16 Months Old

Macyn is 16 months old and is growing more and more each day! The newest thing she has learned this past month is saying, "hi!" She likes to say this to complete strangers in public, or if you tell her to say "hi," she does. She can also say kitty on occasion, "Go!" which is usually followed by her waving. We think she is trying to say, "Buddy" with either "bwee" or "bee-ee." We think this is true because she dropped her muffin on the floor and she pointed to it and said, "bwee?" (aka. where's Buddy to clean this up?)

Speaking of food, boy does she have a hearty appetite. I picked her up from daycare today and they told me she had four half-bowls of soup today for lunch. And they had to give her more cinnamon roll 4 times. She will also eat 3 fruit cups and one sitting if you let her. She is starting to use her fork and spoon more and more. She tries to stab her food with her fork & usually prefers to use her silverware. When she is finished we ask her, "do you want to take a bath?" and this is how she responds.
Clenched fists, wide eyes, and shaking. The only other time she does this is when you ask where Alissa is (the cook at daycare). She loves her baths. It usually requires me to put a towel on my lap and up to my neck to keep dry when she is in there. I think she gets excited about her baths because she knows she gets to take off her clothes. More times than not do we have to chase our naked baby around the house in order to get her in the tub. Yesterday she ran around with just her diaper on for 1.5 hours before church. I think this girl and summer will get along just fine.

She completely understands most things you say to her. Like brush your hair, brush your teeth (she opens her mouth really wide for that), where is _____? She understands. There are also other things she has started doing - like taking her dollies out of their beds & wrapping them up in a blanket. She's such a little mommy!

We are also doing well with getting her off her paci & only giving it to her at night or napping. She isn't completely weaned from the bottle yet. She doesn't like to drink milk out of her sippy cup. So she gets 1 bottle in the morning and that is it. For the rest of the day she usually drinks juice & we still offer her some milk.

Climbing is another issue. The other day she climbed onto the couch, then to the top of couch where she proceeded to stand up in order to look out the window! She also likes to push out chairs & climb them to get up to the table. Nothing is safe with this girl!

Her bedtime routine is much better as well. She still only takes 1 or 2 half hour naps per day, so she sleeps about 11 hours at night. We read her a book, give her some milk & lay her in her crib. It is nice that she can go to sleep by herself now. Its crazy how much she changes in 1 month. We just feel so blessed to have a happy, healthy, little girl!