Fifteen Months

Juliet is fifteen months old!

Let me start by saying... no more bottles!!! After procrastinating for a while with the morning and bed time bottles, we just stopped, and Juliet is just fine. It has changed our morning and bed time routines a little but has really made everything so much easier.

I hate to risk jinxing it, but for several weeks now Juliet has slept past 6am. This is a big deal! So much better than 5-5:15am. Quite often we actually have to wake her up to get her ready for daycare. This really all started when she switched to one nap a day. We kind of did it cold turkey - she loved her morning nap but was not taking a good second nap and then was totally wiped out by bedtime, so we just kept her up one weekend. If we take a car ride at 9:30am (to church, etc) she'll still doze off but this is working out much better.

Juliet is trying to talk more and more. She'll sort of repeat a word, and Ben loves to translate what she is trying to say. We're still pretty much just at pointing and babbling, though she says Mama, Dada, baby, Ben (sometimes) and Grandma (sounds like Amma).

Juliet goes to bed about 7:15-7:30pm and sleeps for 11 hours or so. It is awesome. She naps usually from 12:30-2:30 or so, though last weekend she napped for 3.5 hours. She doesn't sleep as well at daycare, but usually does well at home.

Juliet officially has six teeth! The sixth broke through on March 3rd, just making it into month 15. I think she's getting her teeth out of order; she has the two bottom front teeth and now the four upper front teeth.

What a little personality in this kiddo. She brings me a bowl so I'll give her a snack, then opens one of the cabinets since the shelf makes a seat just the right height. She hugs everyone, shrieks like a dolphin when she's happy, and pops up in the morning happy as can be.

She is still in her 12-month clothes though I've started getting out the 18-month stuff just so she can wear it longer, even though it's a little too big. I'll update with her official stats after her checkup next week since I have no idea how much she weighs right now.

"Juliet, climb up in your chair for your picture!"


"Smile!"


Okay, done now.