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15 Months






I realized it has been awhile since I've posted on Claire's developmental changes. She is just over 15 months, but acts like such a little person.
* Claire sleeps through the night, going to sleep around 8:00 and not waking until 6:00 am. She only fusses for about 5 seconds when we put her down. When she wakes up, she fusses again for 5 seconds to let us know she is awake, but immediately begins to say "Havey,Havey," to which Harvest takes his cue and goes in to see her. It is precious!
* Claire has perfected the spoon. She actually mastered this a couple of months ago, but she has also realized that little baby spoons aren't the quickest tools available and improvizes with her hands.
* Generally, Claire calls all crackers, chips and anything similiar--cookies. She hardly has cookies, but you'd think otherwise listening to her.
* I have the Today show on right now. People in the plaza are waving and Claire is waving back as if they are waving to her. Such a little honey!
* Claire loves to walk in the leaves, which we seem to have plenty of right now. Chris and I rake a pile for her and she wanders through listening to the crunching beneath her feet.
* Her favorite toys are a little dog pull toy like I used to have when I was a kiddo, a beading snake that she can bead herself, a baby stroller & baby, her car, and a 6 compartment pop-up toy similar to one I had as a child.
* She is a smartie. She points to her mouth & ears upon command, answers "wh" questions (what does a duck "ack," snake "thsssss," cow "mmmm," sheep "baba," doggie "wuf" say?), follows one step commands, says well over twenty words. Lately we've been working on family names. She repeats Ava, Luke, Livi, Grammy, Lisa, Jessa, Lolo, Papa, Molly, Meme (which sounds like Mommy), & Grandpa. She also says the kids' names at daycare. One example of her following directions is when we ask Claire to throw her dirty diaper away. She brings it to the trash can in the kitchen. Last week she was carrying around her fleece jacket. Chris told her to put it in the kitchen, to which Claire took it over to the trash can. A little work is needed, I suppose.

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Anonymous said…
She looks so big..I can't wait to see her at Christmas!

Love, Jessica
October 20, 2008 at 12:21 AM
Anonymous said…
Can she say Uncle Phil's name??
Lisa
October 20, 2008 at 9:02 AM
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