I can't believe how big Katelin is getting! She amazes me every day. She is learning more and more new words, new body parts, new animal sounds, new things to get into, and new actions to mimic. This post is probably more for me so when I look back, I'll remember what she could do at this age. I'm horrible at keeping her baby book updated!
She's 16-1/2 months and she can (I may be missing some here):
Identify body parts - head, hair, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, belly, toes, and sometimes cheek, knee, and elbow.
Animal sounds - dog, cat, cow, horse, pig, duck, sheep, bird, lion, and sometimes chicken
Says - hi, bye, mama, dada, ra-ra (roscoe, our dog), light, belly, no, ball, milk cheese, shoe, fish (although these three all sound the same), 'ane' (for airplane), bath, night-night, tweet (when she sees a bird), water, mmmmm (when she's hungry) and she'll repeat even more if you say them but I'm not sure she really knows what she's saying (hot dog, backpack, outside)
She can now climb onto the futon and the 2nd shelf of the entertainment center in the game room and just this weekend, she pulled a chair out from the kitchen table and climbed into it! She still can't get onto the couch by herself though.
If you ask her if she needs her diaper changed, she'll walk over to the changing table or if it is time for "night-night", she'll walk towards the stairs or her room. If she's hungry, you can tell her to go to the kitchen and she will walk over and stand at the fridge, waiting for her milk. If she does something she's not supposed to do (like turn the tv on/off), she'll do it and then shake her finger at you and say "no no no".
She has her 4 front teeth on the top & bottom and she's working on her molars (skipping the canines is the "normal" order). Her bottom left molar is almost through (3 points are) and I think we're about to get a point to break through on the top right. The bottom right and top left could also make an appearance at any time!
Well, that is my "little" Katelin in a nutshell! As I said, I'm sure I'm forgetting things here.
