This post is all about teeth. First, the ones on Avery's "friend" from school (as the teacher referred to him or her) that sunk into her arm yesterday. Poor kid. As I was told she must have been snapping herself into a seat and this "friend" must have wanted that seat. The teacher turned around just in time to see him or her sinking teeth in and they "had a hold of her pretty good". She did have welts from both top and bottom teeth, so I am sure it was unpleasant. I guess in addition to crying she also was staying clear of that "friend" for the remainder of the day. We used this opportunity to practice "owie" as I pointed at those marks.
This morning Avery was awake a bit early. She remained content and entertained, so I remained in bed. Shortly before I needed to get up I heard the following - unfortunately, I wasn't prepared and recording! "Mommy, do do do do, Daddy, do do do do". Yup, I'm pretty sure I caught her first rendition of Baby Shark on the monitor.
I'm a Mom. After years of desire and uncertainty if the day would ever come here I am. Follow along on the adventure..
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Word Practice
We are constantly working towards new words and concepts, but there are always a few that stand out and worthy of note here for future memories.
Let's start with elmo... I mean, elbow. Yup she kept saying elmo, elmo, and I would tell her he's in your bed. Finally she reached up and dinked my elbow. Ah! After a few clear enunciation to her she got it right, but now she's bouncing back and forth. To me, that feels like an odd body part to know the name of already, but given that we're doing pretty good with hair, head, eyes, mouth, and nose - and we have the concept of feet I guess it isn't too outlandish.
Speaking of feet, if you tell her to tickle her doll or Daddy's feet she'll reach out moving her fingers and make her special little 'tickle tickle tickle' sound.
Avery also points out pictures of and live babies saying "baby", this includes her own pictures from when she's tiny.
We have also firmly started to say "yes" with confidence, which is a wondrous relief from all of the times she says "no". We had a full out conversation last night: She signed more at me, I said "more what Baby", she signed and said "eat eat". I said "ok, you're hungry", "yes" she replied! "Would you like a sandwich?" She signs eat. I said "do you want peanut butter or grilled cheese?" and she replied with something undiscernible. I asked again "do you want a peanut butter sandwich?" and she replied "yes". Success! She woofed her dinner down too.
Let's start with elmo... I mean, elbow. Yup she kept saying elmo, elmo, and I would tell her he's in your bed. Finally she reached up and dinked my elbow. Ah! After a few clear enunciation to her she got it right, but now she's bouncing back and forth. To me, that feels like an odd body part to know the name of already, but given that we're doing pretty good with hair, head, eyes, mouth, and nose - and we have the concept of feet I guess it isn't too outlandish.
Speaking of feet, if you tell her to tickle her doll or Daddy's feet she'll reach out moving her fingers and make her special little 'tickle tickle tickle' sound.
Avery also points out pictures of and live babies saying "baby", this includes her own pictures from when she's tiny.
We have also firmly started to say "yes" with confidence, which is a wondrous relief from all of the times she says "no". We had a full out conversation last night: She signed more at me, I said "more what Baby", she signed and said "eat eat". I said "ok, you're hungry", "yes" she replied! "Would you like a sandwich?" She signs eat. I said "do you want peanut butter or grilled cheese?" and she replied with something undiscernible. I asked again "do you want a peanut butter sandwich?" and she replied "yes". Success! She woofed her dinner down too.
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Slide!
The kids were outside today when I picked Avery up. She pointed to the slide when I arrived and after I asked her about it the teacher noted it was her favorite. I asked if she does it on her own and got an affirmative, so I walked her over and asked her to show me. She promptly climbed up the 5 steps sat down like a champ at the top and slid down. Wow. Just Wow.
Monday, March 18, 2019
Bikini babe
It has been a while since we went swimming. I want to go periodically as to not allow fear of the water to develop. Plus with a vacation planned I want to make sure the water time there will go better than our last cruise/visit to the beach. So, we went to the pool yesterday. At first Avery clung very tight to my side. She smiled as we went in the water, but she wasn't about ready to try and enjoy it too much. It took a while, but she eventually was having a good time as we simulated her jumping from the sides and swimming about. She's now tall enough that she can stand on the platforms they put in the water and keep her head and mouth fully up and out of the water - so she had some time moving on the platform on her own as well (with me wrapped around her like a dome).
In our list of firsts we can chalk up the destruction of something in a store. We went into TJ Maxx and headed towards the restrooms. It is near the kids clothing and toys, so I stopped at a display with toys when a letter puzzle caught my eye. As I picked that up, Avery picked up a mug that someone foolishly placed on this display. As my eyes returned to her she let go. *smash* I felt awful. The staff was so kind. I offered to pay but she had none of it.
As of late too, when Avery's Dad goes to put her to bed she wants me for the final cuddle. I'll admit, it does my heart good in some ways and I want to get those cuddles too. But alas, it also breaks my heart to hear her crying and unhappy when he tries to put her down.
Another note is that I did pick up a doll stroller for Avery which she's been having a blast with around the house. I couldn't make her wait until Easter to get it. So we also have a swing and straps to connect it to the deck coming for part of her Easter gift. Yes, she'll be spoiled, it's all my fault.
In our list of firsts we can chalk up the destruction of something in a store. We went into TJ Maxx and headed towards the restrooms. It is near the kids clothing and toys, so I stopped at a display with toys when a letter puzzle caught my eye. As I picked that up, Avery picked up a mug that someone foolishly placed on this display. As my eyes returned to her she let go. *smash* I felt awful. The staff was so kind. I offered to pay but she had none of it.
As of late too, when Avery's Dad goes to put her to bed she wants me for the final cuddle. I'll admit, it does my heart good in some ways and I want to get those cuddles too. But alas, it also breaks my heart to hear her crying and unhappy when he tries to put her down.
Another note is that I did pick up a doll stroller for Avery which she's been having a blast with around the house. I couldn't make her wait until Easter to get it. So we also have a swing and straps to connect it to the deck coming for part of her Easter gift. Yes, she'll be spoiled, it's all my fault.
Friday, March 8, 2019
Helping with laundry
Avery has always been pretty helpful and responsive if I ask her to hand me something. I shouldn't be as surprised as I am by tonight, but I am.
I neglected to pull her load of laundry from the dryer before I picked her up today. I thought, well let's see if she'll let me fold her laundry when we go up to get ready for bed. I opened the dryer and she started pulling items out one at a time and handing them to me. I'd fold it and take the next item from her. She pulled every single item out of that dryer. I have such a helpful and sweet girl. I'm so proud of her. Don't worry, she was rewarded with reading an extra book before bed!
Her first assessment came from daycare on their scale they ranked her as such, vs what I would have given based on my experience with her at home and the "expectations" for being on schedule:
Communication 25/60 vs 45/60 - on schedule = 30+
Gross Motor 60/60 vs 60/60 - on schedule = 47+
Fine Motor 50/60 vs 55/60 - on schedule = 43+
Problem Solving 30/60 vs 30/60 - on schedule = 36+
Personal/Social 30/60 vs 35/60 - on schedule = 37+
That said, it looks like we need to do a little more with her to test her problem solving skills out and she's a bit more quiet/less talkative at school than she is here at home.
I will note that under problem solving, within the 6 questions one she didn't meet repeated! At the same time, it's one skill I'm glad she hasn't discovered: that putting a cheerio into a bottle she doesn't turn the bottle upside down to dump it out.
I neglected to pull her load of laundry from the dryer before I picked her up today. I thought, well let's see if she'll let me fold her laundry when we go up to get ready for bed. I opened the dryer and she started pulling items out one at a time and handing them to me. I'd fold it and take the next item from her. She pulled every single item out of that dryer. I have such a helpful and sweet girl. I'm so proud of her. Don't worry, she was rewarded with reading an extra book before bed!
Her first assessment came from daycare on their scale they ranked her as such, vs what I would have given based on my experience with her at home and the "expectations" for being on schedule:
Communication 25/60 vs 45/60 - on schedule = 30+
Gross Motor 60/60 vs 60/60 - on schedule = 47+
Fine Motor 50/60 vs 55/60 - on schedule = 43+
Problem Solving 30/60 vs 30/60 - on schedule = 36+
Personal/Social 30/60 vs 35/60 - on schedule = 37+
That said, it looks like we need to do a little more with her to test her problem solving skills out and she's a bit more quiet/less talkative at school than she is here at home.
I will note that under problem solving, within the 6 questions one she didn't meet repeated! At the same time, it's one skill I'm glad she hasn't discovered: that putting a cheerio into a bottle she doesn't turn the bottle upside down to dump it out.
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Incident Report
On Friday when I picked up Avery from daycare I signed my first 'incident report'. When they said they had one for me I admit, I'm awful, and thought it meant she hit someone or something. No, instead she tumbled while running in the gross motor skills room and bonked her head. She has a decent black and blue mark there still tonight.
Throughout the weekend she managed to tap it off of the railings on the stairs and then tonight when she was frustrated she was bopping her head on the kitchen floor.
Speaking of her head... at the pediatrician appointment we measured in at 20" around, that's in the 99th percentile! Her height at 32" which puts her in the 50th percentile and her weight at 25 lbs 1.5 oz, which is in the 75th percentile.
She did get two more shots while there. Today she woke a little snotty and coughy, but seemed less doomed to illness as the day progressed.
We're also getting definitive NOs from her now. Man is she going to be a challenge as she starts to use that big old noggin. Her Dad told her if she didn't eat he was going to turn off Elmo. I didn't think she'd understand it, but when he went and picked up the remote and repeated himself she said No with a tone that rang of "how dare you!"
Throughout the weekend she managed to tap it off of the railings on the stairs and then tonight when she was frustrated she was bopping her head on the kitchen floor.
Speaking of her head... at the pediatrician appointment we measured in at 20" around, that's in the 99th percentile! Her height at 32" which puts her in the 50th percentile and her weight at 25 lbs 1.5 oz, which is in the 75th percentile.
She did get two more shots while there. Today she woke a little snotty and coughy, but seemed less doomed to illness as the day progressed.
We're also getting definitive NOs from her now. Man is she going to be a challenge as she starts to use that big old noggin. Her Dad told her if she didn't eat he was going to turn off Elmo. I didn't think she'd understand it, but when he went and picked up the remote and repeated himself she said No with a tone that rang of "how dare you!"
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