Maddie had her two year visit at the doctors this past week. To nobody's surprise who knows her she is off the charts in her weight, height, and head circumference. However while being off the charts she is proportional and has been growing at a steady rate and the doctor has no concerns with her size as she has been growing at a good rate.
She is where she is supposed to be except for her language skills which for anyone who has met my child knows that she exceeds here. Maddie much like her mother is a talker. The doctor said that at her age they look for 2 to 3 word sentences. Maddie is typically between 5 and 8 words in her sentences and as Jym says she talks in paragraphs. He also mentioned that her pronunciation is very advanced too. We've lucked out on this front and I don't have any idea why but if i had to guess its because we don't speak to her any differently than we do anyone else. Sure we probably don't use as many big words but we don't change our inflection for her.
I think the biggest thing I've noticed with her language skills is that we don't have as many meltdowns as we probably would otherwise because she is good at telling us what she needs. Now don't get me wrong we have had our fair share of meltdowns but I think we've managed to skip a lot of them because she can tell us what she needs and the frustration level isn't as high. I'm very grateful for this as well as for my sweet little girl.
On the temperament front I feel everyday that we've lucked out. She is such a sweet girl and I love watching her imagination grow. One of her new things is to say, "Mom you're the best girl." It just melts my heart. And her imagination these days its great. She will say she needs to make soup for Goofy because he is sick. So she goes to her kitchen and makes him soup. I just love it! I can't wait to see what is in store for us over the next year.
Till the next time!
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