Pretty Ellie! Pretty Stephanie! Happy Daddy! Happy Family! So many exclamation points!
I am very pro leash. A dear friend of mine had five children in 3 years (two sets of twins). I babysat for them all the time. I'll tell you...when you've got two babies in a stroller and three under three walking next to you at a busy county fair, leashes are a godsend! I babysat for them a lot, and it really was easier taking them out to entertain them than trying to entertain them in their small apartment. So, I'd pack 'em all in the car, with the leashes and the stroller, and off we went.
Oh, and I survived work. Got two huge compliments, but I don't have enough energy to explain the situations tonight, so I'll probably share those tomorrow.
I've been told you spend the first two years teaching them to walk and talk and the rest of their lives telling them to sit down and shut up.
I've been frowning over the BabyCenter webpage for warning signs of language delay: [link]
It's supposed to be a problem if a 15-month-old doesn't have 1 to 3 words and doesn't say mama or dada. Annabel is now 14 months and does none of those things. Granted, that gives her a month, but it's starting to worry me the way she keeps flirting with missing social/communicative milestones--she was slow to smile and laugh, too. However, she's already doing some things from the 19-24 month list--pointing at objects of interest, imitating our actions, responding to simple directions. So I don't know what to think.
Think that she's a beautiful, gorgeous, smart girl that is doing fine.
Em was in her Led Zepplin onesie the other day.
I KNEW the size on that was wrong. How did she react to not wearing a pastel?
She broke out in little hives. Pink ones.
So I don't know what to think.
Think that you're doing what you always do, silly: reading things online and worrying about how they apply to you or your smart, beautiful daughter when there is no reason to worry. So knock it off.
What Jilli said. Also, if you keep comparing her to every little milestone and when she's "supposed" to do it, you're both going to be nuts by the time she's five. Worry when she's 20 and pointing to your wallet.
Think of it this way, the same people that made up those milestones are probably the same people that say any woman that's 5'6" is "supposed" to weigh 110 lbs.
Can I go to bed now?
Yes. Tho' you might want to take a book with you, just in case you feel tired but not quite sleepy.
So I don't know what to think.
I think you need to get rid of those bookmarks.
Susan, you are an extrordinarily capable and resourceful woman. If something (heaven forbid)
is
wrong with A at some point you will surely notice it and deal with it very very well. You'll talk to Deena and other people who've dealt with various challenges and you'll tackle it head on.
But getting repeatedly upset about minutae prevents NOTHING. It just causes you stress. Eventually, it will cause the baby stress. You need to find a way to stop doing it.
