Rowan turned 18 months on May 26th. She is quickly changing from our baby to a little girl. I stopped pumping around 17.5 months, and she had her last frozen milk a few days ago. It was bitter/sweet to stop pumping. I was sad that I couldn't make any more milk for her, but happy to have my time and body back. Rowan is starting to get picky about food. She used to like hard boiled egg whites, cheese, and some other things, and now she doesn't like it. We were so enjoying the super easy eater, but alas she is now telling us what she does and doesn't like...and not just involving food. She now tells us what she wants, and if she doesn't get it, she gets a huge tude and/or has a temper tantrum. Thankfully they are short lived and we usually can distract her with something else. She has a maniacal laugh sometimes, and she is also talking up a storm. She adds several words a day to her vocabulary, and I have lost count. She is talking in 2 and 3 word sentences. The moon has been in the day sky lately, and she will point and say 'Moon' and 'Sky'. If she sees the stroller she asks for a 'walk'. She always asks to 'Go Outside'. She is starting to drop a nap, so some days she gets 2, and other days just 1. She has really taken an interest in her foot and toes in the last couple of days, and know the words for each. She has started to 'play house'. She takes her Elmo doll and puts it in the high chair and will feed him. She also will put him to bed. She LOVES Liam's bed, and knows exactly what it's for. She likes to lay on the pillow, and put the blankets on top, and she will roll over and say 'Night Night'. It took Liam about a month to sleep in his bed when we transitioned him to the toddler bed, but when it's time to move her, she will know exactly what to do. Her hair continues to get more curly as it grows. She also loves to pose for the camera, she loves the attention, and somehow knows that she's supposed to ham it up when we are taking pictures. Her personality just gets cuter by the day, and we are so grateful she is part of our family!!
comment by mom/grandma on 06/23/2011
she is such a joy to be around, every day she does something new and cute, today's was a very pointed stink eye at Andie, I almost fell off the sofa laughing:)
