Archive for July, 2008
Holy Crap!
Natalie, I’m sorry for the future embarrassment this post will likely cause you…but I have to report that our girl pooped on the potty this morning!!
We actually bought her a potty about 4 months ago when Natalie started reporting what was in her diaper. As soon as Chris took it out of the box, she carried it around the kitchen shouting, “Poopy! Poopy! POOPY!!!!!” Here she is trying it out:
She’s been sitting on the potty almost everyday since then, but with her clothes still on. Recently she started taking bits of toilet paper to wipe herself with.
This morning, we were playing in her room just after waking up when Natalie said, “Poopy!” I thought she was reporting that she already went, but when I got her to the changing table and opened her diaper, it was empty. So I asked her if she needed to go and if she wanted to sit on the potty. She nodded, so off to the bathroom we went. And she went! In the potty!! We made a big fuss, congratulated her, gave high-fives, etc. She liked helping transfer the goods to the big toilet and saying “bye-bye” as it got flushed away.
After all the excitement was over, my first thought was (of course!) “what should I title the blog post?”
Mirrored Expression
Chris caught this funny picture of Natalie and her Grandpop making identical faces at each other:
19 Months Old!
A list of 19 points of interest from the past month:
1. Natalie officially knows all the basic colors: blue, red, purple, orange, green, pink, black, brown, and white. Yellow is still tricky—she mistakes it for orange sometimes.
2. Natalie learned to pick her nose. It’s cute and gross at the same time.
3. She’s beginning to learn letters. She knows B, I, H, and T really well. Starting to get M, D, N, R, G, K & S.
4. Her communication skills continue to flourish. Chris was remarking today that Natalie’s speech has gotten much more conversational. She’s saying more and more two-word phrases and putting adjectives in front of nouns. As in, “big truck!” She also knows to put an “s” on the ends of words to make them plural or possessive.
5. Natalie got her first skinned knees this month after wiping out pushing her stroller on the sidewalk.:
6. She wore her hair in a pony-tail for the first time:
7. She likes to discipline Tillman by wagging her finger at him and saying “no no no” when he tries to drink out of someone’s glass.
8. Since recovering from her illness, Natalie is once again tolerant of bathing, diapering, and dressing.
9. She’s exploring opposites. She likes to shout “up down,” “on off” and “yes no” over and over and over…
10. Natalie became obsessed with bracelets this month. Last week she got upset when she couldn’t fit her hand through the hole of a bagel to wear it around her wrist.
11. She likes to discover new places to admire her reflection:
12. I never thought this would happen with our sweet child, but like a lot of toddlers, she answers almost all questions with a resounding “no!” The other day I offered her a cup of juice…Natalie shouted “no” and then grabbed the cup out of my hand and drank it happily. Go figure.
13. She finally learned to say her Aunt Kary’s name. Sounds like “dah-ree”
14. Natalie played her first card game with Grandma:
15. She went on her first solo carnival ride. Pictures soon.
16. She’s gotten really into playing with puzzles. We got her this new puzzle and she had it figured out in about 2 minutes.
17. Natalie started transitioning into the toddler room at daycare. It’s not going well. We’re investigating other childcare options. More on that later. For now, here’s a picture of her in the new classroom:
18. Natalie is loving the books Mother, Mother, I Want Another, Zoo Clues Animal Alphabet, and Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
19. Finally, Natalie really likes to make this pucker face:
