Juliet:
13 /14 months old
Juliet is getting bigger and
it's about time for a report;) Here it is:
Juliet is cute.
Juliet loves having her hair brushed. I've made a habit of commenting, "Oh so pretty," the whole time I'm brushing her hair. And she grins from ear to ear. Every time that she hears the word 'pretty' she pats her chubby little hands over her curls, smiles and looks at me knowingly. She's taken, lately to brushing her own hair. She loves to wear shoes mainly, I think, because it makes her feel big like the rest of us. She smiles and waves at everyone that gives her any attention. She likes people especially when they don't try to pick her up. Then she gets fussy.
Juliet gets into everything.
Wherever she goes, there's a trail of ransacked cabinets and drawers or empty bottles trailing behind her. ANd the bad thing is, I encourage it. If she's entertained than I can get my jobs done. Empty drawer with contents scattered all over the kitchen? I'll take it! Because it beats an empty dinner table;) In this particular picture I gave her the bowl lined with whipped cream that I had just finished icing a cake with. She was lovin' that. I never would have given something like that to Isaac...
Juliet is LOUD.
I've never heard a child's voice that carried the way that Ju-b's does. She yells at us incessantly, particularly at the dinner hour and we don't know quite what to do about it because she's too little to reason with. She'll squawk at you so loudly and her whole body will stiffen, her face as well, eyeing the goldfish, cookie or water bottle (she loves sport/water bottles...sippy cups get thrown to the floor after about two sips making for a frustrated mommy!!) and when she finally gets what she wants she'll look at you with her adorable little brown eyed face and say, "tank oo".
Juliet says:
"No" (her first word)
"Mam-eh" (mom)
"Dadde"
"Tank-oo" (thank you)...
strangely this was honestly her fourth words!! So cute!!
"Na-na" (banana)
"Baby"
"Hi"
"Ni-Ni" (night night)
"bye bye"
Juliet loves her bed.
Juliet is still taking two naps. And she needs every one. When I tell Ju-B that it's time to go "Ni-Ni", she smiles and says "Ni-Ni" in this peaceful, soft, almost breathy voice. As soon as I walk her into her room after telling her its time for ni-ni she insists on being given her paci. If that doesn't happen she yells at me. I tell her to talk quietly and she yells at me again. I make her say please in sign language and then I give it to her. What else should I do? (that is not a rhetorical question. If you have any advice, please give it to me.) At bedtime (not nap time) we're trying to make a habit of having her give kisses to everyone before she goes to sleep. She LOVES that and Isaac and Georgie love it too. She says "ni-ni" to everyone and then opens her mouth just a tiny bit for a kiss. (I love that!!) We go into her room, promptly give her the paci and then she chooses a book from her shelf. She LOVES to be read a story at any time of day. I would say books are her most used toy. After a story, 9 times out of 10 the routine goes like this: I try to rock her and she resists, arches her back, yells at me, or whatever so I put her in her bed, hand her her baby, tuck her blankey around her and she smiles from ear to ear. Sometimes she giggles. Once I saw her roll over on her tummy, giggle and stroke her sheets. She was in pure heaven. Then I walk out, close the door and she promptly starts yelling at me. She wants to have her cake and eat it too;) But I'm not falling for that business;)
We love you, Ju-B!!
xoxo
