Fifteen Month Old Lorelai

I just weighed and measured our pumpkin tonight.... at fifteen months, she is a lightweight at 19 pounds (3 %). Her height is 30 inches (30 %). I am hoping I just incorrectly weighed Lorelai last month, since she weighed 19-20 pounds then. We do feed her. Really. She has been a bit of a stinker about sitting in her booster seat. She much prefers to be running around. We offer her tons of healthy foods- meats, cheese, yogurt, veggies, veggies, veggies, fruit, butter, olive oil, coconut oil, ground nuts or nut butter, a small amount of gluten free grains, beans, lentils, and eggs. She has become more particular recently...easily gravitating towards fruits, beans, and cheese. This past month, she even tried a few sweets- one made with honey (almond flour muffin) and one made with maple syrup (chocolate fondue)... she was pretty pleased. She seemed to react (red skin around her face) when we gave her cod liver oil this past month (I had previously tried giving it to her months earlier at one point but backed off because it appeared to cause a reaction, but I was not real sure, so tried again recently)...so she won't be having CLO again anytime soon. New foods this past month included lemon, goat meat, and olive oil. She still nurses...enthusiastically. I anticipate when we do wean her that it will not only be hard on me but also for her.

Health-wise, she either has a cold or is teething or both. Her shirt is usually wet with drool and snot. She is boogery but happy. She has been sleeping well.

Her loves include clapping, throwing her arms up in the air for “So Big”, the telephone, dancing, climbing anything, obliging kiss requests, tickles, nursing, being chased, making a mess, flipping though books, dolls, babies, animals, pictures of animals or babies, and cheese. As of late, she does not like the bathtub, most male adults (with the exception of Daddy, Grandpa Burie, and our next door neighbor, Steve…. She has also warmed up to Uncle Scott!), Santas, going to bed when her brother and sister are still up, and when Mom and Dad leave (though she is getting better).

Lorelai’s vocabulary continues to expand. She says hot, no, nose, kitty, Grandma, more, rrroar (for lion) and most recently Santa in addition to mama, dada, hi, teeth, moo (for cow), cheese, kitty, nana (for banana).

Abby was in my lap and Lorelai came up and took a swat at her. I looked at Lorelai and said, “where did you learn that from?” She then pointed very clearly to Abby.

Lorelai understands much more than she says. When I was in the kitchen, I told Ben I needed to call Grandma Burie to see what we should bring for their overnighter. Lorelai heard this and starts running into the office (where the phone is). When lunch was ready, I called out, “who is hungry?” Lorelai starts running for the bathroom (to wash her hands). She can identify her body parts: eyes, nose, and belly consistently.

Lorelai loves to follow and imitate her big brother and sister. Tonight, Ben and Abby were putting blankets over their heads and pretending to be ghosts and Lorelai was making every effort to do the same. Too cute.

She usually only takes one nap a day now (once in a while she’ll take two…). We are happy when it lasts two hours, but sometimes it is a bit shorter. She sleeps about 11 hours at night.

She freely gives the sweetest hugs and kisses!