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    21 months

    Holy cow, Natalie is 21 months. I’ve been saying she’s "around 19-20 months" for awhile now. I think that after 18 months or so, you start losing track of months and then you just think of your child’s age in 6-month chunks (i.e. "she’s a year a half, she’s almost 2, etc…") Anyway, I’m still totally floored by her language skills right now. She’s really picking up on so much stuff. Here are some of her new skills: Since December, she’s been able to count to 10 and recite her ABCs. Here’s a video I took a month ago. She’s much more precise now, can actually pronounce "seven" and no…

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    2012 updates so far

    It’s been one month of 2012 so far and it’s been interesting.  In this last month, we’ve: Dealt with toddler jetlag from a 16 hr time difference, oh joy.  As you saw in an earlier post, the first week was just terrible.  She was pretty much awake from 2 or 3am onwards..and then would struggle to stay awake in the early evening, usually passing out by 5 or 6pm.  After about 2 weeks, she finally got to a rather normal schedule although she was regularly waking up around 6am.  Now—for many toddlers, this is a normal wakeup time regardless….but for Natalie, she was averaging around 8am before Hong Kong.  I…