Here is a snapshot of what Jaelyn has been up to:
- Vocabulary: momma, dada or daddy, pa (for Opa), "what's that?", ba (for ball), dog-dog, peese (please), yes, nah-nah (for no), bee, buh-bye, uh-oh, and she repeats more words back to us if we ask her to say them
- Likes to make animal noises (monkey & cow are her favorites at this point)
- I still am amazed at how she can recognize words. If you ask her to point to different things (i.e. grapes, chicken, doll, frog, etc, etc) she can do it! Her mind is just a going all the time. Soon she'll be saying those words too.
- Chompers: she has 13 teeth so far. The first eye tooth is coming through as we speak.
- Loves, Loves, Loves to have her teeth brushed. She wants to get them brushed all throughout the day. She'll even go so far as getting on her tippie-toes to reach for a toothbrush that's within reach (she's not picky...mommy or daddy's suit her just fine) as well as open up the drawer that has the toothpaste in and act like she's brushing her teeth. We've actually started using a teeny-weeny amount of regular Crest toothpaste because she sees us using it and wants to have it-she won't brush her teeth with her "training toothpaste" anymore. She wants to be just like Mommy & Daddy.
- Has been weaned for her nighttime bottle. Honestly, this has more to do with ME not wanting to mess up her bedtime routine than anything (it's been working so well...and she has always been such an easy one to put to sleep). I was hoping to end the bottle thing at 15 months like her pediatrian told me to do...but with the summer filled with vacations, I didn't want to try it then. So when we got back from our last excursion (Florida trip), I started giving her less & less milk in her bottle. She didn't seem to mind at all. Now, we brush her teeth right after we get her pj's on...she doesn't like the taste of milk in her mouth after her teeth have been brushed...so she just curls up and falls asleep. No big deal! Phew!
- Still doesn't like to drink milk from a sippy cup. Not sure why. She'll drink water like it's going out of style. Hmm...gonna try a fun straw out of a cup and see if she likes the milk that way.
- Has begun to "ask" for her own fork/spoon to feed herself. She wants to do everything we do-kinda cute! So, we are starting off slow for now...basically with food that's easier...I don't want to have a mess with her morning cereal, yet!
- If it's storytime, she has to be sitting in your lap to read the book...preferably with her blankie too. She's been enjoying books more & more. Sometimes you can "read" a whole book before she's on to the next one! Usually it's only a couple pages.
- She'll bring me her shoes (and sometimes her hat) if she wants to go outside and play!
- Takes 1 nap a day (usually 1 to 1 1/2 hours long). If we are home, she'll pretty much ask to go down for a nap ~11am or so. Hopefully we can start stretching that out...12:30/1:00 would be better because then it's not as long of an afternoon!
- Still sleeps a good 12 hours at night (7pm-7am)....sometimes even longer.
- Thinks it's hilarious to smell her stinky feet (after wearing her keens all day)
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