Madeline 18 mos stats

 

This girl is 18 months now. She's still a tiny little thing but she has a big personality. She LOVES reading. I think she would sit if someone would read to her all day. She loves her brothers. She wants and tries to do everything they do. She loves her babies. She will wrap her baby in a blanket then hop in the rocker and rock. She loves doing anything outside.

 

Madeline has been slower than the boys in language development. I'm okay with that though. She has lots of single words but doesn't always use them...and I don't make her. She will copy almost anything the boys tell her to say. She looks at me and Brian like we are crazy if we try to get her to say something. She is beginning to combine words to make short phrases. Her favorite thing to say is "all done mama" (then she laughs). One evening she was finished eating so she said "all done". Brian got up to get her. She shook her head and said "all done...MAMA". Everyone at the table laughed. Now every time she's done she says it, looks straight at Brian, and laughs.

 

So here are Madeline's stats and all the kids comparisons at 18 months:

25 lbs (50th percentile)

31.5 inches (30th percentile)

don't remember how big her head was but it was 97th %

 

Luc at 18 mos.:

25 lb 7 oz (45th)

34 inches (90th)

head 50.5 cm (97th)

 

Evan:

25 lb 2 oz (35th)

33 inches (55th)

head 49 3/4 cm (90th)

 

On another note, Evan helped me pick out the boys Easter outfits. The compromise for the "fancy" shirt that I strongly encouraged was that he get to buy the shirt below. So the fancy shirt is for Easter and Evan's shirt choice is for any day he wants to wear it. You may see him wearing it every day. Then he wanted a picture in his new outfit.  

Warning: LOTS of pictures of Madeline here

Madeline's 12 month pictures at home...

To my Family, I think you can click on the picture to save it to your computer.

 

These are going to get funny. She HATED the bracelet and bow. After she realized she could only remove the bow and not the bracelet, she decided she would rip her dress off. This photo shoot ended in a nap. 

 

Day 2 of trying to take pictures. The sun interfered a bit. Madeline was much happier.

 

Peek a boo 

 

 

Oh my gosh, I want to keep her this age.. 

 

I hate that this one is super out of focus. It would have been a favorite. 

 

Can you see those beautiful blue eyes? 

Madeline's First Birthday Party

I apologize, mostly to the grandparents, aunts, and uncles that weren't able to come, for being a week late posting this birthday post. We had a low key first birthday party for Madeline. We only invited her bff, Zadie, and a couple of adults. We had (kind of) a "You Are My Sunshine" theme.

 

My pictures didn't turn out as I had envisioned but here they are.

Madeline's most favorite thing to do is play peek-a-boo with her blanket. She even plays by herself and thinks it's hilarious. She loves these blankets. If one of the boys even walks near her blanket, she flips out. Is it the beginnings of a drama queen? 



She wasn't sure what to think about that cake

Then she got really upset with it 

The big kids enjoyed it...at least the icing off the top 

She finally had a little taste... 

...but wasn't too impressed 

 

Just so everyone knows...that cake I spent a couple of hours on didn't fully go to waste. When the grown ups weren't looking, Zadie found it under Madeline's chair.

Madeline is ONE

Yes, she really is a year old. This has been the fastest year ever. I wish time would just slow down. I hear it just keeps getting faster though. Madeline has gone from a precious sweet tiny newborn to a screaming 24/7 colicky baby to a sweet happy smiley baby to a teething clingy whiny baby..and is now becoming a happy silly toddler.

 Madeline had her first taste of cake on her birthday. She seemed really confused but eventually, she dug in and asked for more. 



 

 And here are all the biggies for all three babies at one year:
Luc: 31 in (97th percentile), 22lb5oz (45th percentile), head 49 cm (97th percentile)
        He has been walking for two months. He said 11 words and some animal sounds.
Evan: 30 in (50th), 22lb (40th), 48 1/2 cm (95th)
         He had been walking for a month. He said 15 words and several animal sounds
Madeline: 29 in (50th), 20lb4oz (40th), 47 1/2 (97th)
         She only says dada and mama. She is taking a few steps. She has never slept through the
         night. She can identify nose, eyes, toes, belly, and mouth.

Madeline is so much smaller than the boys were at this age. She is also so far behind them developmentally in everything. I think this is God's way of making me feel like I have a baby longer.

Madeline 9 months...very late

Poor Madeline...she will never have updates about herself. I never blog anymore. So this post is over a month late. I'll still compare her growth and development with the boys though. So...

 

Madeline's weight 19 lbs 9 oz - 70th percentile

height  27 in - 50th percentile

The doctor didn't write down her head size but it is becoming more normal on her growth curve. It's just big.

 

Luc's weight at 9 mos. 20 lb 2 oz - 50th percentile 

height 29 in - 75th percentile

head - 46 1/2 cm 75-90th percentile

 

Evan's weight at 9 mos 20 lb 11 oz - 55th percentile

height 28 1/2 in - 50th percentile

head 47 1/2 cm 95th percentile

 

Evan was my chunkiest baby, Luc has always been my longest, and Madeline has been my little one...though she is quite chunky too.

 

 

Fast forward to 10 months...Madeline is a very fast crawler. She LOVES sneaking away to play in the toilet or garbage can. When she is heading in a direction that she knows she shouldn't (like the toilet), I say "no" then she laughs and takes off really fast to get away from me. She stands for several seconds without holding on. She is beginning to really show a temper. She is learning that what mama and daddy eat is pretty good. She loves drinking from a straw. She thinks walking through rain is really funny. She loves her brothers so much. She says "da-da" and is beginning to say "mama". I'm not sure she is intentionally saying "mama" yet. She says it when she upset.



Teething biscuits

Madeline seems to be a picky eater. She will eat oatmeal and green beans very good. She will sometimes eat squash, sweet potatoes, and spinach. She absolutely will not eat any fruit or peas. Textures are a real problem for her. She gags like crazy if I try to give her a bite of a banana, a puff, avacado, bread. The only solid foods that I can get her to eat (suck on) are teething biscuits, watermelon, and apple. She does love her teething biscuits though.

 

When it gets so soggy that it starts to break, I have to take it away. 

 

This is also the reaction if she drops it and can't find it. 

I have a picture of Luc super sad at the end of a biter biscuit too.