Daisy: an update

Well Daisy is 20 months old today. Physically, she's very petite; my mum weighed her on her scales yesterday and she was just under 23lb. She's mostly in 12-18 month clothes and has size 4F feet. I'm not sure how many teeth she has, but I think she's got them all apart from the back molars. 

She's very active, likes to walk everywhere instead of going in the pushchair, and can climb up and down the stairs on her own. Her eating is pretty good, she will try most things and will feed herself with a fork and spoon. She's recently started eating breakfast properly, after months of barely eating anything at that time of day.

Her speech and vocabulary amaze me - she can copy pretty much any word you say to her, and remembers them quickly. We did start making a list of all the words she can say, as she says so much more than Jamie did at this age, and although I haven't updated it for a while, I would guess she can say 200+ different words. She can also say short phrases/sentences - e.g. "bit more biscuit", "my turn on bike" and the very frequently used "Daisy do it!" - she's very feisty and independent and likes to do everything herself. 

She adores her brother and will run round the house shouting "Jamieeee" until she finds him. She's still a bit of a mummy's girl but is definitely getting keener on Daddy these days. 

She's still breastfed, just before bed and if she wakes in the night. Her sleeping is a lot better than it was, and having her own room now we've moved house has helped, but she still wakes once each night, sometimes twice. I probably should tackle it, but I'm happy with just one wake up for now and I don't want to stop breastfeeding her yet...well, not unless she wants to, and she's showing no signs of wanting to stop at the moment. I suppose there's a risk she won't self-wean and I could still be feeding her when she's Jamie's age...I can't imagine that though and I think once she turns two I might try and gradually stop.

She absolutely loves books and will spend ages sitting being read to, fetching one book after another. Her favourites at the moment are "The Tiger Who Came To Tea", "Mog" and "We're Going On A Bear Hunt". She also loves throwing balls and chasing them, and zooming cars around. After months of wanting to get her hands on Jamie's, she got her own mini micro scooter for Christmas and has already mastered the art of scooting...although as I expected, she now wants a bike because Jamie has one! 

I know I'm biased, but she gets more beautiful every day. She still has auburn hair, with curls at the back, and her big brown eyes are just stunning.

She's such a little character and makes me laugh every day!