Kate:
- Crawling, full-blown--much more than Finn ever did. Pulls up to standing. Not too steady on her feet for actual walking purposes. Really wants to try the stairs but doesn't know what to do once she's standing in front of them--can't figure out to put her knee up on the first step.
- Lots of babbling: Says "sh" for fish (and she says it for any new fish you give her, so I'd say that counts as a word). Says "No" all the time--she's got a will of her own, and doesn't like to be told no. I think she's saying no back to us, not just repeating what we said. Definitely says "row row row" now when you sing "Row row row your boat." She often has what sound like full conversations but without any actual words.
- She can do "slap me five" and loves the song "Head shoulders knees and toes", to which she tries to do the movements in a very gross-motor way. Overall she loves being sung to.
Finn:
- The pacifier is gone. He still wishes he had it sometimes, but it ended up deteriorating and we had to get rid of it, and we didn't buy any more for him. Kate still has hers--for the most part that doesn't seem to be a bone of contention for Finn.
- Potty training is moving along, slowly but surely. We can't really count on him staying dry in underwear, but he will stop things he's doing and ask to use the potty sometimes. That's really enough for us for now.
- His ideas are becoming more complex. For a week or so now, he's been obsessed with going to see his cousin Dante. I don't know what led to this obsession, but he asks everyday if we can go see Dante. This morning, when I left for work, he told me I need to walk to work so that I don't take the car, because they need it to go see Dante. Hubby told me later that he decided the plan would be to walk to Dante's (I guess because I did take the car). Yes, by all means let's walk the 300+ miles from our house to theirs. :)
- He still sulks a lot. I never expected this much sulking from a little kid. I expected temper tantrums, but not the moody blues! Bedtimes have become particularly hard with lots of sulking about having to go up. Last night, interestingly, he let me read two stories from a kid's chapter book and then when I asked him which story he wanted next he told me, "None. I'm tired now." Go figure!
