17 Month Stats

18 Month Clothes, Size 4 diaper, Size 5 shoes
9 teeth erupted (got #B and #I this month-upper molars-both in one week!!)

HEALTH: Other than teething, she has been fine.

NEW TRICKS:

• Runs! (speed walks, anyway)
• Feeds herself with a spoon and fork.
• Can go down the stairs forward holding onto the rail. (I still prefer the backwards-on-her-tummy method!)
• Tries to wash her hair (and Brax's).
• Wipes her tray after she eats.
• Gets Kleenexes and wipes her nose.
• Eats her food without me having to cut it up.
• Likes to sit on the potty (no action, just likes to say pee pee and sit there).
• Pours water on her face in the bathtub, also lays on both her tummy and back and kicks.
• Down to one nap.
  

NEW VOCAB:

• "be-be" (blanket)
• "buh-buh" (bubbles)
• "Bubba" (bubba/Brax)
• "buh" (bow)
• "fis" (fish)
• "mow mow" (meow-meow/cat)
• "gobba gobba" (gobble gobble/turkey)
• "baa baa" (sheep)
• "maa maa" (goat)
• "puh-puh" (purple)
• "nak" (snack)
• "kaka" (cracker and color)
• "kick" (kick)
• "gagel" (bagel)
• "gogo" (yogurt)
• "bebes" (blueberries)
• "bib"
• "sees" (cheese)
• "ga kub" (golf club)
• "fuf" (soft)
• "o-ma" (oh man!) (i'm pretty sure she is saying this and that she got it from Brax!)
• "doo doo" (noodles)
  

FAVORITE FOODS:
Just about anything still. LOVES bananas.

FAVORITE BOOKS:
My First Words, One Fish Two Fish, Goodnight Moon, 10 Little Ladybugs

FAVORITE TOYS/ACTIVITIES:

• Drumming. She LOVES to drum on anything--her drum set, pots and pans, her tray in her chair... Sister's got some rhythm! She loves to dance, too.
• Water--swimming, bathtime. She puts her face in the water, and kicks like crazy.
• Riding her trike (foot powered), especially when Brax pushes her around.
• Rolling on top of her big ball, sitting on it and bouncing.
• Flipping light switches on and off.
• Talking on the phone (whether there's anyone there or not!!)
• Snuggling her blanket. She will pull her blanket out and drag it to the couch and want to sit in your lap and snuggle (along with her nite-nite, which will be gone in the next month or two!)
• Watching Fresh Beat Band.
• Watching sports on TV and clapping whenever the fans clap.
• Coloring (then tearing up the paper).
• Playing with Brax's screwdrivers... "fixing" stuff.
  

DAILY ROUTINE:
Up at 7:30-8, breakfast. Snack at 9:30-10. Lunch at 11:30. Nap at 12-2ish. Snack at 2:30. Dinner at 5:30. Bath at 7:00. Books/to bed at 7:30.

FAVORITE SONGS:
Itsy Bitsy Spider, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, any FBB songs.

DISLIKES:
Diaper changes, brushing teeth.

MOMENTS I DON'T WANT TO FORGET:
How she does that great belly laugh when you tickle her.
How she looks at you with a really disconcerted look on her face sometimes, like she just wants a little sympathy.
Her scrunchy nose smile.
How she sits in the bath tub with her legs out in front of her and rubs her legs and kicks them really straight up and down. And then rolls over and over in the tub, playing in the water.
How she bites and head butts Brax if he gets on her nerves for too long.
How she is so relaxed in her stroller when we go for walks.
How she walks with her hands out behind her sometimes.
How she plays peek-a-boo with herself in her crib when she wakes up, putting blankets on her head and pulling them off.