Anyways.
20 months old...
I realize I blog right when Elizabeth TURNS a particular month. So, we're really only a couple weeks into her 20th month as she ages on the 29th of every month. So, I'll be telling you about August ( her 19th month) as well as the couple weeks into her 20th of September. :)
When I wrote about Bean turning 19 months old, she has just started putting sentences together. Since, she's really improved! A lot of what she says is still gibberish but she really is trying. She's also a GREAT little copy cat which is bad for the adults in the family since our vocabulary is all of what a toddler shouldn't be saying. I honestly really try to make sure I don't blurt anything horrible out but sometimes things just come out and I catch myself. Then they're other family members who seem to just not care. They're REALLY pushing my buttons. Frank....Tyler.
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| Passed out after a long day in Stanwood. |
On top of her excellent toddler language, we've also been learning letters, shapes and numbers! I don't go out of my way to push any of it on her if she isn't interested but I throw some learning time in whenever I can. She knows 'A', ' B', and 'C'. 'B' and 'C' we're still working on but she recognizes them. 'A' is old news to her. She tries to count but doesn't have it down quite yet. Every time she sees any number it's always "TWOOOOO!" It makes me laugh. She also counts whenever we're on stairs and it goes something like this, " One.....sven....TWOOOO....NNNNNIIIIINE!" She's so great. She also has the circle down. She recognizes it and can make one! That is the only shape though. I admit we haven't worked much with colors, a goal I've set for the the two of us to work on. Each time I ask her what color something is she just goes " COLOR!" Oye.
In August, we also purchased her a "big girl potty"! One that sets on top of the regular toilet. She has yet to actually use it but our first goal of getting her to realize when she's going number 1 has worked. We also got her some training undies that are basically a lot like a swimming diaper and they worked so well. She peed and immediately told me afterwards. So exciting! Ha ha.
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| Big girl "Undies" |
Her imagination has also really blossomed. I absolutely love it. Bean's always been really good at entertaining herself but this still just amazes me. The girl pretends ALL the time. It's SO adorable. Sometimes she pretends she's a kitty and will crawl around, meow and carry stuff in her mouth. Sometimes she pretends she's cooking and insists that you try whatever she's whippin' up. Sometimes she pretends she's doing hair and you HAVE to tell her how pretty it is or she will yell and get upset. She actually has also really got quite sassy over the past month as well. Everyone calls this stage the "terrible two's" but what no parent ever tells you is it actually starts 6 months BEFORE they're two and lasts till they're 4. Ha ha ha.
