Little Miss Hannah turned 15 months on March 10th. Man is the time flying by with her. She is an absolute joy to watch grow. She is very bright and quick. She understand sooo much, its really amazing to watch her. Probably because she has an older sister that helps her catch on. She will go put something in the trash if you tell her to, she will turn on the tv, let the doggies out, go upstairs, downstairs, understand kick and throw, time for a bath, time to brush teeth, goes to her booster when its time to eat, gets in the car all by herself, and so many other things Im sure Im forgetting. She will even go to the potty, lift up the seat, and climb on when I tell her to go pee pee in the potty. She has never gone pee pee in the potty, but one day she will, and Mama will be very happy. :)
She is eating just about everything these days except meat. She will spit out any type of meat I give her. Im not too worried, I seem to remember Gracie going through a faze like that too. She is taking a couple bottles a day of whole milk, and still breastfeeding a couple times a day too. Not sure how to wean her off of that... Im at a bit of a dilemma bc Gracie stopped nursing on her own at 14 months, but Hannah doesn't take a pacifier, so Im having bit of a struggle weaning her.
She loves to play. And really loves her stuffed animals. She will just carry them around, hold them, and kiss them. So cute to see!
She also loves TV, which Gracie did not at this age. She loves Sesame Street and Mickey Mouse.
She loves to sing. She knows most of the ABC's and the Elmo's World song. She loves my Lady Antebellum CD and sings her own words to that. Sweetie pie!!
This girl is by far our strong willed child. If she doesnt like something, man you will know it. This is challenging because Gracie was SO easy, and so easy going. But we are learning.
She loves to cuddle. If Im sitting on the ground playing with them, she will just dive into my lap. Or if Gracie is on my lap, she will push her out of the way.
We have discovered that Hannah LOVES animals, ALL ANIMALS! Anytime she sees, a bird, dog, cat, you name it, she shreeks with delight and goes running toward it. Gracie on the other hand, not too big of a fan of any animal. People always think Gracie wants to pet their dog, but she usually pushes Hannah in front of her to pet the dog because she is uneasy about it. Hannah loves it.
As far as sleeping goes...now this quite the problem in our house. Hannah has never been a fan of sleeping. She just started sleeping though the night at 12 months of age. She was taking a 2 hour nap in the afternoon, and sleeping about 11 hours at night straight, for about 2 months. LIFE WAS GREAT!!!! And then at 14 months she decided she didn't want to nap AT ALL, and wanted to sleep 9 hours at night. WHAT?!?!? Well this threw me for a loop. To be honest Im not sure what happened, but Iv'e come to the conclusion the problem was me, not her. even though I really wanted it to be her problem. Between working the night shift, and being up at night with her, and her not napping at all, I was ready to jump off a cliff!!. She would scream if I held her and only wanted to breastfeed, and then if she did fall asleep, she would wake the second I put her in her crib. Im sorry, but I can't do that, especially if I need to work that night, and take a nap myself. I was ready jump off a cliff!! Did I say that already?? Over the last couple weeks, I have been advised by some other moms, that I just need to retrain her how to sleep. So, I am currently in the process of doing that. She is sleeping better at night, about 10-11 hours straight through, but the naps are still the problem. She will nap 45min to an hour and then wake up screaming. I have decided to give her 2 hours. If she wants to sleep GREAT! If she wants to cry/scream for 2 hours, thats what she is gonna do. I am praying she will learn, that 1-3 or 2-4 is nap time, and she will be in her crib for that long. May sound bad, but she needs to learn. And she needs to nap, I refuse to believe she isn't tired. She has dark circles under her eyes. She needs the sleep. I am praying God will help her, and praying this wont take too long. It is really hard. Its times like these that I really wish she took a pacifier. Oh well. I know this will pass. I can't have 2 easy kids. How and when would I learn to be a better mommy?? God is helping me to learn how to be patient with her. Some of the best advice I got was from Dan's Aunt, and she said, letting them cry, learning to put themselves to sleep, is the first form of discipline. I believe it. She is old enough to know and learn, she cant always get what she wants. I know she is capable of taking a good nap. So I feel confident in this whole thing.
On to better news. Miss Hannah is learning so many new words. She is talking so much now, which is so GREAT. I love hearing her sweet little voice! She says.....
please
thank you
hi
bye bye
no
yes
dog
cat
up
down
eye
apple
woof woof
mama
dada
Teta (Dans Mom)
Elmo
yeah
shoes
ball
book
tootles (on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse)
pee pee
sissy
baba
more
milk
banana
strawberry
cheese (when she sees the camera)
shhhh (holds her finger to her mouth when the dogs bark)
cookie
cracker
teeth
besides talking well, she is moving like crazy. She runs and is almost jumping. She is so active, its amazing she is even on the growth chart. I love how petite she is. She is supper strong, and super quick. I think she is gonna be the soccer player in the family! :)
I think that wraps it up about Hannah. She is such a pleasure to take care of, even if she is more challenging. I thank God for her beauty and strong personality. What a blessing she is. We are so lucky to have her.
