It is hard to believe how quickly Mackenzie is growing up. Yes, she is still only 16-months old, but compared to the little baby she once was that is a big girl. Of coarse, when she is 16 years old I will be saying the same thing.
This morning when I was washing my face Mackenzie said, "Soap". We took turns saying soap when she decided to change it up a little and said, "Wet Soap". How fun, and she was correct. It was wet soap.
Sleeping is still going very well. She has cried out a few times in the night the last few nights, but I think it is because she is cutting yet another tooth, and it is a sharp canine tooth. Ouch! She now has 13 teeth. Watch out; if you are not careful she might try those teeth out on you.
Also, just the other day she realized how fun it is to RUN. Her run is so cute, almost like a hop step instead of a run, but it is pretty fast. And of coarse, she still LOVES dancing and "Outside". She is up to signing over 100 signs in American Sign Language and can carry on a pretty good verbal conversation too. Some days she prefers 'baby talk' and only uses real words to ask for something, but other days it is all about showing off her vocabulary.
Oh, and she is a girlie-girl. She tells me when she wants to wear a dress. She walks around in one of my high heel shoes almost all day. She is mesmerized by ear-rings and painted finger nails. And the other day Wayne caught her 'prising and prancing' across the room with her hands on her hips. How cute is that.
I sure enjoy my little (big) girl. Oh, and she is wanting to potty train. She wants to, not me. She runs up to me and says, "potty" just before she wets her diaper. If she didn't get to do that she will run up to me after she has wet her diaper and says, "Wets". She hides if she is other than wet, and she loves her potty. I guess pull-up are on the near horizon for the Sherwood home. How do you even begin potty training?
It's so funny how they all develop differently! Girls are definitely more verbal than boys, and Sawyer is still chattering, but with a pretty small actual vocab. Our next-door-neighbor's daughter was just like MacKenzie, she started talking in complete sentences at just after a year. I think it will be a little while for Sawyer...but that means longer til he can talk back, right?
ReplyDeletePotty training is all about listening to the kiddo. One good think we found was to take her with you into the bathroom when you go and let her sit on the potty with her diaper off next to you. It will still be a game to her at this age, but she will feel like such a big girl doing what mommy does and it will help get things going. A cup of water for her to drink while she sits will help to.
ReplyDeleteOne word advice from my experience though, based on your previous post - don't potty train during first trimester of pregnancy. The patience just isn't there and the hormones make cleaning up the accidents so much less fun (the smell is stronger and the up and down required to clean a floor is no fun with morning sickness...)
Great advice Katy :)
ReplyDeleteCute!! jackson did the same thing at that age. he was trained right at 2 in 5 days. When you're ready I will share my tips :)
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