The Cavelets can:
- Sleep through the night – they start getting up close to 6am now
- Play hard indoors and outdoors
- Collectively destroy stuff (mostly Michaela and Christopher leading this effort), especially books
- Wake each other up at night with ease and purpose
- Run now
Michaela:
- Is still bossy. Takes what she wants from the other two
- Usually attempts to take off her nighttime pajamas before bed time
- Loves to attempt to dress herself and has a unique sense of fashion.
- Has taken up stealing her siblings’ bottles when they still have 1 oz to go, apparently just because
- Pushes the limits more than the other two
- Has super refined concentration skills. She usually doesn’t give up until she’s accomplished what she’s set out to do.
- Is a quick learner
- Doesn’t let just anyone pick her up
- Has the most teeth so far. Lots of molars, too
- Has an evil laugh after she’s has mastered a new skill
- Can say Mum, yaya, baba, dada, ooooh, uh oh and hi
- Loves to give you items around the house. Hopefully a sign she will be generous
- Hates her teeth being brushed
- Loves Cheetos
- Can sleep 4 hours during a nap if the stars align
- Loves to climb
- Knows when a binkie is nearby by sound
Emma:
- Still wakes up around midnight for no reason
- Isn’t picky about who can pick her up
- Has almost as many teeth as Michaela
- Babbles constantly, especially in the morning when she wakes up
- Has hair that goes down to her shoulders when curls are combed out
- Has a super ticklish neck
- Loves to try and repeat words
- Makes the best attempt to string words together. Makes a great attempt at: kitty cat, ball, bottle, shimmy, hey baby, gummy, gimmie, bubble, neener, swish, tisk and good. Says mama, dada with ease
- Wags her finger at us when lecturing us in frustration
- Loves green peas (what’s up with that?)
- Tends to be a picky eater at times
- Still loves pizza sauce
- Still times her naps to where she stays up after the other two pass out so she can have all the toys (and attention) to herself
- Is the most reserved of the trio. Doesn’t cause trouble
- Can throw an epic tantrum when she’s overly tired or annoyed with the other two
- Loves it when the other two chase her around
- Plays the victim well
- Is the fearless explorer of the bunch. She will take off in public
- Responds to her name
- Hates having her teeth brushed and hair styled
Christopher
- Loves to pester his sisters
- Can climb out of the “timeout” pack and play
- Bruises easily
- Is tall enough to reach on to counters and pull items off
- Doesn’t like strangers, especially male ones
- Loves to push things around the house
- Is very active when he is winding down, kicking and burying his head in to things but soon after passes out
- Will walk to his spot on the bean bag and take his bottle
- Can say: mum, up, dada, baba and shakes his head “no” when he doesn’t want something
- Loves to toss objects over the baby gate
- Can kick balls and throw them
- Doesn’t like to be left alone
- Loves it outside – will run when he realizes it’s time to come in
- Usually requires a nighttime diaper change
