Dear Adam
14 months and lots has been happening!
Right now you have an ear and chest infection and are on antibiotics. Luckily you take medicine very well.
You are getting into things more and more, keeping Mama and Dada hopping: –
You’ve got a new pushchair, to save Mama some energy as we go up the hill to daycare. You seem to like it very much, as you sort of lounge in it.
But mostly you’re becoming a toddler. Insisting on doing things yourself. Not wanting to waste time with nappy changes. Hating to sit on some one’s lap for long periods (unless you’re very sleepy). You want to be out and about and doing doing doing. You want to be walking, but aren’t quite sure how that works yet beyond a step or two (unless holding on!). Mama can just tell that as soon as you figure it out? You’ll go straight to running.
Although you’ve never crawled on hands and knees, you have no problem getting around:
You’ve also started to eat exactly what Mama and Dada eat, or you won’t eat at all. The other night we had a curry and started to give you something out of a jar. You refused to eat it, peering interestingly at Mama’s plate. So she gave you a small piece of Chicken Tikka. And some Na’an. Chapati? Pilau Rice? Ate.It.All.
You’ve now had stuffed cod, salmon in garlic and soy, lamb stew, beef stew, pickles, chips and one small piece of corn crisp. You wanted more of the last but Mama had a fear of you choking on it. 🙂
Unfortunately, you are having a tough time settling into daycare. You cry when Mama or Dada leave you, although they say you do play a bit and seem to be getting better, there is still some crying off and on. It probably won’t help that you’ve missed a few days due to being ill this month, but we’ll start again next week.
You’ve also got 2 new teeth poking through. Upper right and left, one over from your incisor. So you’ll have a gap. And nothing to chew against, as you still only have the two front on the bottom!
The biggest news of all? And the reason Mama is actually glad this is a day late? Because today, this morning, for the first.time.ever? You looked right at me and said Mama.
I love you
Mama