Lorelai at 18 Months

Lorelai is 18 months old already! We had her well check with Dr. Biebel today. She weighed a mere 19 pounds (Less than 1 %- not on the charts). She was 31.5 inches tall (44.2%) and her head circumference was 47 cm (63.3%). She has ten teeth. She was not getting any shots, however, she screamed bloody murder upon entering the doctor's office. I calmed her down by nursing under a blanket after the nurse left the room and before Dr. Biebel came in. She was fine until she heard Dr. Biebel's voice enter the room- she paused for a moment under the blanket to listen and then abruptly started wailing again. He spent most of the appointment on the the opposite side of the room under the very close watchful eye of Lorelai. He asked about her diet and suggested we consider more fat in her diet since she had fallen off the charts weight-wise (%-wise). Besides breastmilk, she eats meat, yogurt, cheese, coconut oil, olive oil (on her veggies), butter (she will even eat a pad of organic butter alone- not on anything!), avocados, nut butters....so I think we have the fat covered. But rather than debate nutrition with the doctor, I listened and nodded.






Well, not only is Lorelai currently afraid of the doctor's office, she is also afraid of many other things at the current moment...likely just the stage/her age. On impulse, without appointment, I took her to Portrait Innovations last Thursday for her 18 month appointment since Abby was in preschool for a few hours and it was dreary outside. Both Ben and Abby had 18 month photos taken and I was not about to treat Lorelai any differently. It was not a good idea to make the drive to Brookfield Square without an appointment. They were booked. I should have known better with Easter coming up. We took a chance and drove to Target on Moorland, waited 45 more minutes until the Photo department opened and begged the Photographer to slip us in. She saw my desperation and kindly took pitty on us. Lorelai was perfectly happy up until the moment she was to have her photo snapped. Then the tears and fears immediately surfaced and she clutched to me for dear life. The poor woman taking the picture managed to get her to smile once while still clutching to me so the beautiful backdrop is my shoulder...oh well.



While Lorelai loves dogs, she also is apparently quite afraid of them. At least right now.



Lorelai's words...she likes to use "more" a lot, along with Mama and Dada. I have not been so good and tracking her new words lately.






Lorelai is quite opinionated. She is also a Mama's girl. She loves to help put away the groceries. She loves babies and dolls. She seems to love "girly" things like fancy shoes, coats, hats and necklaces. She still loves to nurse.





Lorelai can be very picky about what she eats. One day she wants cheese, for examples, the next day she won't touch it.





Lorelai loves Abby's bike. We recently decided to purchase a trike with a handle that allows an adult to push when needed- she loves it. She loves the park and being outside in general. Unfortunately, the weather has not been so nice....but we try to play outside every day for at least some time.





Lorelai continues to love books of all kinds.





Her hair is growing longer- it is quite fair and naturally curly! Cute as a button!

Lorelai loves her baby dolls. Abby was not much into dolls....until now. Suddenly she likes them now too. Conflict ensues. Kurt discovered today that Lorelai decided to give Abby's baby dollie a bath.... in the toilet.