Brooklyn is a little string bean. We were in Hawaii when she turned 15 months, so she didn’t go to her check up until last week at almost 17 months. She still doesn’t weigh 20lbs, but she is close. She is 19lbs, 6 oz, which puts her in the 3%. I was really worried, but the doctor reassured me that she was healthy, eating right and doing great. She said that Brooklyn just has a high metabolism and is using all her energy to grow upwards because she is in the 75% for height! We put her in a forward facing car seat anyway since she was so close to the 20lb mark and she hated being in the rear facing car seat. Plus she was so long that she couldn’t stretch her legs all the way out. She loves being a big girl and sitting forward like her big sister.
She loves washing her hands and using hand sanitizer. She even does a better job washing than Laneah. If she sees anyone washing their hands, or using hand sanitizer she has to participate too.
I am so used to Laneah crying over every little bump and scrape, that it amazes me how thick skinned Brooklyn is. She will fall and not even cry so I assume she is fine, only to notice that she scraped her knee and its bleeding! She just has a high pain tolerance.
Her favorite kids song is the ABC song. Her favorite song right now overall is "Hello" by Martin Solveig and Dragonette. The first time she heard it on the radio she went crazy so I bought it on Itunes. I let her listen to it while she was eating and every time the song ended she would point to my computer and say "eh!" (again) until I replayed it. Luckily its grown on me.
I like to wear different colors of eyeshadow and have several shades of mac eyeshadow. Brooklyn loves when I wear it. She studies it for a while and then she reaches out and touches the color and smiles. It is so cute.
She doesn't like to have dirty hands. If she has dirt, food crumbs, sand, or anything on her hands, she immediately holds her hand out to me and says "eh!eh!" until I wipe off her hand.
For some reason, Brooklyn likes to take things out of the pantry and put them on the kitchen table. Honey is her favorite food to move.
She loves to eat but is a picky eater. Plus she takes her time, it can take her up to 30 minutes to finish a meal. She still has to have a snack in her hand even if she isn't hungry. Some of her new favorite foods include corn on the cob and kiwi. Another funny thing she does is use sauce and dips like us, but she hates the taste. When we go out and get french fries, she will dip them in ketchup because we do, but then she makes the funniest face of pure disgust, but she still continues to do it.
She has a major sweet tooth. Chocolate and sugar; I think she would have an IV drip of the stuff if she could. One day she got a hold of Laneah's chocolate milk and it was love at first taste. She practically inhales it.
She does this pose a lot. It looks like yoga's downward facing dog. She will just stay like that for a minute or two and then do something else, but it is just so random that it cracks me up.
Brooklyn is such a cute little stinker. She is becoming very independent. She either wants to walk or run and so she doesn’t like to be held as much:( She has started walking on her tip toes sometimes too.
She has a strong attachment to blankets right now, but not any particular blanket, which is nice. When she wakes up in the morning or from her naps, she always has to have the blanket with her. She grabs the blanket, stretches out her little arms and then cuddles Jason or I with the blanket. I love cuddle time! She also loves sitting in chairs. She has two special chairs that no one else is allowed to sit in.
Her dance moves crack us up every time. She does a move where she waddles back and forth like a penguin and a move where she has one arm up and one arm back and goes in a circle. She wants to do everything Laneah does. She follows her around like a little puppy dog, but for whatever reason does not want Laneah to touch her. These girls accept their roles as sisters because they fight all the time. Brooklyn is at the age where she wants all the toys. We had a friend come over the other day and anytime the little girl got close to a toy, Brooklyn would run for it, grab it, and run away with it! But that is normal for this age.
She is still a good sleeper and is still taking two naps a day. We tried switching to one, but she wouldn’t have it. But it works for me most of the time. I love that she goes down so easy. It is hard for me to believe that at this age, Laneah was crawling out of the crib! Brooklyn will never do it, she is way too cautious. She just takes in her surroundings and likes to watch. She likes to be part of the action too, but only after she feels safe and secure.
We love our little Brooklyn!
