Melissa's Recent Milestones

Here are some major milestones when Melissa was 18-22 month old:

Stats at 22 month check up ~ 65% height, 64% head, 60% weight.
• Walks really well and can walk to the park and walk back home most of the times.
• Loves to eat everything most of the times, except peas and beans which she always hates.
• Has great appetite and always wants more food.
• Doesn’t like to drink from her straw cup anymore and prefers to drink from the regular cup and often makes a big mess…
• Discovers that she really likes dumplings, bagels, and buns (man-to and boa zhe)!
• Understands a lot of words/expressions we speak (i.e. do you want to drink water, do you want to eat this, do you want me to read you a story, do you want to go out, what do you want to watch, what do you want me to read, is it yummy, is it tasty, is it fun, etc)
• Speaks fairly clearly; some of the new words she has learned include: Mommy/Daddy lai le (Mommy/Daddy is coming), Hao Chi (yummy),
• Very stubborn, she cries until she gets something she wanted.
• Starts crying when we say negative things about her.
• Loves to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Sesame Street, Caillou, Clifford the Red dog, and potty training movies.
• Can name at least 20 different animals/creatures (cow, bear, chicken, pig, horse, tiger, dog, cat, hippo, giraffe, elephant, crocodile (and she usually says so scary after saying crocodile), dinosaur, duck, bird, turtle, penguin, deer, snake, monkey, lion, mouse, rabbit, fish, crab, rhino, koala bear, frog, sheep/lamb).
• Great interest in reading books and loves new books.
• Very energetic and doesn’t like to sleep or nap.
• Can sing ABC song (the whole song) and knows the melody for Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Old MacDonald had a farm and many many more that she can sing along with.
• Sleeps from close to 10pm to 8am ish and naps around 12:30-2ish.
• Doesn’t like to brush teeth but doesn’t mind drinking water before bed. (unfortunately that’ll probably hold back the potty training)..
• Finally baths in the regular bathtub in our bathroom and likes splashing around a lot now..