Meghan @ 15 Months

Fine Motor: 

• She can put her socks on her feet - not over her heels, but on. 
• She can put her legs through her shorts.
• She puts blankets and toys over her face to play peek-a-boo. 
• She stacks 4-5 Mega Bloks independently. 

Gross Motor:

• She goes up the stairs. When we say it's time to change her diaper or take a nap she will usually crawl up the stairs by herself. She will not go down them by herself.
• She is walking more and more, but still resorts to walking on her knees and crawling a lot. 
• She enjoys walking with sticks or her lawn mower in the backyard. 
• She has started trying to crawl up her slide. 
• She can crawl into her little chair; she has not yet figured out how to get down and will sign & say all done and please when she wants help to get down. 

Language: 

• Words (26): teeth, that, sock, please, prune, papa (popcorn), yay, more, balloon, oatmeal, bug
• Previously: ball, bye-bye, hi, mom/mama, baba (Dad), book, baby, bottle, wow, yum, ah (all done), hat, eat, uh-oh, boo
• Sounds (9): horse, cat
• Previously: dog, cow, rabbit, duck, sheep, "vmmm" for cars,  "mmm" while eating
• Signs (23): thank you, hot, cold, help, water, shoes, socks, up, book, bird, sleep, dog
• Previously: all done, more, milk, hat, no, yes, eat, diaper, wash, phone, please
• Points To (9): hair, teeth, belly button, nose, mouth, shirt, pants, socks, diaper
• She signs please and then points to what she wants. 

Eating:

• NO MORE REFLUX MEDS!!
• She seems to prefer eating while standing in her learning tower rather than sitting in her booster seat. Often times she eats her whole meal this way - I think she just enjoys seeing what is going on!
• She is ready for breakfast as soon as she wakes up in the morning, for lunch at/by 11:00, and eats dinner around 5:00. She is a light breakfast eater, but more than makes up for it at lunchtime!
• Favorites this Month: mozzarella cheese, prunes, popcorn, brownies (she got to try these and loved them!)

Sleeping:

• We tried going to just one nap - and she was not ready for that yet! 
• She takes a morning rest from 8:30-10:00 (she rarely sleeps, but always rests). 
• She takes a nap, a good one, from 11:45-2:00/3:00. I lay her down awake, she usually falls asleep quickly, and plays quietly until I come get her if I don't notice right away when she wakes up. 
• She wakes up between 6:30-7:00 most days and goes to bed between 6:45-7:15.

Other Updates:

• She loves reading books! She requests it all the time! She especially loves books with animals so that we will make animal sounds together. 
• She loves to play with toys in front of the door. 
• EVERY TIME we hear a dog bark, she stops, barks too, and looks for the dog. 
• She loves playing outside. It doesn't take much to entertain her for a long time out there! 
• She loves to pretend cook and often brings us "food" to try. She holds the spoon up to us and says "mmmm".