It seems like almost overnight my daughter has made a huge developmental leap. It's all happened so quickly I feel like I'm getting left behind. This isn't a brag post, i know all kids develop at different rates and it pretty much all evens out by school age. But I'm at a l
She has had a large vocabulary since 13 months but wasn't stringing words together. Now she's talking in almost complete sentences. She's started imaginative play (eg. Playing with dolls, making them talk to each other etc). She also surprised me yesterday by counting to 20, not just reciting. She has a favourite number, it's 3. She can recognise letters and knows the sound each letter makes and what words begin with each letter e.g. a - apple etc. She's also just started finishing sentences when I'm reading books. She knows the planets ( in the right order) and has started using french (before she would just point or follow instructions but now is saying french words).
At the same time she is so tired and crashing by 10 am and feeling some big emotions. The other day she looked so sullen and sad for no clear reason which was heartbreaking to see. It made me think, am I doing the right things to support her now, like an I missing a need. At the moment we are all just chilled because of the summer holidays, playing, going for walks, parks, the odd museum. It's hard to plan the day because she is ready for a 2 hour nap at 10:30 and crashing a gain at around 4pm. Is this normal?? She's also become very clingy and asking for milk a lot which she had started to come off