Two year review

Jessica had her two year review with the health visitors today and they were very happy with her progress. Although some of her developmental milestones were reached a little later than usual, she seems to have caught up very well with other children of her age and is doing pretty much everything that is expected of her which is very good.   Her speaking vocabulary is slightly less than expected but as she is learning new words rapidly and her hearing appears to be absolutely fine, this is not a cause for concern. Her signing vocabulary is quite extensive now anyway and she certainly has no problem communicating with us using a combination of speaking and signing. One of her new words since our last update is ‘mummy’ (instead of her usual ‘mum-‘mum’) which is so wonderful to hear. ‘Daddy’ has been attempted a couple of times but she still prefers ‘Da!’ at the moment.

Jessica has been weighed today and is gaining weight beautifully – up to 11.8kg today (25lb 15oz) which is very encouraging particularly with her having a little bit of a picky eating phase lately. We have learned that these phases are usually very short-lived anyway particularly if we don’t make any fuss about them.

Jessica took another little step in showing what a big girl she is becoming when she used the potty for the very first time the other day. She isn’t yet at the stage of telling us regularly when she needs a nappy change (although has done so once or twice) so we are not trying to actively potty-train just yet (particularly with Pod’s arrival being fairly imminent!) but we have just been sitting her on it for a moment before her bath-time just to get her used to it.  She also showed what a big girl she is when she recently had a haircut and sat still on the stool all by herself without having to be held on Mummy's lap.

Auntie Maxine came to stay for a couple of days last week and Jessica loved spending time with her. We also had a day trip to Liverpool to keep Daddy company as he had to set up some equipment for an event there and Jessica enjoyed having a walk around Albert Dock with Mummy while Daddy was busy working. She loves to walk as much as possible now and has started to object to being put in her pushchair. She is certainly a very active toddler now and although she does occasionally get a little breathless after a while, she is generally coping very well with being constantly on the move.