It’s so hard to believe that it has been a year and a half since Cora was born. On one hand, I can’t imagine our lives without her, and on the other hand, I feel like just yesterday she was a tiny newborn and I was posting monthly baby updates. We don’t go to the doctor for her 18 month well visit until next week, so I don’t have official stats, but here is some other info on what Miss Cora B is up to these days:
-Cora says new words almost every day. One of my favorite words is “Thaaaank” for “thank you.” She has been saying this for a few months now, and always uses it in the right context. It’s amazing to me how quickly she picked that up. We are still working on how to say please….
-Along with her new words, she loves to point out everyone in our family. Every night at dinner she points to all of us and says “Dada, Mama, Sissy, Dixie!” And then she claps her hands! We are still working on her own name, but she can say “Coco.”
-Cora is still very much attached to Coffee (the pink mouse hand-me-down from Sonoma) as well as her pacifiers. The whole pacifier thing is new to us since Sonoma didn’t take one. We are trying to get her down to just using the pacis at naptime and bedtime, but it has been a bit of a struggle around the house. She hardly ever wants one when we are out somewhere.
-Cora is still our sleeping beauty. She is probably the only kid I know who you can bribe with sleep. If she’s having a rough moment, I can bribe her with nap if it is coming up. Crazy, right? She is down to 1 nap a day for anywhere around 2 hours, sometimes longer. And she goes to sleep every night between 6:00 and 6:30, and sleeps in until 7:00 or 8:00 am. This whole week she has slept past 8:00, which is putting her at 14 hours of sleep a night. I’m guessing that is a growth spurt. She’s usually good for 13 hours a night.
-Cora throws food, milk, cups, utensils, bowls and plates. She is still a wonderful eater, but terrible with table manners. I stopped giving her utensils at meal time and only put a few things on her tray at once, or else I’m always cleaning the floors and the kitchen.
1st HAPPY MEAL! |
-Cora started throwing temper tantrums. She’s at the stage where she knows what she wants, but is having trouble communicating it, since we still don’t understand everything she is saying. Just in the past week, she started throwing really bad tantrums on the floor and it’s been sad to watch! I don’t remember Sonoma starting those this early.
-Cora is VERY attached to people. She likes all of her family around, all the time. She cries and cries when we drop off Sonoma at school, or when Dada is gone at work or traveling. She wakes up from her nap or sleep and instantly starts screaming SISSY or DADA!!! She hates when Sonoma is off playing and doing her own thing. The sisterly bond has been AMAZING to watch. Sonoma is Cora’s world.
-Cora is quite the cuddler. She LOVES cuddling with people, and is always dishing out hugs and kisses and snuggles. I am obsessed with her snuggles!!
-Cora loves to read books all day long. At the most random times, she will grab a book and plop down on my lap or Sonoma’s lap. She HAS to sit on your lap to read a book and it is so adorable.
-Every time you put a shirt on Cora or take it off and even if it gets stuck on her head and she cries, she always yells “BABOO” for “Peek a boo!” It’s funny because she is so predictable at certain moments.
-The second we go into Target or Trader Joes, she starts crying for stickers and pointing to her chest (You can get a Bullseye sticker at the Target check-out and Trader Joes food stickers at their check-out) It’s funny she knows all the stores we go to now and what to expect.
Fun at Target today |
-Cora is a tornado. Everywhere she goes, she leaves a HUGE mess. Breaks things, rips things down, tears stuff apart. You name it, she does it. I’m constantly cleaning up behind her and can never keep up. She’s fast and destructive.
-Cora runs really fast! Reminds me of Sonoma!
We love Cora so much and are proud of the little toddler she is! Cora is sweet, funny, smart and always keeps us on our toes. I’m still in shock that today she is 18 months old!