Saying: Prim says Mama, Dada, dog, and bye now. She might be saying duck as well, but it’s still kind of unclear. 😉
Eating: Prim’s continues to be a voracious and adventurous eater. The other night she took down an obscene amount of roasted lamb and marinated grilled mushrooms. I really hope this eating thing continues because this girl will eat just about anything!
Sleeping: Prim has been sleeping through the night consistently now, which has been such a treat. She does still have the occasional “off” night where she’ll wake up once after she goes to bed, or she’ll wake up in the very early morning, but the whole sleeping through the night consistently thing is such a game-changer. It’s like I didn’t even know how tired I was until I started sleeping a normal number of hours all in a row.
Doing: Prim is chattering away and making all sorts of new sounds. She speaks a mile a minute and very clearly wants to communicate (she’s quite insistent with her gestures and facial expressions). I honestly can’t wait until she has more words in her vocabulary — it’s like she has this whole inner dialogue that she’s just dying to tell us about!
Latest milestone: Prim likes to choose her books at bedtime now, and sometimes prefers to “read” them herself, rather than having mama read them to her. It’s very sweet, but she’s also started the obstinate scream-response when we take something from her or do something she doesn’t like. I guess we knew it was coming (and it’s not surprising at all given her larger-than-life personality), but man, I can really see those toddler tantrums on the horizon now.
Favorite toys: Almost all of her toys were packed up weeks ago to be shipped to Amsterdam, but this girl hasn’t missed a beat. Her current favorite plaything is an empty Kleenex box, which she stuffs full of old BART tickets, large legos, and, occasionally, even her stuffed lion.
Sweetest things: Prim has learned how to give “Eskimo kisses” in addition to regular kisses, so now if I ask for one she’ll lean into super close to my face and giggle when I rub my nose against hers.
Favorite thing about this age: Prim has just started to become a little bit shy around people she doesn’t know well (or doesn’t remember). When they approach her she will either crawl to me or KC and hide behind our legs, or bury her head in our shoulder if we’re holding her. She does eventually warm up and start chattering away, but the “stranger danger” response is pretty darn cute.