Melanie - 18 months

 

Height: 33.5 inches

  

Weight: 28.6 lb
 

Hair: Blonde

Eyes: Blue

 

 

Food: Sister-girl LOVES to eat, and most of the time it's whatever someone else has. She regularly whines until she gets a bite off someone else's plate. Some of her faves include: yogurt, carrots, peas, beans, and blackberries.

Sleep: Sleeping through the night and one nap a day at 1pm.

 

Temperament: Melanie has perfected the fit. She'll start small with just whining, but by the end it's a full-blown lay-on-the-ground-and-scream fit. She is really good at it. But most of the time she is her happy self.
 

 

 

 

Melanie loves:
-Going places: when someone leaves and doesn't take Melanie, the fit as described above begins.

-When Daddy gets home

-Books: We read tons of books and she has to sleep with one

-Movies: Tuesday night is movie night, and this girl gets SUPER excited! She will point and scream at the TV

-Babbling: it's adorable until she gets frustrated that we don't know what she's saying

-"Wrestling" with brother: it's hard to teach an almost 3 year old not to push over and lay on his baby sister when she's squealing with glee the whole time.




Mel dislikes:
-Eating food off her own plate: Other people's food is much better

-Being tired: more often than not she will tell us when she's ready to go to sleep

-Being disciplined: but who does?

New adventures:
-Walking 100% of the time. She is everywhere!

-16 teeth! I think we're done until the 2 year molars. YAY!

-First ponytail! Her hair is out-of-control-in-her-face-all-the-time. And the ponytail is adorable!

-Lots of babbling

-Still in size 4 diapers and now in 2T clothes. My goodness.



-Current vocabulary:
"Ma-Ma"
"Da-Da"
"Ba-Ba" (bye-bye or Bubba for Reed)
"Na-Na" (banana or Nana)
"Hi"
"Rah rah rah" (rock-rock)
"Muh muh" (milk)
"Boooh" (book)
"Buuh" (blankie)
"Naah" (snack)
"Cheee" (cheese for the camera)
"Baa-Bee" (baby)
"Haaaaaah" (hot)

Here is a side-by-side picture:

Here is the monthly chair pic:

Enjoy!

The Turners