{"id":17200,"date":"2013-08-15T07:47:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T11:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/?p=17200"},"modified":"2014-03-15T14:14:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T18:14:41","slug":"23-months-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/23-months-old\/","title":{"rendered":"23 Months Old"},"content":{"rendered":"

Has it really been 3 months since I\u2019ve done a Hailey update? Well, you knew I had to sneak one more in before I had to start counting her age is years instead of months. She\u2019ll be TWO in September. How did that happen?<\/p>\n

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Oh yeah, with lots of giggles, bumps and fun. Would you mind humoring me as I share\u00a0 23 sweet, longwinded tidbits that I don\u2019t want to forget about 23 months?<\/p>\n

1. She knows family and friends by name. Though she may not see them often, she can identify all family members in pictures and I\u2019ll be darned if she doesn\u2019t ask about Nora and Grace on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

2. She is forming small sentences and it blows my mind. I know, every child does this, but when I hear my baby girl say things like \u2018up please\u2019 and \u2018more grapes please\u2019 and \u2018Nora Grace pool\u2019 it just amazes me. If you take the time to really listen to her, you\u2019ll realize she is saying so much.<\/p>\n

3. Hailey loves stickers and coloring. She is also really into her magnadoodle, where she insists I write ABC, then she \u2018writes the letters\u2019 too (looks like scribble, but it\u2019s cute). She also sings her ABCs, but her version is a bit more like this- A B E D C A A B C. Oh, and Legos? Loves \u2018em. But she\u2019d rather spread them all out evenly than build towers. In fact, she throws a hissy if I try to stack them.<\/p>\n

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4. She doesn\u2019t have many tantrums anymore (Thank You Communication!) but when she does gets frustrated, she spits. Isn\u2019t that the oddest thing? She\u2019ll stomp her feet, then lean over and spit water onto the floor. It\u2019s ridiculously annoying, yet funny.<\/p>\n

5. She\u2019s very organized. She likes to put things back where they belong and throw trash away immediately. She also helps with feeding Koda, doing laundry and emptying the dishwasher. She\u2019s a great little helper.<\/p>\n

6. She recently, a couple days ago, got really brave in the pool. Now she loves jumping off the side into my arms and will do it over and over and overrrr again.<\/p>\n

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7. She prefers animal sounds over their names. She\u2019ll see and owl and say hoo-hoo. She\u2019ll see a cat and say meow. She\u2019ll see a fire truck and say wee-O wee-O (like a siren).<\/p>\n

8. I\u2019m really proud of her manners. She uses please and thank you correctly all day long.<\/p>\n

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9. She is still eating well, though has picked up the odd habit of not eating peels. She\u2019ll gnaw down to them, then put them back on her plate. I\u2019m THAT<\/em> mom who then picks them up and eats them. Sorry, I\u2019m gross.<\/p>\n

10. She isn\u2019t drinking milk anymore. A month or so ago she stopped drinking it on her own. She eats so well and so much cheese and yogurt, I\u2019m not worried about it. I\u2019ll offer it to her and she\u2019ll have a couple sips, but she drinks 99% water. It\u2019s a waste for me to buy milk when no one drinks it.<\/p>\n

11. The kid loves avocado. Like she\u2019ll see one and scream Ah-Cado<\/em>!<\/p>\n

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12. She has become quite attached to my Cabbage Patch doll I had when I was little and certain fuzzy blanket. They are names baby<\/em> and blanket<\/em> respectively. Creative, huh?<\/p>\n

13. I\u2019ve noticed it is her nature to be cautious with new things. She\u2019ll take her time warming up to a new person, place or activity, but after she checks it out, she\u2019s all about it. Like the beach, when she went from having to be held to running through the tide pools barefoot.<\/p>\n

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14. We STILL use the baby bathtub. Isn\u2019t that hilarious? She takes a bath in our bathroom and we have an oversized Jacuzzi tub that takes forever to fill up. So instead she sits in the baby tub and plays in the \u2018waterfall\u2019 that comes out of the waterfall faucet.<\/p>\n

15. She still has her pacifiers (pass-pass). They are for sleep and car only, but I need to start getting real. I am going to try and break it for car rides soon. Blah. No fun.<\/p>\n

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Quite possibly one of my favorite pictures.<\/em><\/p>\n

16. For now, she still goes to bed at 7pm and gets up at 8am. I\u2019m putting her down for nap between 12:30 and 1. She sleeps 2-3 hours usually, but I wake her up at 3:30 for fear she won\u2019t be ready for bed at 7. Debating letting her sleep, then extending her bedtime, but changing routine gives me anxiety \"Winking<\/p>\n

17. I love our nighttime routine. After bath and jammies, she slides off our bed and runs to kiss Koda on the nose. She says nigh-nigh, then runs up the stairs. When I\u2019m putting her to bed, we\u2019ll read several Shel Silverstein poems, then she\u2019ll flop on top of me in a giant monkey hug. I\u2019ll rock and sing \u2018You are my Sunshine\u2019 to her several times. Then I\u2019ll stand up, she\u2019ll squeeze me so hard, give me a kiss and tell me night night. My heart melts on a consistent basis.<\/p>\n

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18. Hailey starts \u201cpreschool\u201d in 3 weeks. She\u2019ll go 2 half-days a week. I\u2019m really excited for her to get to interact with other kids of a consistent basis without me there.<\/p>\n

19. Randomly through the day she\u2019ll run over and give me a hug or a kiss. She has me wrapped around her finger. Nobody tell her that.<\/p>\n

20. Hailey loves helping me in our deck-garden. She is the first to pull off any strawberries and pop them in her mouth. Yesterday I was cooking and she ran in, proudly displaying her latest find.<\/p>\n

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21. David and I laugh daily about the funny things she does or says. We are also fully aware that we are those parents that think their kid is just the bees knees. No apologies over here.<\/p>\n

22. She definitely knows the word \u2018outside\u2019 and prefers to eat all her meals there.<\/p>\n

23. I couldn\u2019t be more proud or love a child more than I do her. She\u2019s my little buddy and has a such a loving nature. Looking forward to seeing what the future brings, but it can take its sweet time getting here!<\/p>\n

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Anything your curious about that I didn\u2019t touch on?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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