15 Months.

I can see so many changes in Meera. She's definitely growing up. Lately she's started running. It looks rather clumsy but she's quite fast! Also her 6th tooth has finally broken through.

As for her daily schedule, she has finally transitioned to 1 nap a day (or maybe it's me that has finally caved in to it). Initially I was a bit hesitant to reduce her naps. I guess I wanted her to sleep so I could have time to do my stuff. But I realised that both naps weren't going very well and I was spending more time trying to put her down for naps than necessary. The first few days were a bit rough. Which made me question if she was really ready for just 1 nap. But I decided that I would give it at least 2 weeks and by that time I could see a definite improvement.

So right now her schedule is:

8.30 am: Wake up
9.00 am: Milk (7oz.)
10.00 am: Breakfast
12.30 pm: Lunch
1.00 pm: Nap (1.5-2.5 hours)
3.30 pm: Milk (7 oz.)
6.00 pm: Dinner
9.00 pm: Milk (7 oz.) then bed

The nap is still a bit irregular. Sometimes she'll only nap for 1.5 hours. But there are days when she'll nap for more than 3 hours. So it's a bit difficult to schedule for now. But usually if her nap is a short one I give her a snack in between the milk and dinner since its so many hours in between. Overall though she gets about 12-13 hours of sleep each day.

Signing is going quite well. Occasionally she will sign milk and water (and actually mean it). Most of the time though she signs simply because she hears us say it. We've also been teaching her to nod her head for 'yes' and shake for 'no'. Not sure if she truly gets it though. Usually if I ask her something enthusiastically enough she will always nod yes!