Isolde at 15 Months

Our busfia

• Tells us that she wants her välling in the evening by going to the kitchen and pointing and similarly in the morning when she wants her oatmeal.
• Pees on the potty several times every day and at least every morning and every evening but we have to put her on it, she doesn't warn us yet.  She has still only done a poo twice on it though.  When she's done no 2 (in her nappy) we'll ask her if she has and usually she says yes and starts walking to the changing table.  Lately she has started walking to the potty instead and we tell her it's too late for the potty.  So she's not really getting it yet (which is normal of course).
• Runs away and tries to hide in a corner - hasn't realised a corner is not a very smart and strategic location - when she doesn't want to get dressed.
• Likes being read to over and over again, sometimes the same book.  At the moment her favourites are "Lilla gumman" and "Kråkes förskola" and song books.  She has started to sit and flip through pages herself too, especially these little Pixie books from when I was little (at least that's where I think they come from)
• Knows the names and location of several parts of her body, including nose, ears, eyes, tongue, head, hands, feet and tummy.
• (Tries to) sing when she's playing and pottering about.  And also sometimes when she is trying to tell us that she wants us to sings.  For example I sing the Pippi song with a Pippi doll and a "Små grodorna" version about a hippo using a stuffed animal, and she'll bring those to me and make sounds like singing.  She also does some of the gestures to Itzy Bitzy Spider.
• Is playing more and more by herself, and it's more and more role play - cooking, taking care of soft toys/dolls and other games.
• Is pushing around my old toy pram (and has also started climbing into it, see picture).  The pram is pretty light and in the beginning she was always falling over with it but now she knows how to "work" it.

• Is not really a climber yet (and her parents are grateful) but she's beginning to get interested.  Last night at some friends' house for dinner she took a real liking to a children's armchair that she climbed in and out of and sat in reading.

• Still likes the swings at the playground but has discovered the slide and can slide down on her own without help.
• Has moved to only one nap a day (most days) and she also wakes up much earlier in the morning even though she goes to bed at the same time.  I guess she doesn't need as many hours of sleep anymore?!
• Is quite "naughty" at the moment.  She tries to do stuff she knows (?) she shouldn't and also scratches and pokes us, and just laughs when we tell her off.  Testing us already it seems! 
• Is not shy at all with other adults or children and can be quite tough with other children, which is good if they are older but not always with the ones who are the same age.  Hope she doesn't turn into a bully!  But it's mainly the really shy children who gets upset, not the ones who are more like her in personality. 
• Doesn't talk that much yet but says "mamma" (more like "mimmi") and "pappa" sort of and "ja" (yes) and something like "joo joo" (for "I want", "I'm excited" and "noo noo"(but it means "food" or "I want" and not "no") and this morning she imitated "bu" (boo) when Peter read to her.  "Joo joo" and "noo noo" really are her signature words at the moment!
• She might not talk much but she definitely understands a LOT and most instructions.  It's amazing how much little ones understand and how fast they learn!
• Has THREE teeth now!
• Weighs around 8.7 kg and is 74 cm tall (or short ha ha) I think - we'll find out when we see the nurse next week for her MMR vaccine ahead of our trip to France (usually at 18 months but it's recommended to take it earlier if visiting certain countries and France is one of them because of the prevalence of measles).  We looked at Peter's and my old records and it turns out she follows Peter's growth chart almost to the gram and centimetre! 
• Had a "daddy" phase for a while but lately there hasn't been much of a difference in who she wants to go to and be with, or maybe a little bit of a preference towards me.  So I guess it really varies from time to time.  I was a bit worried when she had that daddy period that it was going to be that way forever, since Peter is home with her for so long and has been since she got to a more "conscious" stage. 
• Throws food that she doesn't want on the floor or as her way of telling us she's full.  We try to tell her "just tell us you're done" but she's not listening yet :)
• Is not afraid of the hoover or other loud machinery anymore.
• Often plays talking on the phone but goes dead quiet if there's actually a person on the line.
• Is just being so cute and funny right now!  And she has a fantastic reportoire of facial expressions and little things she do.