ON THE BED

S posing on momma & daddy's bed.

MINE! (15 MONTHS)

The battles of the "mine!" has begun. Whenever a friend comes over and plays with one of her toys, S comes and grabs it away. Sometimes, she even pushes and tries to bite. This behavior often puts S in time-out.

Teaching how to share seems like it will be an uphill battle with a 15 month old.

PUSHING HER BOUNDARIES(15 MONTHS)

S is trying to figure out what she can or cannot do. She tries to run away when its diaper time. She hides when it time to put on clothes. S also refuses to take her naps. (Unfortunately one nap is not enough.)

She often becomes a pile of spaghetti when momma tries to pick her up. A short tantrum often follows. Momma guesses she's trying to figure out what she can or cannot do as well as assert her independence. Unfortunately, it becomes a wrestling match at times with S on the losing side.

TALKING (15 MONTHS)

S is saying more and more everyday. Momma and daddy don't know if it's imitation or really talking. She's added "up," "uh-oh," "nana" (for banana), and "ball." Sometimes she says "peek" (for peek-a-boo), "thank you," "down," and "out." On the signing front, she now signs "hurts," which is really hard to do because it requires putting two fingers together. Wow! S is so amazing!

WAS THAT A TANTRUM? (14 MONTH, 2 WEEKS)

On Saturday afternoon, S wanted to watch the "Baby Signing Time" video but momma wanted to put her on the toilet. S actually took the video out, tried to stick it into the DVD player and pointed to the TV. When momma said "no," S had a tantrum. Momma tried to compromise by saying she could watch the video after using the toilet, but it was too late. S was crying and crying. Finally, daddy and momma gave in and let her watch the video.

Later, on Sunday morning, at the park, S was putting pebbles into her mouth. When daddy said "no," S kept putting in them. Finally, daddy and momma said "no more rocks or we go home." And, we all went home.

S has moved from the phase of testing daddy and momma to defying them and throwing tantrusm. Let's hope daddy, momma, and S survive toddlerhood!

MOLARS ARE HERE! (14 MONTHS, 2 WEEKS)

Momma finally got a chance to put her fingers in S's mouth and felt bumps. Daddy confirmed it and said, he felt a point on each side of her mouth. After looking into S's mouth, YEP!, the molars are peeking through both on the right and left bottom sides of her mouth. There's a faint outline of the rest of them under her gums.

This explains why S has been clingy and unhappy for the past 2 weeks. Unfortunately, S will be miserable again soon. The molars are not up all the way!

ANOTHER U-TUBE MOMENT (AUGUST 3, 2007)

Here's another video clip, courtesy of S'aunt. This is S sitting pretty on the potty being entertained by Aunt's duck calls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGO9912wHwA
This will probably be deleted before the end of the year.

E-I-E-I-O (14 MONTHS, 1 WEEK)

"S" started singing along with "Old Mac Donald." At first, daddy thought she was just mimicing him when he sang "Old Mac Donald" to her in the morning. But, then, she started pointing to the "Old Mac Donald" book she has, saying E-I-E-I-O. Momma and daddy finally realized she was singing it when she would sing E-I-E-I-O over and over again in her car seat.

She also started singing the theme song to "Baby Signing Time." She sings "Baby, Baby" over and over again and sometimes also sign it, too. She definitely knows what she's saying because she'll often hold the "Baby Signing Time" DVD and sing "Baby, Baby."

Wow! Let's hope S inherits daddy's music talent, not mommy's.