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August 12, 2002
How wonderful you are, never in my life, could I have imagined the rewards of being a mom!
Chitter-Chatter and Pitter-Patter
Hannah is 16 months young and very active. She began crawling at 7 ½ months and walking closer to 14 months, but she has not stopped since she mastered the skill. She is fearless. Hannah is constantly jabbering and talking, she can call all of her family by name, or rather her names she has given us. Her vocabulary consists of ball, Pooh, Dexter, Kacey, bite, night-night, bath, drink, toes, nose, and many other words that she surprises us with each day. Her latest is “I Do.” She is incredibly independent and insists on doing everything by herself.
ABC’s and 123’s
Hannah counts when prompted by us saying “One,” she then responds with “Two” and “three” and healthy handclap for her growing knowledge. She also likes to do the same with her ABC’s (she can already get to D). We are positive that she is the next Einstein! (Her daddy has already called the movers to get us into the White House! HA!) We are amazed each day with how much she learns and absorbs each and every thing. Lately, Hannah has become the little parrot repeating each and every thing she hears! We have all had to be careful with what we say. The latest—“Cold Beer,” from her beloved Pee-Paw.
Happy Little Hannah
Hannah is generally a very jolly child, and loves to flirt and perform for anyone watching. She is definitely a showstopper, and demands to be the center of attention at all times. Hannah is the only grandchild on both sides of our family, so she does not have to look far for a captive audience. My sister, who has one two winged and eight four-legged children of her own, has labeled Hannah as the “alpha female.” From what I understand, that means she is a natural born leader.
No Longer a Baby
Anticipating the arrival of Camryn, I have weaned Hannah off of her bottle, actually to the advice of my pediatrician I took the bottle from Hannah when I noticed she began to lose interest. All I can say, is we made it through it!
Big Sister Hannah
Hannah has little to know understanding of her little sister at this point, from what we can tell. We tell her that she will be a big sister before long, and she shows little response or tells us “No, no.” At this point, Hannah is extremely attached to me and I am anticipating her having a hard time once Camryn comes into the picture. We have tried reading books about new babies, but Hannah would much rather wiggle to “The Wiggles.”
I am so excited that Hannah will have a sister, as my sister and I have such a great friendship. Of course, we were not always the greatest of comrades, but since we have become older, we are much closer. She is four years older than I am so hopefully, by having the girls only 17 ½ to 18 months apart, they will be able to relate to more things growing up.
Momma’s Girl
Hannah is a momma’s girl, and has been from the start. I held Hannah for the majority of the first 8 weeks of her life, and then when I returned to work, and we arranged for a family friend to keep her; Mee-Mee held her probably equally as much as I would have. I have heard both sides of the arguments on spoiling children to being held, but I plan to do the same thing for Camryn, as much as I possibly can. Hannah is very dependent on ME when she needs something, but I feel like that is what I am there for, this is my purpose—to nurture her needs. (Hannah will not let just anyone give her the cookie, or milk, or kiss a boo-boo) Plus I have seen countless studies that prove the human touch is beneficial to infants and young children. One thing in my life I am certain, no one can ever accuse me of failing my child in this respect!
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