:~Bridget at 18 months (January 2008)~:

Bridget is sweet trouble!  She’s busy, bright-eyed, strong, expressive, social and determined.  She’s a skilled mimic (imitating facial expressions, sounds & gestures).  She loves to giggle, loves music and high 5’s. 
She is so able…

 -Pulls up on just about everything (crib, couch, tub, etc.) with no assistance…often letting go of one hand, sometimes both hands
-Cruises (takes 2-4 steps)
-Stands at couch, coffee table or side of bathtub for long periods of time
-Gets from standing back to sitting by dropping to knees v. just letting go
-“Walks” on knees, walks behind toys with help
-Crawls up stairs
-Climbs into couch basin to play without assistance
-Gives kisses when asked, often without being asked J
-Points to her hair when we ask, “Can you show me your hair?”
-“Brushes” her hair
-Blows her nose when asked
-Gives high 5’s and high 1’s (index finger)
-Points with index finger
-Imitates throat clearing, blowing, deep breathing, fish face, bouncing, rocking, banging, clicking, clacking, yawning, all sorts of facial expressions & gestures
-Pats mom’s chest and says malamalamala when we ask, “Where’s mommy?”
-Shakes head “NO!”, pulls her tongue and says “uh uh” when we say “no no”
-Says “ah duh” (all done) and tries to sign it
-Signs “Touchdown!” (both arms up), “Go Bucks!” (one arm up)…we’ve watched a lot of football this winter J
- Is obsessed with ducks (points to ducks in books & kisses them J, makes a true duck sound whenever asked)
-Loves books (kisses animals and babies in books)
-Loves to play peekaboo
-Points to noses
-Waves “hi” and “bye-bye”
-Feeds herself with cup and bottle, finger-feeds small pieces of food
-Tries to put clothes over head/face
-Loves Hi-5 on Discovery Kids
-Follows commands: 1-2-3 up (stand up), wave hi/bye-bye, put the doll up, put the ball up, hug the cat/doll, blow your nose, hide your eyes, give a kiss, sit down, brush your hair
-Loves babies!  Signs baby when we say “baby” or ask “Can you give the baby a hug?”…or if she sees babies in books or when we are out and about
-Loves to hug and rock her baby doll (then she throws it J)
-Shows others how to rock her doll when they hold it
-Is fascinated by her shadow and her reflection…she actually plays with her shadow and loves to see herself “talk” and wave in the mirror (or any mirrored surface, like the bathtub drain)

Signs:  hi, baby, by-bye, more, yes, touchdown!, Go Bucks!

Spoken words:  Hi!, up, ouch, out, off, hot, duck! (sometimes “dut”), “ah duh” (all done), “nuh nuh” (nose), da da, malamamala (mom), “ya ya” (Sara)

Bridget's First Year in Pictures

December 2006

~Hi, sweet baby!~