At 12 months old Lakelyn can do everything a baby her age should be able to do including:
- walk holding onto furniture (cruise)
- use a few gestures to get needs met
She can also do everything a baby her age will probably be able to do including:
- play patty-cake (clap) or wave bye-bye (most kids should be doing this by 13 months)
- drink from a cup independently
- pick up a tiny object neatly with thumb and forefinger (pincher grasp - many babies don't develop this until nearly 15 months)
- stand alone momentarily
- saying "dada" or "mama" discriminately (she for sure knows those words mean us! Most babies will be able to do at least one of these words by 14 months)
- says other words than "dada" or "mama" ("what's that?" all day, every day)
Lakelyn can do a couple of the things a baby her age may possibly be able to do including:
- "play ball" (roll a ball back to you) she also likes to throw them. (many don't accomplish this until 16 months)
- use immature margining (gibberish baby talk - most don't do this until after their first birthday and many don't until they are around 15 months)
- stand alone well
- walk well
Lakelyn can do all things that a baby her age may even be able to do :
- can respond to a one-stop command without gestures such as "give that to me" without a hand out. (Most children will not reach this stage until after their first birthday, many not until after 16 months)
- say three or more words other than "mama" or "dada" (a good half of babies won't read this stage until 13 months and may not until 16 months)
- After 12 months she still LOVES the water
- Still loves the dogs
- loves to ride or swing as long as she does not have to be in a carseat
- has so much personality and attitude
- she will make the funniest faces
- talks baby and makes funny noises with her mouth all day long
- loves to be outside
- eats dogfood
- loves to drive
- she is starting to be very clingy to me, wants me to hold her all of the time and cries if I walk out of the room
- cries if you don't feed her fast enough
- does not like the carseat
The dictionary does not have enough words to describe what I feel for this little girl! She is sweet, funny, crazy, full of sass and attitude, and she is my whole world! I love you baby girl more than you will ever know!
