Adalyn is exactly 2 1/2 in 7 days. I haven't written anything about how she's doing, what she's up to and in to these days, and I'm sure I will be wondering in a few years when our next child is this age!
Our little Adalyn is a very sweet, kind, happy little girl. She has a very even tempered personality and doesn't get rattled too easily. She plays really well with almost any child, though she's not a big initiator. If a kid doesn't show interest in her, she doesn't make an effort to change that. She avoids conflict and doesn't really get into fights over toys much, it seems to happen mostly when she's already tired. She likes to test the boundaries at home and often tends not to listen or obey until we make a threat. That could be her age at this point... hopefully?!! When she's tired she gets destructive and deliberately rebellious. Thankfully this only really happens when she needs to sleep. She's also very eager to please. Hmmm... wonder where she got that trait?!
She has been playing a lot better on her own in the last month and doesn't follow me around every where I go, though that still happens some days. She still loves to help me with things, but that is also fading as she plays more on her own. She is playing a lot of pretend these days. It is SO cute to watch her take care of her dolls and stuffed animals, just like they are real babies. Some how she knows exactly what to do with them. Her favorite thing is to feed them supper. Another toy she is really using a lot is her Fisher Price Little People house. They are always doing interesting things too, like going potty, and going for naps. Go figure! haha She loves her duplo as well especially the cars, trucks and train, and is often asking for us to build a house with the blocks. She sets up all the men to watch a movie in the house after it's done. She is very animated in her play! She is listening to stories a lot better now too, without wanting to turn the pages immediately.
She is talking using sentences now and can say most anything she wants to. Some times she gets muddled up with the order of words, or you can see her thinking hard about what she's saying which is really cute. She still says some words wrong even though she knows how to say them properly. Pillow is usually pippo. Music is still mekicks. Adalyn is still Anoun. When she says open it is usually shortened to op and carry to care. She tends to talk 'baby talk' when people come over, or will not say anything at all. This is the case when I try to take videos of her too.
She eats really well and a lot most of the time. She is a fruit monster, but doesn't really like her vegetables. That is the one thing we have to really force her to eat. It's probably because I don't make vegetables on their own enough. They're usually mixed in with something else. She doesn't eat lettuce. I'd say fruit is probably her favorite food at this point. She also loves avocados.
She is a really good sleeper, though naps have been weird lately. A month or two ago she was napping for 1.5 hrs very consistently and then one day she stopped. I thought it was just the day, but the next day was the same and the next and for a whole week she didn't nap. I knew she needed the sleep because after quietly talking and playing in her room for her whole 'naptime' I would let her out and she would be grumpy, getting destructive with no attention span, obviously tired. A few times I went for a walk with her and she fell asleep right away each time. So that has become our new nap routine. She plays and talks quietly for about an hour, she wants to get up -- usually to go potty now -- and then I make her go back to her room and she usually ends up sleeping for her 1.5 hrs again. We have to be pretty stern about her going to sleep though which is sad to me. She's added an hour to my alone time in the afternoon though which has been AMAZING! :) She will usually wake up from her nap around 4:00-5:00 and goes to bed around 8:00. Then she sleeps till 7:50 at which time I usually wake up from her calling out 'I peed Mommy! Mommy, I peed!' That is in the potty... :)
She's basically potty trained. Today she had her first nap with panties. She's been dry for naps for about a week or so now and dry during the rest of the day for quite a while. She still has trouble with the poop though. I sometimes think she just doesn't have patience to sit there to wait for it because she definitely knows. I still don't feel super confident with her going out with panties on and so we have still been using pull-ups for going out. Night time is still a diaper too and it's usually full in the morning.
