Rowan's personality is exploding along with her 'tude' and her vocabulary. A couple of months ago Mike was getting a little concerned about Rowan because she was pretty quiet in the talking department, but this last month she has picked up soooo many new words. So much so, we have lost count. I remember doing a list for Liam at 17 mo, and it was 17 words for 17 months....But, Rowan has far surpassed that count!! And perhaps part of that is this is our 2nd time having a kid, so maybe we just pick up more on it, but really it's been amazing hearing so many new words on a daily basis. She is also really good at mimicking the words we say. It's almost like we have a human parrot.
She has really started to like her freedom, and wants to do what she wants to do, or she gets pretty mad. This has made it really difficult to do her 'mom and me' picture this month. We tried getting a picture on 2 different occasions, with not so much luck. So this months picture she looks like 'Miss Cranky Pants', which is kinda funny because her 16 month picture she has the biggest smile on her face.
We have noticed that she has a really strong grip, so if we try to take something away from her she puts up a huge stink, and it is also pretty hard to pry it out of her hands. She also has discovered she can climb onto the couch with a little help from climbing onto a toy or box. And when she's up on the couch, she does exactly what Liam used to, and hangs over the side, which is dangerous! She has been eating everything in site lately. We joke that she is a Betta, and will eat until she pops. She loves most anything we give her, but she did decide she wasn't too fond of egg whites recently and puts up a fuss when I give that to her, so I stopped. We can try again another time. She tried pineapple yesterday for the first time, and she LOVED it. She will just cram her mouth full as fast as she can sometimes. It seems she has a hollow leg, just like her mom. She has started to like to use a fork too, and will insist on having one to eat.
She has started to wave with her whole arm lately, it's pretty cute. She likes to wave to the dogs, and the fish too. She loves Elmo and Pooh bear. She has started to sleep with a couple Pooh bears that we gave her. She snuggles with them, and is really happy to have them when we give them to her. This morning she was fussing when I dressed her, and I said where is Elmo, let's find Elmo. Then she walked over to her bookshelf, grabbed a book, sat down with it, and flipped through it till she found Elmo, she was quite happy and proud when she found him! It amazes me how much she understands at this young age. She also understands what it means when we ask her if she wants a bath...she gets so excited, and walks into the bathroom when the water is ready. She has decided that she likes outdoors, most of the time. She says 'side' when she wants to go out. She likes the swing set for the most part. She mostly likes the slide, and says 'Way' or 'Wee' when going down. She's not too fond of the swings, she mostly cries when we try to swing her, but sometimes if she is in a swinging mood, we will hold her on our lap, and she will say 'Wee' too.
She had her second haircut a few weeks ago, and she hated it!! She just does not like anything where she is contained, and messed with. But, we managed, and her hair is getting so long and curly in the back!
She had her first dentist visit last week, and she cried a little, but did pretty good for her first time. The dentist asked if she sucked her thumb, and then said we really need to try to get her to stop. So, we are going to be working on that. She doesn't very often, mostly when she is tired, or going to sleep, but we know it's better to stop it now before it ruins her mouth, and before she's older when it will be even harder to stop.
Below is a list of some of the words she is saying, but like I said I lost count after a while, so I'm sure that there are a lot I missed.
Words
All gone
Abby
Apple
Baby
Ball
Bath
Bear
Bird
Bye
Car
Cookie
Cracker
Dada
Doggy
Elmo
Fish
Food
Flower
Get Down
Hello
Hi
Koko
Kitty
Light
Mama
More
Nana (for banana)
Night Night
No
Pooh (for Pooh bear)
Shoe
Side (for outside)
Thank You
That
Uh Oh
What's That
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