Melissa's Major Milestone 13-15 Month

Here are some major milestones when Melissa is 13-15 month old:

• Walks pretty well now and is getting used to wearing shoes. Likes to run sometimes, making Mommy & Daddy really scared =O
• Her 7th and 8th teeth are coming out.
• Loves to eat adult food and have awesome appetite. Daycare teacher says she has to eat about 10 times (meals + snacks) while she is there.
• Loves to eat cracker, noodle, and all fruits. She also eats fruits super fast.
• Holds mama’s handbag or a basket to walk around.
• Understands a lot of words/expressions we speak (i.e. sit down, come over, brush your teeth, high five, give me a kiss, where is Mommy/Daddy/NaiNai, A-yi)
• Speaks more and babbles as if she is speaking in sentences.
• Knows how to play hi-five.
• Gets angry and has no patience. She cries until she gets something she wanted.
• Starts to be more attached to Daddy and is able to fall asleep with Daddy, too.
• Starts crying when we scold her.
• Very interested in playing at the playgrounds. She loves being outside.
• Tries to eat with a spoon on her right and left hands.
• A great observer and copies a lot of things we do like putting plastic bag into the garbage can.
• Great interest in reading books.
• Prefer someone to play with her instead of playing alone.
• Very energetic and doesn’t like to sleep.
• Knows how to imitate dog barking when you ask her what does dog barking sounds like.
• Knows how to give me a kiss, but she puts her hand on our lips instead of her own lip.
• Laughs out loud for fun.
• Can speak the following words: Dada, Mamma, MeiMei, and NaiNai.
• Sleeps from close to 10pm to almost 8am and naps around 12-2 or 3pm.