Allison at 15 months

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 15 months to the day that Allison arrived, but here we are!  She’s getting increasingly independent and increasingly busy!  Here are some of the things she does:

• Says “mama”, “dada”, “up”, “down”, “help”, “ball”, “hat”, “pop” “hi”, “bye”, “no”, “more”, book”, “hop”
• Says “ass” and points to light fixtures.  I don’t know where that came from.
• Approximates “Tracy”, “shoes”, “socks”, “I love you”, “baby”, “touch”, “dance”
• Signs please, help, eat, drink, bath, bed, banana, all done, more
• Identifies hand, fingers, head, mouth, tummy, feet, eyes, nose, hair, tongue, teeth, ears
• Checks nose when you ask, “do you have boogies?”
• Follows command to “say cheese”, “wave up high”, “wiggle your hips”, “spin”, “dance”, “blow”, “stomp your feet”, “tap”, “do your hair”, “give (person) a hug”, “give (person) a kiss”, “do down dog”, “blow kiss”, “get a book, baby, ball, block, etc.”, “get up”, “get down”, “clap hands”, “kick”
• Stomps feet fast and shakes head when you sing, “she’s a maniac”
• Identifies cow, horse, sheep, dog, cat, snake, rabbit, mouse, turtle, elephant, lion, monkey, pig, crocodile, lizard, frog, duck, zebra, giraffe, fish
• Makes animal sounds for cat, dog, sheep, snake, rabbit, horse, cow, pig, bird, lizard, lion, elephant, monkey, fish, owl
• Identifies babies, (toy)car, ball, block, box, ring, phone, spoon, shoes, boots, socks, comb, blueberries, banana, strawberry, book, mail, coat, purse
• Pretend feeds her animals
• Answers the door to her pretend house when someone rings the doorbell
• Talks on her pretend phone
• Brushes her hair and her teeth
• Answers questions in her book, “what’s wrong little pookie?”

We also went to the eye doctor this past week and found out that her eye condition has not improved.  We are increasing her eye drop schedule from once a week to every other day.  We have also switched from using homatropine eye drops to atropine eye drops which is a stronger prescription.  Hopefully we will get better news at her next visit.