Bragging mama

I have got to brag about Fi. She is doing so well with all her milestones. She is just a bit over 13 months. If you are not ready to read a lengthy post, skip this one as I will go into major detail:-)

Speech:
I am fairly sure none of our other kids could say and understand so much at this stage. When we speak about things that she can say, she actually recognizes the word in the adult conversation and says it, I don't think kids normally do that until much later.
We always know what she wants, she points and expresses really well. Moves head to say yes and uses a sign for no (which we never taught her and it's actually the proper makaton sign).
She LOVES books and points and tries to pick things up all the time.
She waves bye-bye, plays peek-a boo, claps.
She points to about 5 body parts.
She has lots of little proto words e.g. of course she is not pronouncing most of them properly for:
- daddy
- Lia
- dog
-cow
-sheep
- crow
- pasta
- biscuit
- milk
- banana
- peach
- bye-bye
- sleep
-hello
-baby
-ball
-window
- legs


Gross motor:
She has started proper crawling just this week, following the gorilla crawl and the half leg proper crawl other leg drag along... She never seems to stop.
She still loves cruising and getting up and sitting back down, she is on the go for hours at the time.
She just started climbing over things, say over a pillow.
She cannot yet pick up a toy while holding onto one hand and stand back up, she sits down to do it and gets back up.

Fine motors
She can pick things up really well, she loves eating grated cheese, that requires quite some skill...
She can and loves to scribble with a crayon and throw a ball and roll a ball.
She doesn't yet put blocks on top of each other, she loves ruining her siblings' towers...

Problem solving
She can put blocks into a container but she really prefers emptying containers and cupboards.
She copies things like wiping a table clean, etc...


OK, this list has become so long, even I am bored with it... Will continue another time. I guess the bottom line is her speech seems really good for now.