18 months

Bella had her 18 month appointment last week.  Mommy couldn't make it since she had a meeting.  Bella was apprehensive when she got into the exam room.  She must known what's coming her way.

She did cry a little for her shots.  Daddy picked her up and after a few minutes, she was fine.  At 18 months she is 21.6 lbs (32 percentile), height is 32 inches (52 percentile) and head circumference is 18 inches (25 percentile).

Bella has been talking up a storm lately.  She can probably say at least 30 words and can even say two word phrases.  She is pretty good at repeating words.  She refers to herself as Bella when she sees pictures of herself.  She will say "please" when she wants something and "thank you" when it is given to her.  She loves to say "belly button" and tries to find Mommy's belly button.  She points to the backyard door and says "outside."  Her favorite words are "No" and Stop It!" which she probably picked up from daycare.  She will say "move!" when you are in her way.  Mommy is trying to teach her to say "excuse me" instead.  Mommy's favorite is when Bella repeats, "love you!"



She is becoming more independent.  She wants to do things for herself like brushing her teeth.  Mommy caught the tail end of her brushing her teeth.  She is pretty vocal when she has her mind made up and will say, no!



Bella still really likes to eat, but is definitely a lot more picky!  She is getting to be such a big girl sitting at the table in the kitchen and feeding herself cereal.

Bella doesn't like things to be cut for her.  If she sees you eating a whole piece of something, she will grab for it, like these big grapes.

She soon realizes how big they are for her mouth but continues to eat them.  There's no stopping this girl!

Mommy wanted to trim Bella's hair in the back to make it more even.  Bella would not sit by herself at the kid salon.  Mommy tried holding Bella on her lap, but she would not have it.  Poor girl might be tramautized now.  The haircut literally took less than 5 minutes!

More teeth are finally coming in!  The most visible are her top two and bottom two.  Three more are coming in at the same time.  Bella will sometimes point to he mouth and say, "owie!"

Mommy can't believe Bella is already one and half years old!  Where did the time go?