At 14 months Robin’s playfulness has reached new heights and so has determination! She spent much of this past month with a stethoscope (from L’s ‘doctor set’) around her neck. Not really sure why she is so attached to the thing but it seems like every day she makes a point to find it and she throws a fit if it’s taken from her or doesn’t go on properly. When she puts it on she walks around making the sounds of a heart beat!

Now that Robin is playing more with her sister she’s also reacting more when things don’t go her way or when Lilly takes things from her or excludes her from activities (working on this). Robin throws brief but intense tantrums where she throws herself down on the ground and bangs her legs and arms and even her head against the floor. It’s sad to see her so upset but for now we just ignore the behavior and she’s easily distracted.

Robin has not picked up new words this month but she is extremely expressive and always babbling and yodeling (it genuinely sounds like she’s yodeling, hilarious). My favorite thing that she picked up is that she hums ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ when I’m putting her to sleep. I typically sing the song to her at nap time but she starts right up as soon as we’re in her room and the lights are off, even before I sing to her! And she’s good enough that most people would recognize the song from her humming.

Robin has an absolute love for climbing everything, especially stairs. When we enter or leave the house it’s always a process because she has to go up and down the stairs several times, only to be dragged away kicking and screaming after several minutes when we have to get out the door! There’s a play area we frequent at the 29th street mall where kids of all ages play on the sculptures like they’re ‘supposed’ to and Robin ignores the kids stuff and runs directly for the concrete staircase that’s hidden behind the vending machine in the back corner. I’ve almost given up going there because while all the other moms are sitting with their tea watching their kids play, I spend 98% of my time chasing after Robin, who’s making a run for the stairs over and over and over again. Fortunately she’s so darned cute that it’s worth it. Love you, R!