Words and more
Routine weigh-in for Imogen on Tuesday, at 11.47kg (25.4lb apparently). Still a little above the 50th centile, probably around 55 to 60 although difficult to tell from the blobs on the graph in her little red book.
That prompted me to think about how she's doing generally at the moment, and obviously her ability to talk has been the big thing over the last few months. She now probably has a couple of hundred words at least, including most face and body parts, animals, foods (including those she's allergic to), colours, toys, furniture, vehicles and many others.
It also includes a lot of numbers, including 1, 2 and 3, 8, 9 and 10 (in order), although eight seems to be her favourite since if you ask her how many of something there are the first response is always 8, followed by 6, and then you can persuade her to count them.
Walking and running are going well, and she's trying her hardest to jump but can only get anywhere near it if we hold her arms up and assist!
Sleeping is still a bit of an issue. It is very rare for her to go through the night unbroken (although she did last weekend, but it's about once every couple of months still), and it generally ranges from waking slightly for five minutes a few times right the way up to two, three or even four hours in a night. The biggest problem is that her skin obviously itches so much that when she wakes she starts to scratch, and if we just leave her she'll end up drawing blood and making things much much worse (possibly leading to a skin infection, which we really don't want), so we have to go and sooth her to stop that. Seems to be getting a little better again the last few days, but it comes and goes a lot.
Her nap time has now shifted to after lunch, for anything from 40 minutes to two and a half hours. Mostly it needs a drive in the car, e.g. coming back from somewhere, to get her off, but occasionally she'll just go on Mum's lap.
Anyway, she's fab, even with the sleep issues.
That prompted me to think about how she's doing generally at the moment, and obviously her ability to talk has been the big thing over the last few months. She now probably has a couple of hundred words at least, including most face and body parts, animals, foods (including those she's allergic to), colours, toys, furniture, vehicles and many others.
It also includes a lot of numbers, including 1, 2 and 3, 8, 9 and 10 (in order), although eight seems to be her favourite since if you ask her how many of something there are the first response is always 8, followed by 6, and then you can persuade her to count them.
Walking and running are going well, and she's trying her hardest to jump but can only get anywhere near it if we hold her arms up and assist!
Sleeping is still a bit of an issue. It is very rare for her to go through the night unbroken (although she did last weekend, but it's about once every couple of months still), and it generally ranges from waking slightly for five minutes a few times right the way up to two, three or even four hours in a night. The biggest problem is that her skin obviously itches so much that when she wakes she starts to scratch, and if we just leave her she'll end up drawing blood and making things much much worse (possibly leading to a skin infection, which we really don't want), so we have to go and sooth her to stop that. Seems to be getting a little better again the last few days, but it comes and goes a lot.
Her nap time has now shifted to after lunch, for anything from 40 minutes to two and a half hours. Mostly it needs a drive in the car, e.g. coming back from somewhere, to get her off, but occasionally she'll just go on Mum's lap.
Anyway, she's fab, even with the sleep issues.
posted by Richard Warren at 7:32 AM
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