As Leah gets older, I love seeing her personality develop, and as a part of that, I love seeing how kind and tender-hearted she is toward others. I thought about this yesterday when I had to take her to the doctor with me for Andrew's 6-month check-up. Leah always shows great concern for Andrew. She helps him with his paci or his toys if he can't get them, she hugs him if he's crying, saying "It's okay!", she asks me to bring him along when we go upstairs to change her diaper or put her to bed... If we go someplace and other kids are looming over Andrew's carrier, Leah will run over and hold on to it protectively. But yesterday at the doctor, she cried when he was crying because he got his shots.
She is very perceptive about when people are sad or upset. Many times when I ask her if she had fun someplace like Sunday School or AWANAs, she'll tell me "A boy was crying... He was sad..." She can recognize a "mean guy" on TV. And if Brett and I are "discussing things" a little louder than usual, she will usually yell, "Guys! Guys!" In the same manner, she's also very bossy. She knows what she wants people to do, and she has no hesitation in telling them! And she will command that we do something until we do! She especially loves to boss Andrew around, and we're monitoring that to make sure she doesn't become his second mother!
I also love to see how smart she is getting. Now, I'm not around a lot of 2 1/2-year-olds to compare her (which I'm actually grateful for), but I regularly check websites that show what your child should know & how they should be developing at various ages. Leah usually surpasses the milestones. She can recognize all the letters of the alphabet (uppercase only), all the numbers 0-9, and almost all the basic shapes & colors. (In fact she is always telling me what color something is, and is way more observant about the colors people are wearing than I.) She also draws straight lines and circles, and is beginning to learn how to spell her name (although usually she spells everything L-E-A-H-H-H). She speaks in three-to-five-word sentences, although I am beginning to realize that sometimes I am the only one that can understand what she is saying. It is really funny how she gets her pronouns mixed up now, like "She has blue on she's shirt."
She is starting to understand age and size differences ("Andrew's too little. He's a baby. I'm too big. I'm a kid."), as well as the difference between boys and girls (physical appearance, I mean). She has not yet reached the "why" stage, but she is always asking me "what's that?"-- even if she knows what it is, or "What's that sound?" She has always had a love for books and now will sit down in front of Andrew and "read" him a book like she's seen the librarian do at storytime. She enjoys "helping" with household chores and imitates daily activities ("Elmo's sleeping, Mommy." or "my baby's taking a bath"). She opens doors well, climbs stairs well, hops, runs, and can even stand on one foot.
Like I said, I don't know if she's advanced compared to other 2-year-olds or not, but all-in-all it is fun to see her develop and grow and learn. Every day is an adventure and she always makes me laugh.
She is very perceptive about when people are sad or upset. Many times when I ask her if she had fun someplace like Sunday School or AWANAs, she'll tell me "A boy was crying... He was sad..." She can recognize a "mean guy" on TV. And if Brett and I are "discussing things" a little louder than usual, she will usually yell, "Guys! Guys!" In the same manner, she's also very bossy. She knows what she wants people to do, and she has no hesitation in telling them! And she will command that we do something until we do! She especially loves to boss Andrew around, and we're monitoring that to make sure she doesn't become his second mother!
I also love to see how smart she is getting. Now, I'm not around a lot of 2 1/2-year-olds to compare her (which I'm actually grateful for), but I regularly check websites that show what your child should know & how they should be developing at various ages. Leah usually surpasses the milestones. She can recognize all the letters of the alphabet (uppercase only), all the numbers 0-9, and almost all the basic shapes & colors. (In fact she is always telling me what color something is, and is way more observant about the colors people are wearing than I.) She also draws straight lines and circles, and is beginning to learn how to spell her name (although usually she spells everything L-E-A-H-H-H). She speaks in three-to-five-word sentences, although I am beginning to realize that sometimes I am the only one that can understand what she is saying. It is really funny how she gets her pronouns mixed up now, like "She has blue on she's shirt."
She is starting to understand age and size differences ("Andrew's too little. He's a baby. I'm too big. I'm a kid."), as well as the difference between boys and girls (physical appearance, I mean). She has not yet reached the "why" stage, but she is always asking me "what's that?"-- even if she knows what it is, or "What's that sound?" She has always had a love for books and now will sit down in front of Andrew and "read" him a book like she's seen the librarian do at storytime. She enjoys "helping" with household chores and imitates daily activities ("Elmo's sleeping, Mommy." or "my baby's taking a bath"). She opens doors well, climbs stairs well, hops, runs, and can even stand on one foot.
Like I said, I don't know if she's advanced compared to other 2-year-olds or not, but all-in-all it is fun to see her develop and grow and learn. Every day is an adventure and she always makes me laugh.
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