Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Isolde at 19-20 Months

Double-whammy this time as I never got around to publish the 19-month report.  In bullets, in no particular order.  Right now (or lately rather) Isolde...
  • is a bit obstinate (though in a cute way) and throws a lot of tantrums (terrible twos already?) with exaggerated reactions and behaviour.  Sometimes when she gets frustrated she sort of scratches herself on her face before she realises that the only one it is hurting is herself.  
  • likes to draw with crayons and play with pegs.  She can sit for a while but soon it's more fun to sort the crayons or the pegs in boxes (or throw them on the floor).
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  • is talking a little bit more but not that many clear words still though it seems to be coming now when she's started preschool (as they don't understand what she wants as well as we do)
  • has always liked to dance but seems to be in a dancing period including spinning around and doign some sort of tap routine.  Maybe time to teach her gangnam style?!
  • is really good at some iPhone app games.  It's also amazing how she knows where to find stuff in the phone and recognises the icons even if they are so small.
  • still hates to have her teeth brushed and it hasn't helped with an electric brush
  • likes wearing a hair pin but we're losing them quickly and need to buy a new batch soon.  Her hair is getting really long but I want her fringe to grow before we cut it.  She seems to have inherited my type of hair: lots of it!
  • climbs all over: chairs, tables, and at the playground, and is also getting more creative in getting to stuff by pulling up chairs or similar to get where she wants.  The other day she took her little children's chair and put it on top of glass coffee table and was about to climb up when I discovered what she was up to!
  • likes a quite varied diet but could also eat pasta and sausage (falukorv) all the time if we let her.  She eats pretty well at pre-school but korv is probably her favourite there too.  The other day she ran and sat down at the table as soon as they said they were serving korv even though they hadn't set the table yet.
  • likes playing with water, both at the dinner table and in the tub
  • knows most animals even if she can't say the words.  Imitates some animal sounds but mostly the cat and the horse.
  • is very attached to her clothes and dressing and undressing (but mostly undressing) is a daily struggle.  Sometimes when we've succeeded to get them off her she wants to cuddle with them.  My mum says it's about change she's going through having started pre-school.  What's good about her liking clothes is that she likes wearing shoes, jacket and a hat so so far we don't have a problem dressing her warm enough when we go out into the Swedish autumn.
  • likes to kiss and cuddle a lot and she still likes picking on an ear when she cuddles.
  • has a few favourite TV shows (Charley Bear, Shain the Sheep and Babar among others) but is sick of Teletubbies now
  • doesn't like to sit in the pushchair too much but luckily she can walk quite far now
  • tries to jump but can't do it yet
  • is not interested in the potty but she tells us when she wants her nappy changes and as soon as she's done no 2
  • likes to stand on a chair and watch (and taste) when we cook dinner
  • plays with her kitchen and having us taste from the pot and the (soft toy) vegetables and also likes driving cars (that are actually Brio trains - we need to get her some proper cars) through her toy garage
  • has slept a lot in our bed over the summer as we've been too lazy to get her to go back to sleep in her own bed again when she wakes around midnight or 1 am (or later).  We want to get back to the routine where she would only sleep in our bed in the early morning, if at all, but we'll wait until she's more used to preschool and the new "regime".  But I hope that's soon because I don't sleep very well with her next to me.  Peter is not as sensitive and she also sleeps more towards my side and kicks me as she constantly moves around in her sleep (as all children seem to do!).
  • weights around 9.5 kg now but I have no idea how tall she is but maybe around 80 cm?
Trying adult size bouncy chair

3 comments:

  1. Så söt!! Och jag kan inte förstå att tiden går så fort! Kram!

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  2. det är så roligt och härligt att läsa om Isolde,
    hon är en fröken med en egen vilja. Undrar just vem hon fått det ifrån:)kram mamma/mormor

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  3. Mrs Clapper - Inte jag heller ibland även fast jag är här hela tiden :) Kram!

    Mamma/mormor - Ingen aning! ;) Kram!

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