Sixteen Months

September 4, 2016

Scarlett Rose is sixteen months old!

At 16 months, Scarlett…

Weighs/Measures: next update at 18-month checkup

Teeth: 8 + 4 molars halfway through

Words: mama, dada, dog, Buddy, book/books/bookie, hi, bye, bib, no, yay, whoa, wow, hey, wee, poo poo, pee pee, get (says to Buddy), bug, ball, baby, bow, eye, pig, who who (owl), key, beh (bear), boy, aww, pool, bubby (bubble), low (love), boog (booger), eww, ba (bath), mo (more), no mo (no more), nana (banana), booboo (blueberry), ma (milk), baa (sheep), neigh (horse), bee, meow (cat), mou (mouse), duck, moo (cow), chee (cheese), wawa (water/watermelon), nigh-nigh (night-night), moo (moon), tuck (truck), no (nose), mou (mouth), weh (wet), dow (down), belba (bellybutton), mmm (yum), melmo (Elmo), ah ah (monkey)—I’m sure there’s more, but it’s hard to remember them all!

Loves:

Books! The majority of the time in her playroom is spent reading/looking at books. Current favorites include: 100 First Animals Lift-the-Flap book, Elmo’s Big Lift-and-Look book, I Am A Bunny (she loves Nicholas), Brown Bear Brown Bear, Goodnight Moon (always been a favorite, but especially loves finding the mouse on each page currently), My Dog Spot (especially the page with a cat on it!), The Pokey Little Puppy
Putting on Mama’s clothes and purse
Cats & sheep–immediately points out cats and sheep in her books and says “baa” or “meow” fifty times and gives them a kiss
Her Mama! She loves her Dada too, but still has a bit of a Mama attachment
Being outside
Going for walks (usually–sometimes she protests being in her stroller at the park)
Other kids (“babies” as she calls kids of all ages)
Foods: watermelon, blueberries, banana, homemade mini muffins, cheese, bunny bites (broccoli, cauliflower, quinoa, cheddar), fish, broccoli, avocado (will sometimes eat a whole one), smoothies
Giving kissies (often including a “mwah!”)
Knocking things down, taking things apart
Taking clothes out of drawers/hamper

Dislikes:

Getting teeth brushed
Getting hair washed (understandably since she won’t tilt her head back, so water sometimes gets in her eyes)
Getting diaper changed
When Mama leaves the room (she is fine 2 seconds later)
Being blocked out of the kitchen with the gate
Staying inside all day
Foods: pasta, meat (will barely eat besides chicken), currently doesn’t really care for some veggies she used to love like carrots, beets, and sometimes sweet potato

What’s New:

Showing a bit more opposition–says “no” often when you ask her to do something, walks away, turns away from you, etc.
If she hurts herself, she rubs area that got hurt and says “ah-ah-ah”
Recognizes familiar songs as soon as they come on and will say/sing something from the song (i.e. “banana!” for Apples & Bananas)
Her recent favorite facial expression is opening her mouth as wide as it will go, closing her eyes, and tilting her head back
Will voluntarily sit in Mama and Dada’s lap or lay down with us to read books (something she hasn’t done since she became mobile). Hooray!
Obsession with cats (may have started because Mama takes her to see the cats at PetSmart while Dada is checking out at the grocery store)
Holding hands with Dada during walks
Not necessarily new this month, but has certain things she has to do everyday such as remove music stand from piano, unplug phone charger, remove knobs from tv box, remove books from bookshelf–just to name a few:)

Memories from Scarlett’s sixteenth month:

Attending another Dinner Club at the Mueller’s house.

Mama and Bunny.

Cheesing.

Playing at Grandma and Grandpa’s.

Showing off the cute new outfit Aunt Jessica bought for me.

15-month checkup–still as healthy as can be!

Dada and Bunny.

Being adorable as usual.

Music class at Gymboree!

Someone loooves watermelon!

Point and laugh at dog!

Scarlett was playing with Mama’s Sanibel shirt so Mama put it on her–she was very excited by this and now loves to put on Mama’s clothes all the time.