Our Two-Year Old

Its been awhile. It's also been a crazy two weeks. Daddy left on a business trip leaving me to do the single mommy thing again. I went away for a girls weekend at the beach leaving daddy and you. My work has exploded since our principal left to take another job. I am exhausted just thinking about the last couple of weeks. We have some catching up to do.

October 1 you went for 18 month checkup. Exciting since it was your last baby visit! No more wellness visits every 3 months. Last of your infant vaccinations were given, you graduated to the 'big girl scale' and the doctor told us you were developmental two.

What?!!?

He explained to your father and I that all your developmental markers were about 6 months ahead of schedule. If he hadn't know you since birth, he would have guessed you were just a really tiny two-year old since you aren't even close to 50% for height / weight of an 18 month old.

Although he did warn us "not to call Harvard or anything" because that was our next move, of course. The doctor said your gross motor, fine motor and speech are just very well developed, on the level of what they expect to see a two-year old to be able to do.

Who knew?

Ok, I had an inkling when you started counting and identifying opposites. I really didn't think that was too normal for your age. You love to count to 10 and those later numbers 8-9-10 are just the best! Up-down, hot-cold, open-close concepts you have mastered.

Your language skills are the ones the doctor was most impressed with. "How many words can she say?" I asked with or without prompting? He said both. In the hundreds. Almost everything you say she can repeat. But words she uses without prompting in her working vocabulary are between 75-100. Your father argued it was well over 100. The doctor responded: "I was only looking for 7."

Oh.

She also talks in sentences. The doctor then re-iterated that you demonstrate advanced language skills. He then told us that language skills are the best indicator that a child is developing happily and healthily. All those language skills you use are just a manifestation of your well being. Who knew?!?!
We are quite proud and when those other mommies at the playground state "she must be two" b/c before we went to your appointment we got this at least once a week. I can now say, developmentally she is!

So what are we going to do with with our developmental two year old? The logical next steps: homework and potty training! That's right, Ms. Patti is now giving you homework each week and the potty training is going to begin once mommy's school isn't falling apart anymore. I bought you princess and puppy panties at the beach last weekend. Separate pairs because having princesses and puppies on the same pair seems very overwhelming to a new potty user.

Finally we got a new camera to replace our broken one. We like it very much, almost as much as we like you.