Thursday, March 29, 2012

Ruby D at Twenty Months

at twenty months you:
-can say anything and everything. you are definitely a talker. you finish phrases, name objects/people, talk/sing with the tv, and jabber to your stuffed animals.
-are a night owl. you go to nap every day with no problems whatsoever for around 2 hours, but come bedtime you refuse to sleep. you can be rubbing your eyes tired or have been outside for hours and as soon as you start to go to sleep you literally jerk yourself awake and start kicking your legs. if you are asleep by 10 i consider that good.
-wear size 18 month (you still fit all your 12 month stuff, but the shirts are starting to get small) and size 4 or 5 shoes
-when i ask you what you want to eat you say, "pizza hut." you call oreos "ohs." you love suckers, cucumbers, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream.
-you have a lisp.
-are such a cuddle bug. you love to hug and kiss and will pat my back or hold my face. such a sweetheart.
-smile and say hi to everyone we meet then say "mommy" and grab me.
-love doggies and kitties and are so gentle as you pet them.
- have a new tooth (bottom left) and finally got your fourth tooth on the bottom  middle. you are a very slow teether.
-take 1/2 a synthroid each day and chew it right up. you call it "yummy medicine."
-adore "sister!" you want to do everything she does.
-love to color, look at books, slide, swing, play with your baby, dance, and watch yo gabba gabba.
-only will take a pacy at naptime willingly. you take when for bed, buy not willingly. you would rather continue to breastfeed. you are down  to pretty much one feeding before bed and sometimes once at night (one side). you do get really mad depending on the night, but usually i can calm you with patting.
-hate sleeping with covers on your feet.
-call yourself ruby dee dee or baby dee dee (that one is all gracie)

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Ruby D at Nineteen Months

at nineteen months you:
-weigh 20 pound 14.6 ounces (5%) and are 30 1/2 inches tall (25%). all of your tests from riley came back normal, so you are just turning out to be a tiny little girl. i am supposed to push as much fat, butter, etc. as possible when feeding you.
-are still a mama's girl through and through. you don't care as often when i leave you now, but you are very aware that i am gone and want to know where i am. this doesn't extend to nighttime where you still freak if you wake up and i'm not there or if your daddy tries to hold you while you are going to sleep. you will be with daddy when he comes home late if he has food.
-do not like to go to sleep at night. it doesn't seem to matter how short or long a nap you've had or if you've been acting tired and cranky-you fight sleep almost every night. lately you are asleep around ten. sigh. you still wake up around two times a night-i am trying to break you of the habit of breastfeeding to go back to sleep. you refuse to take your pacy and although you will go back to sleep after i pat your back and comfort you, it is never a really deep sleep.
-still have a huge vocabulary and understand everything we say and ask you to do. you are such a smart little girl.
-love animals, especially sissy and looking at birds out the window.
-fight with sister over the gabbas, markers, and milk cups. you love her to pieces though (it is so cute how you call each other "sister") and ask where she is first thing in the morning if she isn't in bed with us. you also like to kiss and hug her all the time.
-are a very good eater for the most part. you love: eggs, cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, pasta, strawberries, and any type of dessert.
-love to play with your minnies, your block train, markers (when gracie leaves them out-i have to get them from you as soon i see them or you/the walls are a mess), babies, and the tea seat.
-get mad when i put diapers on you after you go the restroom. you want to wear "underwear," but you are not ready for that yet. i plan on training you (for pee-you trained yourself for poop) when it starts to get warmer outside.
-love to go outside and swing and swing. you also love to go to mimi and papa's house, wal-mart, and pizza hut.
-really really hate when i put a band-aid on you, wearing socks/shoes in the car, when your tv shows go to commercial, only getting half a cookie (you will not it period unless you get a whole one).