I cant believe that Lily is already 2 and a half. That means one thing...Lily is closer to being a 3 year old. Im sure every parent will tell you that they grow up so quick and they grow and change before your eyes and sometimes you don't even notice until you look back 6 months before. For example Lily's hair has grown so much since 6 months ago.
I am really enjoying Lily's year of being a 2 year old, though also really not enjoying the terrible two's. She is learning so much and has gotten so clever, but that means that she also knows how to try and play us, push us and try and get what she wants. So now the tackle is on to show her that we won't back down and she can't always get what she wants. Oh boy is that fun!
So to celebrate Lily being 2 and a half, here are some points all about her and some photographs taken just an hour ago.
- Lily can now use a folk and spoon perfectly, she also knows how to spread things with a knife and is learning to cut things.
- Lily has started to enjoy new foods. She has recently started to enjoy beef, raw carrots, macaroni cheese, chicken pies and her new favourite, ice cream.
- Lily can now drink from a cup with out spilling.
- She no longer has her highchair and sits at the table to eat (most days)
- Lily still wont eat sweets, which really pleases me!
- Lily is now potty trained
- Lily will sometimes want to sit on the 'big toilet'
- Lily is starting to learn to dress herself. She can pull on her knickers, pants, and a cardigan but struggles to put on a top yet.
- Lily can put on her own welly boots, slippers and some pairs of shoes.
- Lily no longer has her dummy in the daytime, in the morning she says "don't need it now" and puts it in her fairy box.
- Lily sometimes sleeps through the night, but not often.
- She gets herself into bed and says "goodnight" and "morning time" which to her is her way of saying see you in the morning.
- In the morning she gets up and shouts "MORNING TIME" at the top of her voice.
- Her speech is getting better and she knows a range of words. She attempts to say "love you".
- She has started to form sentences.
- Lily has now started Nursery one day a week.
- Lily can now count to 10.
- Lily recognises the numbers 1, 2 and 4.
- Lily knows all her colours, even brown, black and white.
- Lily knows things like up and down, in and out, dark and light etc.
- Lily can now draw people, she knows where to put the eyes, nose, mouth, hair and arms and legs.
- Lily knows most animals now, she loves her 3 cats we have at home.
- Lily is really good at jigsaws and can complete them on her own now
- Lily is terrified of insects and flies, she runs away shouting "its going to eat me"
- Lily's new favourite show is Ben and Holly, she has started to love Paw patrol too.
- Lily has really good manners and uses please and thank you a lot with out being asked.
- Lily no longer naps.
- She hates bath time and have a tantrum each time she has to have one.
- Lily can climb up steps of an outdoor slide.
- Her favourite game is hide and seek, she only gives us 4 seconds to hide though.
- Lily still gets called HE.
- Lily now loves sand and asks to go to the seaside all the time.
- She will call a lot of things "cute"
As usual there are probably so many little pointers that I have missed as she really has changed so much in the last 6 months. But in another 6 months it will be great to look back at this and see the difference.
As usual when I celebrate Lily becoming a certain age I do a competition to say thank you to my readers for following for the last 6 months. This month I wasn't quite ready for it and the date suddenly struck me that she was 2 and a half but I have dug out a little prize for you to enter for.
As usual when I celebrate Lily becoming a certain age I do a competition to say thank you to my readers for following for the last 6 months. This month I wasn't quite ready for it and the date suddenly struck me that she was 2 and a half but I have dug out a little prize for you to enter for.
Enter below to win this Bing figure Set
We'll done to Lily for her potty training adventure - the my carry potty and sticker/reward charts worked do well
ReplyDeleteHAPPY 2 and a half to lily
lol I had to laugh about the bit where her favourite game is hide n seek ... and she gives u 4 seconds to hide well that doesn't give u much hiding spaces to run to unless u have a towel or blanket to hand to quickly throw over your head lol HidenSeek is fun
ReplyDeleteAwww show lily a ladybird some bugs are beautiful i'm sure she will get over her fear then xx
ReplyDeleteLily is not alone - I too hate insects and flies.
ReplyDeleteHaha she sounds like great fun, I hate insects too!
ReplyDeleteLily has really good manners and uses please and thank you a lot with out being asked - one of the best things a parent can do is to bring their children up to be polite :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have a lovely little girl, you should be very proud
ReplyDeleteShe sounds lovely, well done on the potty training. A brilliant achievement at her age. My daughter was 2 in March and i sat her on a potty for the first time a few days ago. It did not go well.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Lily, Hide and seek is one of our favourite games too!
ReplyDeleteThe cute thing I smiled at because my niece is the same age and when she comes over she chases my cat around the house! When she caught up with her in the conservatory once, she hugged her and said, "Awwww I love her, she's soo cuuuuttteee"
ReplyDeletelove hide and seek
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love paw patrol :)
ReplyDeleteSurprised to read Lily doesn't like bath time, mine used to have a paddy when they had to come out of the bath.
ReplyDeleteLily loves jigsaws.Thats great Lily and my son loves them too and it helps with recognition and hand,eye co-ordination
ReplyDeleteIts amazing when they start to say I love you!
ReplyDeleteI read all your posts about Lily; she is such an amazing girl, she has gone from being rather reserved to beaming with smiles. Especially well done to her on her Nursery day and going into the water.
ReplyDeleteLily is the same age as my Harry and he also loves playing hide and seek
ReplyDeleteThey are so cute at this age 4 seconds lol. My little Grandson likes hide and seek he doesn't hide out of the way though he crouches in front of something . I have to pretend I've not seen him
ReplyDeletelove the ability to use her manners - its so rare nowadays!
ReplyDeleteLily can put on her own welly boots...Well Done! Nice that Lily is becoming more independent in dressing and caring for herself. Wonder how she reacts when at Nursery in regards to shoes, etc. Is she keen to help others, who may struggle at times? Does she chat to you about her time at Nursery, friendships etc?
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Happy birthday! I love a good game of hide and seek too.
ReplyDeleteCan coun to 10 already, what a bright little girl Lily is and pretty too.
ReplyDeleteShe still won't eat sweets! Well done you
ReplyDeleteLily plays his and seek but only counts to 4... My daughter does this too. So funny.
ReplyDeleteLily has really good manners and uses please and thank you a lot with out being asked my son is the same and when someone thanks him he goes you are very welcome ,
ReplyDeleteThe morning time one made me chuckle! Bless her xxx
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Lily hope you had a lovely day. My little boy hates bugs too he runs away screaming x
ReplyDeleteAh Paw Patrol is amazing my sons favourite character is Skye (he's a big fan of pink!) what is Lily's favourite character?
ReplyDeleteHide and seek, love it
ReplyDeletei love that she gets called he :)
ReplyDeleteI cant believe she gets mistaken for a boy! Although I do find it funny because I was mistaken for a boy until I was about 10! x
ReplyDeleteWonderful and polite. Just like my daughter.
ReplyDeletemy little girl loves hide and seek too. x
ReplyDeleteI love that Lily is a cat fan like me! (I also LOVE Lily's Rainbow Dash hoody)!
ReplyDeleteLily does not like insects surely she likes ladybirds
ReplyDeleteLily does not like insects surely she likes ladybirds
ReplyDeleteshe has achieved a lot, not eating sweets is amazing!
ReplyDeleteBoth my daughter Sheriah 4 and baby Charlie 10 months love bing
ReplyDeleteLily has really good manners and uses please and thank you a lot with out being asked. :)
ReplyDeleteMy little boy always gets called a she so lily isnt alone in people thinking she is a diffetent sex. Lucky my little man has no clue what it means yey
ReplyDeleteThe "its going to eat me" line is so funny, my friend is still like that now!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful that she sleeps through the night.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is the same age as Lily and she loves to play hide and seek. She actually follows us when we hide though lol
ReplyDeleteWe have cut our daughters naps out now and it's made bed times so much easier. I have the opposite problem with the bath and she refuses to get out
ReplyDeleteLily sounds such a lovely little girl. My little boy Jake also love to play hide and seek x
ReplyDeleteI love the fact that she says please and thank you a lot without being asked :) manners are so important!
ReplyDeleteI am glad to hear that Lily says please and thank you quite a bit. Manners are so important.
ReplyDeleteThat's great Lily does jigsaws and completes them herself as that will help with her development
ReplyDeleteThe dislike of flies and insects definitely - although (ignoring flies whic are annoying) I try to encourage and teach all about insects and that they can't hurt you and are important in life
ReplyDeleteWe love hide and seek as well ... but I get 10 second to hide!
ReplyDeleteI love the fact shes uses good manners- that is something i try and remind my kids about all the time. I feel horrible for constantly reminding them to say please and thank you but i feel its really important
ReplyDeleteStarting nursery is so exciting as they start to choose their own friends, which can be interesting!
ReplyDeleteLily sounds so polite. Best quality to have :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's really lovely to read about Lily as my little boy is a little younger ( was 2 in May) and it's interesting to read with it in mind that these are things he might soon be doing. We are just trying potty training at the moment and it sounds like she is doing really well with dressing. I'm trying to encourage my little one to pull pants up and down but not quite there yet.
ReplyDeleteLily and I both use the word 'cute' a lot.
ReplyDeleteWe play hide and seek all the time.
ReplyDeleteIt's great that she can do so many things, like count to 10. Our little one is 2 in August, she can count to 9 but always misses out 7!
ReplyDeletewe love playing Hide and seek to, sometimes we hide toys to find
ReplyDeleteWow, 4 seconds to hide is not much! Especially when there are very limited hiding spaces in our house!
ReplyDeleteShe will call a lot of things "cute" made me smile. Little ones choose interesting repetitive phrases and words.
ReplyDeleteLily can climb up steps of an outdoor slide. I remember this milestone for the children and they were so proud.
ReplyDeleteLily can climb up steps of an outdoor slide. I remember the children reaching this milestone. They were so proud.
ReplyDeleteWe absolutely love Paw Patrol.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Lily! Hope she had a great day!
ReplyDeleteMy 3 year old Grandson also has lots of fun playing hide and seek
ReplyDeleteI can sympathise with the "he" comment. Phoenix (my great-niece whose nearly 6) who isn't very boyish to look at and has waist length hair and never really looked like a boy once she was passed the initial stage after she was born, still gets called "he" and yesterday as it was warm, she had a gorgeous, and very girlie in bright pink, dress on and some "woman" said "Look at that boy dressed in that pink dress" and pointed to Phoenix. My niece, Phoenix's Mum, just turned and said "Well, actually HE'S a girl and even if she was a boy, if HE wanted to wear a dress, at 5 I think I would let him!" :) Likewise my great-nephew Maxx who hasn't looked like a girl even when he was born and has lovely ginger hair (although it's slowly going blonde) came to meet me from work the other week and he got called a girl and the woman was most indignant when Maxx suggested he "showed her he was a boy". Dread to think what that woman thought when Maxx is only 3.
ReplyDeleteHer favourite game is hide and seek - my son loves playing this too and tries to peek to see where everyone hiding while counting :-)
ReplyDeleteLove the fact that she ;) can climb the steps to the slide, that's proper growing up.
ReplyDeleteWell done on Lilys potty training, what's your secret? We were doing so well until her sibling arrived, now back to square one!
ReplyDeleteThey grow up so fast
ReplyDeleteLily is coming along so well! Seth is a few months younger. Toilet training is next for us. Fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteDoing jigsaws is great fun as well as providing lots of learning opportunities. We love jigsaws.
ReplyDeleteI love that Lily's favourite place is the seaside, my little boy is about to turn 5 and it's still his favourite place and we go there every year for his birthday.
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