Today you are one and a half. You are a proper little lady now and are such an enjoyable character to watch. You learn new things every day, your personality changes and develops.... and the strops!!!! oh my god, the strops. The contrast between having a boy and having a girl have always been there but as you get older and assert your independence more, you do it in a much more forceful way than your brother did.
You WILL be heard. You WILL get what you want. And if you don't, well, then comes the feet stamping, the paddying, the pretend crying.... ooohh you can be so manipulative.
But at the same time, I totally love that about you. You are strong-willed. You know what you like and that's what you want. A girl after my own heart.
So, shortly after your 15-month blog update, you started to walk more and more. You had the balance and ability for a long time but this was the point that you really started to practice and it wasn't long before you were running round confidently with your brother.
The mastering of cutlery came along really quickly in a short space of time and now you can eat an entire meal from start to finish with your spoon or fork - it's just a shame you then rub your hands in the mess afterwards. And then usually through your hair too.
Spending 2 days a week at nursery is seeing you come home doing new things. You love to dance anyway but now you sing too, lots of nursery rhymes (heads, shoulders, knees & toes is a big fave!) and although you might not get the words right yet, the tune is usually spot on.
We're just coming out of a particularly awkward phase at the moment. We're pretty sure your second molars are giving you grief as they attempt to break through but on top of that we going through Wonder Weeks leap 10. Back to the good old "three c's":
We're just coming out of a particularly awkward phase at the moment. We're pretty sure your second molars are giving you grief as they attempt to break through but on top of that we going through Wonder Weeks leap 10. Back to the good old "three c's":
- clingy
- cranky
- crying
Yep, yep and yep! But as all this is going on, we see loads of new skills emerging from you. Your vocabulary has increased rapidly over the last few weeks and you can say a ton of new words! You have learned animal names and the sounds they make, you have learned facial features and can point to them, you have learned new objects around the home.... and you now call me mummy instead of mama <3 I absolutely love hearing it!
(Your current favourite book - it taught you about animals and the sounds they make)
The good news is that leap 10 is the last one.
The bad news is that we then have zero excuses to blame any crappy behaviour that may follow on in future :D haha.
But my beautiful Rayna, you are worth all the good and bad times. I love you my fierce little lady xx
