She's a Braniac, Brainiac On the Floor...
...and she's walking like she's never walked before.
Saya is changing every day, and looks more and more like a little toddler and less and less like my little baby. She can say "mama" and "dada" and makes a "buh" sound when she sees balloons, butterflies, books, bubbles and the bath. I'm pretty sure she knows the "b" sound is used for those words.
She is learning commands. When we say "yay!" she bobs up and down and claps her hands (she also claps her hands when we tell her to clap them). She knows how to wave hi and bye, gimme five and do a high five. When I say "Dance, Saya!" she bobs up and down. We can tell her to stick out her tongue and she does it. When I'm reading and I ask her to turn the page, she will do it. I can also ask her where my hair, nose, and bellybutton are, and she can point to them. She also tries to say "up" when she wants us to pick her up. When I ask her for a kiss, she leans in and kind of opens her mouth on my cheek, which MELTS me.
So far, however, the "NO BITING" command has not been internalized. I think she knows what it means but does it anyway to get our attention. So I'm kind of nervous about what will happen with that once we start day care next week.
She also clearly understands a bunch of words: dog, leaf, flower, bubbles, goldfish, water, and outside. She loves being outside. If she's fussy, we'll tell her "we're going outside" and she immediately calms down. She also LOVES dogs. She gets so excited when she sees them, she starts screaming. Unfortunately I think she's allergic to them...when they lick her face, she breaks out in hives. Last week she even got hives after being licked by a hypoallergenic breed, so I guess we'll have to see if she grows out of it.
Physically, she's developing by leaps and bounds. She has six teeth. She can use a sippy cup by herself, and can feed herself finger food. She even peels her own banana (once we start it for her) and eats it!
She is really good with fine motor skills: picking things up between her index finger and thumb - even puzzle pieces. She can pull herself from lying down into sitting up, and can pull herself to standing from a sitting position. She is crawling a little bit better (bottom is still not off the ground, so it's kind of an army crawl still) but can furniture-walk and walk around while holding onto just one of our hands.
We are trying to break a few habits of hers. Biting = OUCH. Her favorite things to bite? Nipples and electrical cords! WTF! Also, one of her favorite movements to make when meeting someone new is an arm gesture that bears a disturbing resemblance to the "Heil Hitler" maneuver...we're trying to redirect her into some less offensive gesturing. Her other favorites: taking all the credit cards out of Kris's wallet, eating my phone (and breaking it twice), and sucking on my dirty flip flops.
The latest is that she absolutely loves dumping all my tampons out of the box and then trying to chew on them. Granted, Kris loves doing that too, so it may be genetic.
I hope you realize I'm kidding.
Saya is changing every day, and looks more and more like a little toddler and less and less like my little baby. She can say "mama" and "dada" and makes a "buh" sound when she sees balloons, butterflies, books, bubbles and the bath. I'm pretty sure she knows the "b" sound is used for those words.
She is learning commands. When we say "yay!" she bobs up and down and claps her hands (she also claps her hands when we tell her to clap them). She knows how to wave hi and bye, gimme five and do a high five. When I say "Dance, Saya!" she bobs up and down. We can tell her to stick out her tongue and she does it. When I'm reading and I ask her to turn the page, she will do it. I can also ask her where my hair, nose, and bellybutton are, and she can point to them. She also tries to say "up" when she wants us to pick her up. When I ask her for a kiss, she leans in and kind of opens her mouth on my cheek, which MELTS me.
So far, however, the "NO BITING" command has not been internalized. I think she knows what it means but does it anyway to get our attention. So I'm kind of nervous about what will happen with that once we start day care next week.
She also clearly understands a bunch of words: dog, leaf, flower, bubbles, goldfish, water, and outside. She loves being outside. If she's fussy, we'll tell her "we're going outside" and she immediately calms down. She also LOVES dogs. She gets so excited when she sees them, she starts screaming. Unfortunately I think she's allergic to them...when they lick her face, she breaks out in hives. Last week she even got hives after being licked by a hypoallergenic breed, so I guess we'll have to see if she grows out of it.
Physically, she's developing by leaps and bounds. She has six teeth. She can use a sippy cup by herself, and can feed herself finger food. She even peels her own banana (once we start it for her) and eats it!
She is really good with fine motor skills: picking things up between her index finger and thumb - even puzzle pieces. She can pull herself from lying down into sitting up, and can pull herself to standing from a sitting position. She is crawling a little bit better (bottom is still not off the ground, so it's kind of an army crawl still) but can furniture-walk and walk around while holding onto just one of our hands.
We are trying to break a few habits of hers. Biting = OUCH. Her favorite things to bite? Nipples and electrical cords! WTF! Also, one of her favorite movements to make when meeting someone new is an arm gesture that bears a disturbing resemblance to the "Heil Hitler" maneuver...we're trying to redirect her into some less offensive gesturing. Her other favorites: taking all the credit cards out of Kris's wallet, eating my phone (and breaking it twice), and sucking on my dirty flip flops.
The latest is that she absolutely loves dumping all my tampons out of the box and then trying to chew on them. Granted, Kris loves doing that too, so it may be genetic.
I hope you realize I'm kidding.
