First born

Charlotte was a miserable baby and it took me a little too long to realize how bad it was.  Everyone always said that once you had a baby you didn't sleep and well, I REALLY wasn't sleeping.  

My parents came to visit when Charlotte was a couple months old and my mom immediately grabbed Charlotte from me and went into TOTAL Grammy mode (you know, that trifecta of sound, movement, and patience that only Grandmothers possess). I don't know who was more shocked when the magic didn't work, but I think that's when we all realized something was off. 

You know how they say it takes about 1,000 hours of practice from the time a baby learns to pull itself upright until the time it can walk unassisted?  I think there is an element of practice when it comes to how many hours of screaming it takes before a child can say their first words....

I remember being surprised when I realized that Charlotte was consistently using 20 words when she was 15 months old. That was just the beginning. At 17 months she was up to 200+ words and has been going strong ever since. 

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