Wednesday, December 5, 2012

17 months old

17 months

We can’t believe Gwynn is almost a year and a half old!!

  • She’s getting more and more teeth every time we turn around.  We are scared to  count them because she will bite our fingers!
  • Gwynn loves to put on her shoes. In fact, she’ll put on anyone’s shoes and try to walk around.
  • We bought her an Elmo potty and have it set up in the bathroom downstairs.  We just wanted to get her interested in the idea of going potty.  She will sit, get toilet paper, put the toilet paper in the potty, and “flush.” She has yet to actually “use” the potty though! 
  • She is a bit pickier with snacks now and likes to choose what she eats.  We usually give her 2-3 choices and let her point to what she wants.
  • Mandarin oranges are her new favorite fruit!
  • She’s using a fork really well now.  She concentrates so hard to get the food on the fork and is so proud of herself when she gets it in her mouth.  We’ve used a spoon a few times (for applesauce, yogurt, and ice cream), but that’s a little harder for her.
  • Gwynn’s vocabulary continues to grow…
    • She says “uh oh” if something goes wrong.
    • She says “nana” for “banana”
    • She says “top” instead of “Pop” and we think she says “Grandma” now
  • Gwynn is still very sweet, but we are starting to see signs of those “terrific” twos! She’s so dramatic when she doesn’t get her way and it’s getting harder and harder to just distract her when she’s upset.
  • She still really loves her brother.  Ms. Bonnie at daycare said that if they put Luke in another room to nap and Gwynn can’t see him when she comes into the room she’ll look all over for him until they tell her/show her where he is. She always wants to make sure he has a blanket and a pacifier and has even started trying to help us feed him his bottle. 

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