19 months

Lili is 19 months old as of today. I think all of us mothers ask ourselves on the month mark our child ages up, "where did the time go?" But really, WHERE does it go? It's like you pop out a kid and all of a sudden, time multiplies it's speed by like 980971403740198374091730471. Where did my baby girl go?? It's so fun and exciting to watch them grow and learn new things like walking and talking, but the days of being completely depended on was my favorite. Lilian is VERY independent. She already puts her shoes on and brushes her teeth...by herself! Granted she isn't a very good teeth brusher yet, but she refuses to let me do it. The day she learned to stand up in the middle of the floor without any help from anything or anyone (she did this after she started walking...if she fell she would crawl to grab something and pull herself up) was the last day she crawled. When she does crawl, it's actually weird to see....She gets in and out of bed by herself, climbs up on the couch by herself and LOVES to walk up the stairs. We are slowly working on potty training...she pees in her potty chair already, good pees now. I'm probably going to try the 3-day method at some point, but I just don't know when yet. I need to wait for a time we are less on the go...baby sitting and going on leave in 2 weeks just wont help. Plus I need to wait for some extra money to buy her some big girl panties. My goal is to have her potty trained by 2...maybe not fully, but preferably no accidents during the day and pull-ups at night.

Anywho, I don't think I've met such a fearless, independent 19 month old little girl. In the pool this summer, she tries to get away from me! A few times I've let her try a little, just so she would see she can't swim yet...nope, she just keeps trying. I see all the other toddlers in the pool (we haven't seen a younger toddler than her at the pool yet) they all cling to their parent or are the screamers who wont even step on a step. Lilian already likes to "jump" into the pool...we did that today. She saw some kid run and jump, she laughed so I set her on the ledge and held onto her hands while she "jumped" (she still does the little hop but doesn't really leave the ground lol so I kind of pick her up/pull her into the water). I'm glad she's not afraid of the water, but it was so much easier to enjoy pool time last summer when she was perfectly content in her floaty.

I'm excited for her to keep growing and learning. I can't wait for no more diapers (until baby #2 in a few years) and her to start forming sentences and can actually communicate with me...the only thing she communicates is when she wants something to drink...she'll either hand me her empty sippy cup and say juice, or run to the kitchen, saying juice and tries to open the fridge. But at the same time, I want this back:
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