Excuses aside, Margo is doing fantastic! You would never know she is under the weather about 75% of the time because she is so darn happy! A week ago Margo had a 102 fever and double ear infection and was dancing away and laughing like crazy. I had no idea she was so ill until we went to the MD. She is our little delight and is so much fun. I am hoping as we move into summer and her little body gets more used to the exposure to germs at school, all of this sickness will be behind us.
Margo’s 18 Month Stats were as follows:
Weight: 23 lbs (51%)
Height: 31” (the MD inputted it wrong as 33.5” which had her way up in the growth chart, I think we are more like 50%)
Head: 45.5 cm (27%)
Margo is fascinated with everything Sesame Street, especially Elmo and Cookie Monster. I still do not allow TV and she is not really interested, but she loves watching Sesame Street videos on YouTube. I will sit her in the computer chair and manage to get a few things done while she watches, mesmerized, for at least 10-15 minutes. She dances, sings and claps her hands to the songs… it is so cute! One of the first things Cary bought Margo was a little cookie monster that attached to the car seat and she has loved the characters ever since—it is funny that she likes them so much despite not watching them on TV.
Margo is also doing exceptionally well verbally. I would say she has at least 50 words, but most likely more since I quit counting a few months ago. I can understand most of what she says and she can point at most any picture in a book and name it—examples of some of her newest words are flower, snack, butterfly, grass, squirrel and the list goes on and on. She loves to go “side” (outside) and ride in the “car car” to go places. She can identify by pointing and can name almost all body parts including eyes, nose, mouth, eyebrows, hair, head, ears, arm, toes, hand, leg and belly. She can also identify and say the shapes heart, circle and star. She loves to look at herself in the mirror, kiss herself, dance and sing to herself, make funny faces, etc… it is so funny to watch!
Margo loves loves loves to sing! I would say she spends at least half of the day singing while she plays, rides in the car, etc... Most of what she sings I cannot understand, but she can sing Ba Ba Black Sheep and The Wheels on the Bus in her own special little way where you can catch some of the words and she definitely has the tune down. She can also do the hokey pokey which is her new favorite dance! And laughter… the music to my ears… is abundant in her little world and in our home!
Margo loves to copy everything we do. She is constantly wiping the floor and other surfaces, her nose, my nose, she puts her finger to her lips for “shhh”, brushes her hair, puts q-tips in her ears, etc… She has become an expert at giving and blowing kisses and even gives lovies to many inanimate objects such as a cup or random toy such as a ball. She waves to everyone and everything that passes by. She is so affectionate, she melts my heart a million times a day. She runs into my arms and smothers me with hugs and kisses all the time. She can identify all of her grandparents by picture and can name “GiGi”, “Grannie” and Grandpa is “PaPa”.
Margo has adjusted beautifully to daycare and especially loves her teacher, Dina. I love getting all of her little craft projects and seeing the results of her learning and socialization. We did have an incident already where she was bitten by a classmate—HARD. There was a terrible bruise and mark—thank goodness it did not break the skin. Cary was mad beyond belief and was ready to yank her out. It took lots of people explaining that this is common to calm him down. I just hope Margo doesn’t pick up too many bad habits in school as a result of her peer’s bad behavior.
Just in the past month, Margo has begun to show a bit of defiance. She is starting to throw mini-tantrums when she wants something. I just walk away, but I know the older she gets, the harder it will become to manage. Cary and I are not on the same page discipline wise. He is such a softie and I am the bad guy. He says “no” in the softest, most ineffective tone and laughs at everything she does that is bad. We are going to have to work on being consistent to teach her properly. I love that he is such a sucker for our sweet girl though. Cary is an amazing dad and plays with Margo and loves her so very much. I love watching them interact and act silly. Cary and I are so opposite that it offers her a great balance of our different traits.
In the next few months we will be working on Margo’s dexterity. Unfortunately, she inherited her mommy’s poor coordination and is not great with stacking blocks, sorting shapes and doing puzzles. She also doesn’t have the attention span for those things, so I will just continue to work with her as much as possible. I think usually kids have one strength either verbally or physically and Margo definitely got the verbal side. Either way, she is flourishing and I could not be more fulfilled being a mother! Margo is incredibly sweet, well-behaved and smart. How did we get so lucky?!? I thank the good Lord each and every day for our beautiful girl who has brought us so much joy!
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