19 months

Some things to remember from 19 months.

This month seems you have grown leaps and bounds. Your level of understanding and communicating is exploding. You have several new words, sometimes new ones each day! The newest word is "no." I was waiting for that ;) Another one that always blows my mind is "hello." Clear as day. The other day we were talking to Pellegrino the fish and I was saying, "helllloooooo Pelligrino!" and you said, "hellooooo!" :D

We did a diaper free day to see how that went... since last month we had several successful potty days... but alas, I believe you are waiting for me to entirely give up on the idea. So I decided to save myself some aggravation and do just that. For now, diapers make our lives happier... so diapers it is!

Although, something you have gotten out of our potty time practice is how to wash your hands. You're quite good at it! You get your little stool, stand on it and wash your hands. With soap and all! You rub them together just like you're supposed to and rinse them off. However, you have no interest in drying them... too busy moving onto the next thing ;)

When and if you ever DO go in the potty or do something else you find exciting/extraordinary, your preferred way of showing us your excitement is pumping both hands above your head and making all kinds of jovial shrieks and sounds :)

You are still very attached to Eleanor. She really is such a good friend. When you are parted from her for awhile and happen to notice, you usually look up and around calling, "EhhhhhNoooooo! Eeehhh Ahhhh Oooo?" Just the most precious thing in the world!

Also, this month we put the high chair away and you're sitting at the table in a booster... although, I think it might still be too short, so I'm bringing the high chair back, but you'll sit in it without the tray right up at the table.