Happy 20 Months Hannah!
At 20 months you:
*Can climb on to and off of furniture
*Have figured out how door knobs work, but haven't quite mastered the skill of turning a knob yourself. I even caught you standing on your little stool trying to reach the door knob.
*Your memory amazes us. You practically read "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" to us. You know the order of the songs on your Music Class ("cass") CD and begin singing the next song before it starts. You remember specifics from places you visit, e.g. you brought me a sealed bag at Grandmommy's when you first arrived and said "eggs, peese" and when I unzipped the bag, I saw several little white eggs staring at me. I was shocked. It had been weeks since our last visit.
*Can climb up the chain link ladder on the playground. It's not perfect so we still stand behind you, but the majority of the time we don't help.
*Love to help with chores. Among your favorites: washing the car, putting toys away, unloading the dishwasher, helping with the laundry, cooking and your all time favorite is feeding Daisy.
*Aren't afraid of many things, but have a good sense of when to be cautious.
*Are still working on letters and added a few new ones this month. You are also doing well with numbers and can finally say "one"!
*Are consistently stringing words together now. Our favorites:
"EEEEEEEEasy Daisy"- Easy Daisy (often said by daddy)
"Wub oo" - Love you
"No, sat peese"- No, sit please (directed at grandmommy and grandaddy's dogs, complete with bitter apple spray)
"Scoo bus"- School bus
*FINALLY sat in Ms. Nikki's lap in music class. This has been 12 weeks in the making. Up until this point, you'd only stand beside her during your tonal patterns. The last class of the session, you finally ran up to her and sat in her lap. We were all so proud!
*Are a little Tom Boy, we believe. You love to play in the dirt, are obsessed with balls, can be rough and tumble, not easily upset, are very strong, and not very interested in dolls (but love stuffed animals).
* Really study our hands when we're coloring with you and try your best to color "inside the lines." You usually get a few strokes in before wildly coloring again.
*Ate cold milk and cereal for breakfast for the first time and did great! You have the fine motor skills down. In fact, I don't think a single cheerio missed your mouth. That shouldn't surprise us though, you've been a master of the fork and spoon for quite some time now.
* Last month we introduced "the potty" to you. We talk about the potty a lot. This month, we've been letting you sit on the potty before bath time. Low and behold, you actually tinkled on the potty one night. You promptly stood up, looked down and said "oops." Even though we cheered loudly for you, I'm not sure you caught on that it was a good thing.
*Are definitely getting your 2 year old molars. I've been bravely sticking my finger in the back of your mouth and can feel a very swollen bump on the bottom right side of your mouth. You have 16 teeth now, do this doesn't surprise me one bit.
*Had a terrible yeast infection this month. I'm recording this for my memory bank and really to know what to do when it happens again. You were on an antibiotic for a sinus infection. You've never had a problem with taking antibiotics, until now. The pediatrician told us to put lotrimin on the area and to keep it as dry as possible. We kept you diaperless for days. The infection was being a bugger, so we had to get a stronger antifungal to knock it out. You ended up diaperless for the good majority of a two weeks. Many accidents were had. It's just part of the territory; however, I did take the opportunity to tell you more about the potty. Although you haven't had many successful visits to the potty, you can now tell me when you have a "poopey" in your diaper. Hey, that's a step in the right direction!
*Are wearing size 4 diapers, size 18-24 month (more 24 month) clothes, size 5.5 shoes, and lots of bows! Standing on the scale, fully clothed, with shoes and a diaper, you weigh 28lbs.
*Saw many of mommy's childhood friends this month including: Allison, Lauren and Jody
*Celebrated Gran's 94th birthday in Gadsden
*Are desperately trying to hold conversations with us. You literally babble and point and make the cutest facial expressions. Every now and then, we'll hear a real word, but it's mostly babble when you are excited and want to tell us a story.
*Have started saying thank you "tee-too" and have an occasional "bess oo" for bless you.
* A few of your favorite things: stuffed animals, going outside (ah-side), our neighbors (Sara Jewel, Anna Catherine, Mrs. Rhonda and Keagan),"Mackey" mouse, balls, dancing, your paci (oh, how I'm dreading the day it goes away) and music.
