The Lizzie Kat News: Make believe

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Make believe

Lizzie has started make-believe play. Most of it seems to revolve around Coco. She feeds Coco, Coco helps her play with her toys, Coco washes her hands, etc. Maybe not so much of a coincidence is that the catalyst to get Liz to finally bring Coco downstairs without her pacifier (bibi?) was to put socks on Coco. One morning, I was trying to put socks on Liz and she didn't want them, so I said "lets put socks on Coco." Not 10 minutes later, Liz says "Coco downstairs." The rest is history (with socks).

However, the other day she did some good make-believe play without Coco. I think it started when she slipped off the stool for real. Anyway, after that, she kept getting on the stool, "falling" off, and saying "uh-oh" or "owee". Yesterday she fell of the couch intentionally as well. Its quite funny, because she looks at you afterwords to see if you react.

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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.