belly button.
Insistence on: Helping me clean, doing things herself.
She loves climbing up the stairs but mostly loves it when I hold her under her arms and help her "walk" up. And, despite my best efforts she will not go down the stairs on her tummy. Sometimes she will sit down and scoot one step at a time - standing up in between. It's slow, and I'm always afraid she is going to fall. Or, she will have me hold her hand and walk down. Seriously, the tummy sliding thing is so much faster. The Little Mister could zoom down those steps soooo fast. I've had him show her, and she'll copy him about half way.
She knows probably close to 20 words. The latest are "mommy" said very clearly, socks, trash, and ball. She also said "fuff" and "dobee" pretty often but I don't know what they mean.
She dances along to music. She has three moves - bouncing, twirling, and what I like to call Riverdance which is very quick stepping.
She can feed herself with a spoon and has pretty good accuracy, whether she is aiming for her mouth or the floor.
She likes to go to bed with a book each night. And I don't mean reading a book. Yeah, she may sit still for one story but then she hops off my lap, grabs the book and walks to her crib. She likes to hold - and sometimes chew on - the book while she falls asleep. She also loves to hold her Corduroy doll.
She loves all things girly...necklaces, SHOES, hair bows. But, she also knows how to make vrooming and flying sounds when playing with cars or airplanes and she's quite the lego builder :)
Her stranger/separation anxiety seems to be getting slightly better (knock on wood). This week, for the first time since last spring, she wasn't crying when I picked her up from the nursery at the gym. Now mind you, I have been VERY inconsistent about going until this week when I figured it's finally cold enough, rainy enough, that outdoor forms of exercise are going to be few and far between. Also, we had a "babysitter" come over on Saturday and she just barely cried for a minute when we left. Of course, the "babysitter" was my good friend that she sees often and is comfortable with, and she was at home, but I thought it was good progress and gives me much less anxiety about leaving her.
