I understand referring to your baby's age in months up until they're a year old, of course, and then maybe even until they turn 2 because they are so developmentally different from month to month over those years, especially when talking with people you actually know, and haven't just met on the street. But after 2 years, it's really time to make the jump to 1/2 years. (i.e. Sofie's 2 1/2 years old today!) It's part of the Big Kid Status. Ok, on with the update.
At her 2 year well visit with Dr. Y. she weighed 21 lbs, 10 oz. and was 33 1/4" tall.
Following EAT.SLEEP.PLAY.LEARN from the last update (at 22 months - ha!), not much has changed other than the LEARN part. I'll just let you refer back to that last update for the EAT.SLEEP.PLAY parts.
There's been an explosion of chatterboxing these last few months, and she's greatly increased her vocabulary. In the past few weeks, she's also started to form very short sentences. She's getting so fast and skilled at doing tasks like putting puzzles together, drawing circles, learning colors and animals, communicating with us, taking care of her babies, cooking in her kitchen, etc. She has really become a fun, silly little girl who makes us laugh all the time.
Her vocabulary was 34 words in the last update. Over the last week or so, I've been trying to write down all the words she says now. I knew she was saying a lot of new things, but after I started writing them all down, I was amazed. When we saw Dr. Y. at Sofie's 18 month checkup, she was only saying about 8 words. He said that was just fine, and that by 2 years old, she'd be saying 30-50 words. I remember thinking, "Yeah, right!" I thought if she was saying at least 20 words, I'd be happy with that. Now she's saying more than 70 words! Wow, Sofie!
Vocab
- circle
- puppy ("piyyy")
- poddy (sounds the same as puppy)
- poop
- stinky
- Hoo Hoo (her beloved stuffed Monkey, soon to be featured in Sofie's Favorite Things)
- Abby
- up
- help
- yum
- hotdog
- yeah
- oops
- outside
- hot
- sshhhh
- sleep
- two
- bath
- phone ("sone")
- keys
- cat
- pig
- yellow
- blue
- pink
- sock
- shoe
- coat
- hat
- pants ("meets")
- eye
- bink
- dance ("sance")
- bow
- tv ("tee")
- purse ("poos")
Phrases
- Baby sleep...sshhhh
- Hoo Hoo poddy
- Thank you
- Welcome
- Here it is...or...There it is
- Where'd it go?
- All gone
Animal Sounds
- How does a dog go? - woof ("oof")
- ...puppy - (pants like a dog)
- ...horse - neigh
- ...pig - "kkkccczzzhhh" (there is no way to type this sound, but it's hilarious)
- ...duck - quack ("kack")
- ...cow - moo "oooooooo"
- ...monkey - "hoo hoo"
- ...chicken - "bauk bauk"
Here are a few pictures of Sofie being goofy at dinner the other night. Notice the bedhead pigtails and the extra two hairclips in her hair. Definitely a "Daddy" hairdo!
We have fun birthday plans for Sofie tomorrow, and a party this weekend. I'll post pictures soon!
9 Responses:
You could be more specific and refer to her as 729 days old or 103 weeks old:) Happy Birthday Sophie! It is always nice to read some of the happy CDH stories.
Happy Birthday Sofie!!! I think I'm going to cry thinking about her turning 2. I feel like we've gotten to know your family through CDH and Sofie has been so much of an inspiration to us. Enjoy this wonderful day of celebration and we can't wait to see pictures.
p.s. Thank you for letting me know about the words. Carter only has about 5 words at 17 months, but his therapists tell us not to worry. Hearing about Sofie, I guess we have a lot to look forward to :)
-Kellie
Sometime in the next weeks, she will magically change into a little girl. One day she is still a "toddler/baby" and the next she is a little girl. Do not ask me how you tell, but you can. When we went to ST. L. about 5 weeks ago, Sabrina had made the change. Ask your mom, and she will vouch for this statement. It is wonderful and scary at the same time. You will love it.
Sabrina's gma.
Oh, I forgot all about Kenny. I hope he's recovering well and will be back to work soon :)
Happy Birthday, beautiful girl. What an inspiring story you have. I hope one day you know how much you've healed our hearts. How much joy we've had from watching you grow. And how much we love you {and your mom and dad}.
Thanks for sharing her with us, Jen and Kenny.
Wow! She's going to be 2 already?!!! I can't believe it. She truly is an inspiration to so many CDH families. Enjoy every minute of year 2 and we wish nothing but happiness, good health and fun times for her!
Love
Vicki, James, Jack & Anika
Happy #2 Birthday, Sofia! Best wishes for a great and fun-filled day!
Janette
Happy Birthday Sofie!!
You are growing up to be such a sweet beutiful little girl. Have fun on your big day today.
-Andrew
Happy Birthday to Sofie! I really can't believe she is already 2. PS I tell people "Bryden will be 3 in a few months" or "We just turned 3" but even before that I was not about to count the months to share with others
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