All about Evangeline:
But anyway moving on, so she's turning 14 months on Thursday 7th September 2017 - it's crazy to think that her 1st birthday was almost 2 months ago! So lets start with a little 'overview' of the last almost 8 months if you will, she has had a routine development appointment and scored perfect in everything so I thought I'd talk a little about each thing too...
She now walks and runs - which I would say is one of the many biggest milestones she's reached so far! She learned to walk all by herself at around 11.5 months, so a few weeks before her 1st birthday. She started to crawl at roughly 9-10 months, and was cruising around on the furniture a few days later; she was 11 months when she took her first steps independently and after a few weeks was running and walking all by herself. Now almost 3 months on, she's mastered it. She can run, walk, spin, dance; it's like she's been walking for years haha! So of course with walking comes shoes, we've spent a fortune on shoes (or at least it feel that way lol) I believe in total she has had and out grown 4 pairs of her Clarks shoes since she started walking/cruising - her first pair of shoes were a little pink pair of Clarks cruiser shoes in the size 3G, little pink t-bars with a little pink butterfly by the toes; needless to say you couldn't even squeeze her little toe in them now! Her shoe size as of today is 4G.
Talking, Evangeline said her first word this was when she was 8 months give or take a few days which was 'Mama' I think I shed a tear when she started saying mama, it was and still is the cutest thing I've ever experienced. She can now say around 8 words - which is perfect for her age. For those of you wondering the words she can say are mama, dada, nana - nanny, buba - bottle, ta, hiya, cat and yeah. She's a proper little chatterbox, constantly nattering away to herself and everyone around; she loves to be heard and usually shouts if she doesn't think anyone is listening haha! She's learning new words each day, with the help of nursery rhymes - which she loves and stands there swaying or bopping along, ABC songs, books and communicating with myself or my family. There isn't much more to say about her talking but I'm proud with how far she's coming along!
Food, ah food. Food hasn't really been a strong point to be honest and it's not really something I talk about, but Evie has a very particular diet - she doesn't like much and what she likes she loves and could eat it by the gallon. I know some people will criticise and say "Oh, well obviously you don't give her enough variety, or you let her get away with to much' but we've tried everything under the sun, everything you could possibly think of, she just doesn't like many foods. She realllyyyyyy hates foods that are squishy, soggy or lumpy if she touches them herself she will heave, for example she will not touch fruit or sandwiches, unless you put it in her mouth, and no she's not lazy she just doesn't like those types of textures - which is something we're working on with lots and lots of different sensory bits; I'm sure she'll be picking up all foods in no time! Onto what she does like, she loves pasta, curry's, roasts, casseroles, fruit purees, crisps, biscuits, yogurts and other bits and bobs - she just dislikes soggy things she has to touch or foods that are really lumpy. She's gaining weight and growing as she should be be, developing as she should be so we're not and nobody else is concerned. But, everything in time!
I've mentioned it a few times over on my Instagram, but she still hasn't got any teeth! not even 1! I'm not entirely sure why, and no health professionals seem worried, they say her teeth will come when they want to. People are quite often surprised to learn she hasn't any teeth at almost 14 months, when a majority of babies her age have at least 4 teeth; but nope Evangeline literally has none.
Her favourite things, I wanted to include just a few of her favourite things and her likes and dislikes. So firstly her faaavv things and things she likes - she has a fair few, she has a pink bear with baby girl on the feet which my parents bought her when she was born - she carries it around with her giving it a good old cuddle and always greets the bear with a smile, she loves teletubies, In the night garden and any toy which can make a lot of noise. She loves books, turning the pages and looking at the bright pictures. Her dummy is another fav, although I hope to change that in the next year or so. Skips, wotsits, cheese, quavers, strawberries and pom bears are her favourite snack foods and spaghetti bolognese is her favourite meal - just like mummy! She loves her milk and water too! She adores bath time, splashing and playing in the bath. She loves watching Moana, Boss baby and Sing - there her favourites but of course she'll watch anything thats bright or musical. She loves the outdoors, whether thats going on a walk, playing in the garden or going out in the car, which is sometimes hard as she doesn't like a few the bits that come along with those..She loves kisses and cuddles and being tickled.
Her dislikes, as I said above, she isn't keen on any food thats squishy, soggy or lumpy; shes not a fan of juice, she doesn't particularly like sitting in her pram or carseat and she isn't fond of going shopping either. She hates having her hair put into bunches so a majority of the time we tame her hair with a little clip, she hates nappy changes and getting dressed. I can't really think of anything else she dislikes... because overall she's a very happy, playful, friendly, loving, sassy, cheeky little lady and nothing really bothers her.
Evangeline will have her first water babies lesson on the 16th September - I know she'll be the oldest there but we've been on a waiting list since she was 6 weeks old and now finally have a space; I'm excited but actually pretty nervous, the thought of her being 'dunked' so to speak under the water panics me, but I'm sure she'll be fine and love every moment. I'll do a little update on that after a few lessons maybe?
Anyway, I'm going to end this post here or I'll end up writing a novel as I could talk about my little lady all day! I hope you found this post interesting and enjoyed a little Evie catch up! I'll talk to you in my next post!
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| I wanted to include a small collage of recent pictures of my princess, isn't she a cutie! |
