Know what I realized? Sometime over the past few days was my one-year blogiversary! And know what made me realize that? This:
Every six months, we mark E’s growth on a wall in our house. We started doing it on her 2nd birthday (I wish we had thought to do it sooner!). And when we sent her to the wall last night, I suddenly remembered that this tradition was the subject of one of my very first blog posts, The Incredible Growing Toddler. Check out the monster growth spurt she had from 2 to 2 1/2.
At least she finally has some hair! We started the tradition because it’s something DadJovi’s parents did with him growing up. What’s fun is that his markings are still on the wall at his dad’s house, so now we measure E. there too!
I love doing it though because it’s always surprising to me to see just how much she’s grown in six months.
The only downside was explaining to E. that this does not mean that she’s 4. She now associates it with her birthday (since she remembers doing it on her 3rd birthday) so she could not understand the concept of half-birthday.
Stop rushing me, child! You’re growing fast enough. I can’t handle how fast it’s all going. Sob.
How do you mark your child’s milestones? And is my child growing at a freakishly fast rate?
Paula @ Eat: Watch: Run says
Cute! I wish my family had done that for me. But they didn’t. Probably because they don’t like me much.
My child was full grown in about 7 months, but then again, my child is also a bunny so probably not the right comparison. 🙂
ali says
I was late getting growth charts for both my kids, but our pediatrician was an awesome help with that and gave me a printout of their measurements from every appointment we ever had. Not sure if that would be a source for you to back-track to or not.
iJason says
We haven’t started marking little man’s height yet at home 🙁 but after reading your post last night, I told the wifey that we needed to start because he is almost 2. Plus we noticed last night that when she holds him, his feet are almost to her knees. My wife is 5ft and I’m 6ft, so we’re eager to see him grow. 🙂
It’s crazy how fast they grow!