One sugar, no milk

I cut dairy out of my diet when it was obvious that it wasn't agreeing with Linnea, when she was about 2 weeks old. Gradually, I noticed that all my old IBS symptoms had gone away since then, too. So I kept it out of my diet. But recently my in-laws have been nagging me to give Linnea dairy, so this weekend we started. She and I both had yoghurt. She tasted some, I ate two small portions, one on Saturday, one on Sunday.

And today I am horribly sick. Thank heavens for solid plastic waste paper bins. It's after 4:30 pm and I am only just beignning to think I could risk eating anything at all.

No more milk for me, until I've been tested for intolerances and worked out what is wrong.

Why yes, I am stuck in bed being sick and bored

I got my Pampers email today about Linnea's development. They seem to have low expectations of verbal ability.

However, Linnea is 1¾ today, so I might as well make a note of things.

Shapes: Square, Circle, Triangle, Star, Heart. She thinks rectangles are doors, which is fine.

Colours: Red, yellow, blue, pink, purple, orange, green, black and white are absolutely reliable.

Letters: A, B and C. They're in her shapesorter :)

Vocabulary: We can't possibly keep track now. She correctly uses "too", and often says "I know, I know," and "OK?" but hasn't used "and" yet that I've heard. She's good with names, and never uses personal pronouns other than I/me. She can't pronounce L or R reliably.

Gross motor skills: She can do anything. Never, ever say "she'll never be able to reach that" or similar. Rope bridges and ladders are very popular.

Fine motor skills: She draws things, tells me what they are, and I can see why. Airplanes have visible wings, faces have eyes and noses and mouths and frequently ears, wheels are always coloured in, snakes are wiggly. But she isn't nearly as precise in her movements as Baby Iz, who could probably already work in a cotton mill or similar, and opens stairgates by undoing the latch with her fingertips.

Linnea also likes and asks for specific nursery rhymes and finger-games. She nurses her toys, and has tried to nurse me and Rob, and the cats. She sings to herself, but I can never recognise the tune - I suspect she's making them up, because when she wants a specific tune, she asks me and sings along.

She says Hi, Hello, and Goodbye, when she's in the mood. She almost never gets a question right when asked - I have a feeling she knows when she's being tested. Some people get more wrong answers than others.

She's very helpful about finding rubbish and putting it in the bin - genuine rubbish, usually. She's also good about fetching stuff or putting stuff away when asked.

She says "Thank you Meemee/Daddy" a lot. It's killingly cute.