The Lizzie Kat News: Daycare begins

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Daycare begins

Today is Lizzie's second day of daycare. The first day went very well. On her report card, her overall disposition was rated "cheerful"! According to her teachers, she was happy playing with the other babies, she ate all her food, and took one 45 minute nap. When she got home, she was clearly tired, and she ate a humongous dinner. It was definitely a big day for her, so its no surprise that she was tired and hungry.

Ma 'n Pa survived the day pretty well also. Emily went to work, and I had a day at home to do housework (coincidently, yesterday was the first official day of my paternity leave). I had forgotten how productive one can be without any little ones to care for. All day, I kept thinking she was upstairs sleeping, so I thought I needed to have the baby monitor with me. Sad...

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Firsts

Laugh: 3.75 months

Hand to hand pass: 3.75 months

Rolling Over (btf): 3.5 months (ftb): 4.5 months

Sitting up unassisted: 6 months

Teeth: 6.5 months (bottom pair)

Peek-a-boo: 6.5 months

Solid food: 6 months

Push up to Sitting: 7 months

Crawling: 7.5 months

Undeniable babbling: 7.5 months

Pull to Standing: 8.5 months

Wave: 8.5 months

Clapping: 8.5 months

Standing in Crib: 9 months

Sharing: 9 months

Drinking from open cup (with mess): 9-10 months

Cruising: 9-10 months

Standing (no hands, indefinitely): 9-10 months

Words: 10-11 months "Kee Kah" (cat), "da da" (daddy), "Ah- dah" (all done), "Ma ma" (ambiguous), "Cocoa" (her bear)

Walking with minimal assistance: 10-11 months

Pointing: 11 months

Steps: 12 months (on the day!)

Signing update (15 months): All done, bye bye, hat, banana, sleep, eat, cereal, milk, more (constantly!), hot, wash hands/clean, book

More words (15 months): No/neh; "na na" (banana); uh-oh; hat; hot; "crah-kah" (cracker); cheese, peas, rice, shoes (all sort of sound the same "zeeeeshs"); Go! (another favorite); "Ga-ma" (grandma)

More spoken words (19 months, selected): juice, dog, monkey, gorilla, mouse, bear, bunny, duck, bird, fish, turtle, owl, chicken, cow, hummus, watermelon, nuts, nice, get up, sun, day, rain, wind, "I like" (very popular and remarkably clear), night night, girl, boy, balloon, doll, baby, bibi (her pacifier), me! (said with great enthusiasm), do (as in "I do", while nodding yes), bath, bubbles, outside, leaf, flower, bus, bike, boat, ball, water, avocado ("cado"), cous cous, pasta, bug, book, read, pee, poop, potty, tomato, olive, blocks, bucket, lego, cookie, ice cream ("icccce"), coat, pants, socks, diaper, wet, stuck, help, granola, crayons, cucumber, carrot, beans, "gaya bibbis" (granola with berries), bowl, bib, dirty, clean, hands, nose, ear, mouth, hair, chin, teeth, neck, belly button, feet, legs, toes, fingers, earrings, barette, glasses... and many many more

Object in Nose (mulch): 23 months, 1 week

Pigtails: 23 months, 3 weeks

Pee in potty (frequent): 23 months, 3 weeks

Poop in potty: 24 months

Words update (2 years): It's official -- no more updates necessary. Lizzie uses full sentences, some articles, possessives and plurals, some tenses (usually past tense). She has an enormous vocabulary and labels everything (for instance, in Go Dog Go, she points out "rollerskates, jackhammer, shovel, pick axe, baseball, cannon, trampoline, etc.) -- if we name something more than once or twice, she remembers the word. (So yeah, we need to watch what we say!) Lizzie also understands spelling in a fwe cases. c-double-o-k-i-e is no longer safe to spell! (nor is p-a-r-k).

Signing update (2years): Lizzie now knows all of the signs in Volumes 1-12 of Baby signing time. M guess is that she has about 200 signs. She still signs quite often, but since we're the only ones who sign with her, I'm guessing it'll taper off in time with school, friends, etc. We still find signing very useful for non-verbal communication.