New tricks:
*She took two steps on July 6th, she officially started toddling on July 17th (10 months--almost 11).
*Can say momma, dada, hey, hi, bye, shish-ee (Sweet Pea)
*Responds with "ack" "ack" when asked what the "goose" says.
Her see-n-say makes that sound for the goose-- sounds like a duck to me but we'll go with it!
*When asked to point to her nose, points to her head. Will occasionally point to her actual nose but most often points to her head. We are not helping her with this because we think it's cute-- we need to get serious though because she really will think her head is her nose!
*Likes to stick her finger in tiny places-- momma's nose, daddy's nose, cracks in the sidewalk, floor vents, screw holes, you name it!
*Loves to play in the dishwasher. She will come running from wherever she is in the house when she hears you open the door. If she doesn't make it to the dishwasher before you close it, she will scream and cry!
*When she was 10 months old, she would throw herself to the floor when frustrated, she's now recently started flailing backwards. This is quite a sight to see!! She will also pull what I like to call a "Pillsbury dough boy"-- she becomes limp and that makes it hard to pick her up!
*Loves any kind of music and loves to dance-- even to the "chi", "chi" of the water sprinkler! She will bob her head every time she hears it!
*Still takes two naps a day-- one hour nap at 9:00 in the morning and a 2 hour nap at 2:00 in the afternoon. She sleeps from 7:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. at night. About once a week she wakes up at 7:00 a.m.
*Wants to hold a spoon and feed herself. She doesn't want me to help her but she doesn't have the fine motor skills to accomplish getting the spoon to the bowl and then to her mouth. She tries hard though! It makes meal time pretty interesting!
*Drinks 3, 8 oz BOTTLES a day. She WILL NOT hold her own bottle nor will she drink milk from a sippy cup. It must come from a bottle. She will drink water from a sippy, just not her milk!?!?
*Starts Mother's Day Out next week. Mother's Day Out program's start registering students for the fall in January or February of the year they want to attend. So in order to get Audrey enrolled for this year (09-10), I had to register her last February. She's going to one at a church that is 3 minutes from my house-- I love that! Part of the requirements for her to enter the Toddler I class (which she is registered for!) is that she must drink milk from her sippy cup, feed herself and walk. Well, this baby WON'T drink her milk from that sippy cup!! She wants momma and daddy to fix her bottle, get her pillow ready for her, lay her back and stroke her hair as she eats. She wants no part in having to hold that bottle herself! I'm not sure what we are going to do next week. The program is only 2 days a week from 9-1:00 so I guess she may just have to have her midday bottle a little late. She will feed herself finger foods and she walks pretty well now so maybe they will excuse her little no-sippy-cup drinking self!
*Hands out kisses much more selectively than when she first learned how to "kiss". Now, her daddy and I have to BEG to get a kiss! I think we must have burned her out on that!
*Tries to climb on everything. Hikes her little legs up and tries to find footholds where ever she can, luckily she's not too successful at finding them yet!
*Will tear a magazine apart in nanoseconds-- complete with eating all the corners!
*Likes for me to read books to her but likes to eat them even more.
*Loves people, will smile and laugh at anyone who will pay her the least bit of attention. Unless you are the nursery workers at church. As soon as we start to pass her to them she cries and cries!!
*Throws her hand up to wave and says "heeeeeyyyy" to random people when she is in her stroller and passes them.
*Likes to "shop". I take her everywhere with me and she is the sweetest thing! She never cries or gets fussy-- as long as there are people to see and she's not hungry-- she's good to go!
*Eats more and more food from the table. Loves cornbread sticks from John's City Diner and my momma's homemade mac-n-cheese. We gave her that last weekend while I was home and she stuffed herself FULL of it. Then when she was finished, she licked her hands clean just like a cat would do! I bought her some that you make out of a box but I have a feeling it won't be as good to her as momma's was!
*Weighs right at 20 pounds- according to our scales which are always more than the doctor's.
*Is wearing size 18 month clothing.
*Still loves to swim and play in the water-- likes to dip her face in and take a drink!
5 comments:
Can you believe it?!?! I was just reading over all the fun things Audrey is doing and it seems just like yesterday Caroline was trying to stick her fingers in everything little hole she could see...and she will be THREE a week from Friday!!! Enjoy your baby:)
BTW, I see you decided on MDO. Good for you, I am STILL undecided!!
Love reading the update on little princess! I can't believe she is about to be one already!! This year has just flown by so fast!
Don't worry about the sippy cup thing. She will eventually just do it. I fought with JT to drink milk from his sippy for weeks and he refused. I kept on trying every meal and one day he just decided not to fight it anymore. We now have to work on getting rid of bedtime bottle!
Let me know how MDO goes for A? I am still undecided about putting JT in a morning program this year. I just don't know if I want to do it!
I hope that when it cools of we can bring JT to the zoo in B'ham. I want you and A to go with us when we do!
She is growing and learning so fast. Don't blink because time seems to vanish quickly! She will do fine in the MDO and seeing the other kids do things will encourage her to do them even more. I am sure she will surprise you with all that she will do there!
What a cutie pie! Looks like you have your hands full:)
Well she is just full of tricks!!!
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