{"id":1549,"date":"2008-05-23T09:42:03","date_gmt":"2008-05-23T16:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2008-06-21T20:43:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-22T03:43:00","slug":"18-month-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=1549","title":{"rendered":"18-month (!) update"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I think about the 18-month mark, all I can think is “really?” As in: is it really <\/em>possible that Zoe’s a year and a half? Has it really <\/em>been that long? It is, and it has – so I guess I should just get used to it and keep typing…<\/p>\n

The best way to summarize life with Zoe is to say that she keeps us on our toes. She’s always moving around (running, never walking), exploring things, climbing on things, pointing to things and asking for things (normally food). She’s very active, as most kids this age are (so I’ve learned) – and she’s not as content to just sit and read quietly as she used to be. (She still does it, but not quite as much as before.) <\/p>\n

She continues to follow our simple commands, and I’m starting to think of her as a good little helper. (Free help!) If I ask her to take something to Q (or vice versa), she does; she puts dirty clothes in her hamper every night; and she gets out her socks, shoes and coat on almost a daily basis. I’ve noticed lately that she’s been putting things (toys, sippy cups, etc.) right back where she got them, and she’s starting to get the “clean up” concept. I’ve also caught her adjusting our bathroom rug a few times; like her mom, it seems she’s a fan of an orderly house!<\/p>\n

Zoe is a big talker – adding new words to her vocabulary every day. (My favorite new word of hers is “please,” which comes out as “peas.”) She is very into repeating words back to us, and she now knows the names of a handful of body parts. (Chin, arm and thumb are the newest ones.) She also recently graduated to phrases; among her favorites: “all gone,” “the end,” “uh-oh,” “ding-dong” (in conjunction with squeezing someone’s nose), “here, mom,” and “all right!” The latter is always said with excitement – usually when diving into a favorite book or when handed a pair of pretty socks.<\/p>\n

She still likes to sing – and also to dance. Her new favorite thing is to dance in circles to “Ring Around the Rosie,” and she’s usually quite insistent that everyone around her take her hand and join her in the dance. (It should come to no surprise that Q and I get worn out way before she does.)<\/p>\n

As mentioned last month, Zoe often has “flares of independence” (or, as you might call them, temper tantrums). She does her fair share of foot stomping, wailing (and, when being changed, wiggling), and when she’s really upset, she actually shakes in anger. That usually happens in the kitchen, with something food-related.<\/p>\n

Speaking of food, Zoe is completely able to feed herself – and she’s gotten a lot better (faster, less messy) at it. If you try to help her, she’s likely to grunt and push your hand away. No one messes with this girl’s food! (Hm… sound like her mom??) She also recently kicked the bottle habit and now drinks milk exclusively from a sippy-cup. <\/p>\n

Lastly, Zoe is growing at a healthy clip. We learned at her 18-month appointment today that she weighs 29 pounds and is 33.75 inches tall. That makes her in the 90th percentile for weight and the 95th<\/strong> percentile for height. (She’s the height of a 3-year-old.) Our little “baby” is not so little anymore!<\/p>\n

-M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I think about the 18-month mark, all I can think is “really?” As in: is it really possible that Zoe’s a year and a half? Has it really been that long? It is, and it has – so I guess I should just get used to it and keep typing… The best way to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21one-and-a-half-years-old"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}