Talia - 14 Months

Unofficial Stats: 20 lbs; 27.5 inches

TALIA FUN FACTS
Favorite Pasttimes: Walking, Chatting, Exploring, Biking, Eating
Favorite Toys: Grocery Cart, Radio, Puzzles, Cell Phone & Remotes

Favorite Food: Mac N Cheese, Fig Newtons, Fruit

New at 14 Months?

WALKING - and even running sometimes

Nodding Yes and No

Telling us exactly what she wants - body gestures and words

Drinking with sippy, straws, big cups

Dancing to music

Tally Talk

Talia has always been very vocal. Just recently, she has started carving out words that are repeatable and understood. She may consider her vocabulary a bit bigger than below, but these are the ones Mommy understands so far:

1. Eh (while nodding) = Yes
2. Neh (while shaking back & forth) = No
3. Dat = That, or get that for me
4. Ma-Ma = Mom
5. Da-da = Dad
6. Na-na = Nana, or if singing, time to clean my hands
7. Bub-ble = Bubble
8. Pe-pol = People
9. Mel = Milk
10. Dat-doo = Thank you
11. Lah = Light
12. Goo-Gol = Good Girl

Talia comprehends nearly everything now. She knows exactly what you're telling her to do and will listen if she's in the mood to do so:) Her attention span is growing all the time and she's able to keep herself busy with a tedious task for quite awhile: puzzles, shape sorter, putting together links, etc. We've found she is pretty creative as she can find an interesting thing to do just about anywhere. For instance? Collecting leaves and pushing them down a hole in a deck; Finding an empty cup and yelling into it to hear the echo; Putting a rattle inside a bag and then shaking it to make even more noise, etc.

Talia is a tease! She LOVES to tease you by trying to give you something and then pulling it back at the last minute. This makes her laugh hysterically. Now that she's walking, she's come right at you when you call for her to do so, and then divert her direction at the last minute and run away giggling. The other day, she told me she was hungry (by walking up to and pointing and yelling at her chair) and then when I'd go to place her in the chair, she'd hug me hard so I couldn't put her down:) Where does she learn this!?!

We're absolutely loving her at this age. She's a joy!

Froggy Chair Shots (4 mos, 9 mos, 14 mos):

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