1. Speech. She is talking a lot!!! Keila now gets out her toy mobile phone AND her corded phone and will happily talk into both of them. She's mastered the art of walking and talking with the cell phone, and sometimes will also use blocks or toy bananas to talk into, too. As for actual words: 'Oliver' is still a strong favorite, but new ones include 'No no no no no!' (oops), 'An Pan Man' (a Japanese cartoon character of which she has the stuffed doll, 'Up', 'Gaagug' for dog now instead of 'daa', and 'Baa' for bird. I think there are others but they aren't coming to mind at the moment.
2. The day after she turned 15 months, Keila popped 2 more teeth through, upping her count to 16. 4 more to go! She may/may not be teething again right now. She's been holding her mouth and ear a bit today but also has a cold, so we've got to head over to the doctor in a bit and make sure it's not an ear infection.
3. Sleep! I'm not even going to discuss it any more. If and when she does start sleeping through the night, I'll let you know.
4. Keila is great on her own two feet now! We go to the playground a lot, and she walked about 2 blocks on her own downtown a few weeks ago. Now if only I can convince her that climbing isn't always a good thing....
5. Food issues...lately, she doesn't want any sort of protein besides beans. I've tried ground turkey, ground beef, fish, eggs prepared all ways, paper-thin slices of ham, etc etc etc. If only tofu was as easy to get here as it was in Japan. Otherwise, Keila is eating well, lots of fruits, veggies, and healthy grains. If you've got any sugggestions for the protein problem, let me know!
6. We've got all sorts of new actions going on these days. This kid continues to amaze me in terms of how fast she's learning. Recently, Keila loves to have me sing 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' while she follows along with the actions (and hums, too). I had to repeat it 5 times one afternoon....need I mention that I really don't like that song any more? 'Itsy Bitsy Spider' is also a good one, but definitely a runner-up to 'Twinkle Twinkle'. Last week, Keila saw me cleaning off some of her toys with wet wipes....so later, she got them out herself and proceeded to not only wipe the toys but also Wasabi, at least for as long as Wasa allowed.
Keila wants to do anything and everything herself now, to the extent that she shoves away our hands if we're trying to help her. We definitely have a strong-willed little girl! Oh, and she had her first temper tantrum last week, when we had to leave the playground earlier than she wanted. The fun has begun!
7. Just weighed Keila and measured her height this morning...she's at 10.4 kilos and 80.5 cm. Which is both skinnier and shorter than I was expecting. Still fine for her age of course, but I need to check her growth lines to make sure we're still on track!
That's it on Keila until next month!
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