Yesterday was Alethea’s fourteen month birthday.  Happy birthday, Baby!

Alethea finally got her last two front bottom teeth, which brings her tooth count up to 12.  It looks like her 4 canines are getting ready to come in as well and I’m hoping that they do it quickly so that we can have a break from teething for a while.  I’m also hoping that if Alethea has a period of not teething, maybe we can also have a period of not chewing everything she gets her hands on, but I’m only vaguely hopeful.

Despite Alethea frequently parroting words she hears Peter and I say, she hasn’t added greatly to her working vocabulary this month.  However, two new words that she does use pretty consistently are ‘grandpa’ and ‘night-night’.  She especially likes the later and has even communicated to Peter or I that she wants to go to bed by coming up and saying ‘nigh-nigh’ (it doesn’t have t’s when she says it).

This months favorite activities included reading books (on her own, she doesn’t like to have other people read to her at this point), playing with her Fisher Price Little People farm and animals, and taking everything out of the kitchen cupboards and drawers.

One change I’ve noticed in her socially is that she now wants to constantly be wherever I am, even though she used to prefer running around the house by herself.  It doesn’t seem to be so much that she needs more attention, but rather that she feels the need to keep tabs on what I’m doing at all times.  It’s like she’s afraid she’ll miss out on something exciting.

Other than those things, I think she’s about the same as she was last month, no ground breaking developments to report.  We continue to enjoy our happy independent girl and can’t wait to see what happens next.