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| Kate: 15 Months…and always on the go! |
If you didn’t already know this, my first name is Dusty.
This is a little fact that Kate has discovered at 15 months old, and she has decided she prefers addressing me as “Dusty” instead of “Mama.”
*sigh*
It begins.
What’s really begun this month is bigger than Kate’s realization that her mom goes by more names than just “Mama” (for the record, I also answer to “Sweetie,” “Honey,” “D,” “Hooker,” and “Queen D of the G&D Universe”)—she is realizing and understanding everything and COMPLETELY BLOWING OUR MINDS. G and I say things like, “Let’s go upstairs” and she’ll turn around and head for the stairs. Or, “Let’s take off your shoes” and she stops in her tracks, sits down, and starts taking off her shoes. While undressing her I take her arms out of her sleeves and ask, “Can you show Mommy how you take off your shirt?” and she pulls it over her head and flings it to the ground*.
Like I said—mind-blowing!
I’m now to the point where I’m testing her, trying to catch her up on something. The other day I thought of something she’s never done, and I’ve never said, talked about, or asked her to do: “Kate, can you show Mommy how you open the closet door?” She stared at me for about 2 second with this, “Really? This is the best you can come up with??” look, and then walked over to the closet door (there were 3 doors in the room), stood on her tip-toes, grabbed the lever, pulled it down, opened the door, and then turned around and smugly looked at me like, “What else you got, Hooker?”
Uh…guess it’s time to safety-proof those doors.
Other mind-blowing 15 months antics include Kate’s memorization of her books. She is beginning to say the words before we even turn the page! One of her books has a page that reads, “What’s that?” and just before we flip to it Kate exclaims, “Whassat?!”
She is such a little bookworm, and has also figured out that G can’t say no to her when she brings him a book to read. She’ll bring him a book, curl up onto his lap, and when he’s finished reading she marches right over to her bookshelf, grabs another one, and the process begins again. Sometimes they go through all the books on the shelf in one sitting. Not only does Daddy have endless patience, but he also does the different voices—he’s the best! Here’s a video of her bringing a book to G, and then trying to decide if she wants to hang out for story time or not, little stinker:
Kate has expanded her book love at bedtime and she now brings a book into her crib with her when she lays down. G and I love watching her on the video monitor flipping through pages and pretending to read to herself before she dozes off. So cute!
Kate was really fighting her diaper changes this month—refusing to lie down or stay still for them—so I taped some magazine pictures of babies’ faces underneath the shelf that’s above her changing table so she can see them when she’s lying down, and that did the trick! She loves looking at “her babies” and waving to them, saying hi. Before we even begin diaper changes I’ll say, “Kate, let’s go see what your babies are doing!” and she’s so excited to check them out. We even play peek-a-boo with them, which is one her FAVORITE things to do right now. Peek-a-boo gets big laughs every time!
*She gets that from me…but enough about my freshman year of college.
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She is too cute! my DS has recently taken to calling me Jill instead of mommy, everyone thinks it’s cute! Me not so much!! Lol
Good tip about the magazine baby pictures, I’m going to try this for my DD.
I love your blog and look forward to following you:)
http://www.mommatotallyinlove.com
I’m so glad that you’re back posting again. I’m due with my first baby next month and your blog has become my glimpse into what’s to come.
Such a fun age. Exactly why I have TWO children, exactly two years apart. (Do the math. :))
such a great idea about the pictures of the babies at the changing table! Definitely going to try that with my little wiggleworm!
You seriously crack me up and are by far my favorite blogger in all of the blogging world.
Kate is the cutest and I’m totally stealing the “babies” trick when my 4 month old decided she doesn’t love diaper time anymore!
Your freshman year of college….BAHHAAAAAAA!
OMG, totally cracking up at her calling you Dusty!! That is hilarious:) It is so amazing watching a little person develop, isn’t it?!
Great idea on the diaper changing diversion, I may have to pass that along to my sister as I think those days are coming. Love that she loves to read books as well. Super cute!
Um that movie is RIDICULOUSLY precious!!!
Oh my gosh thanks for the idea to put pictures of babies on the shelf above the change table! My 13.5 month old twins throw huge fits at diaper changes so after reading this yesterday I put up pictures and it was like a miracle!! They pointed and smiled at all the babies!! Thanks!!
Thank you so much for your comments everyone! Kate actually turned 17 months on Thursday, so I’m a little behind in her monthly posts, but I was waiting to post this one in hopes that my photos would be recovered and I could include some pictures. I thought 15 months was fun, but WOW, 16 months beats it hands-down!
@Kari–So glad the baby pictures trick was a hit with your little ones! Another tip–put your hand over one of the pictures and ask, “Where did the baby go?” and then pull it away and exclaim, “Here she is!” (or you can just do it and say “peek-a-boo!”) This gets big belly laughs out of Kate and will hopefully work for your kids, too!
Your blog, and most of all your daughter, are adorable!!! I’m new to your blog and can’t wait to read more!!
Thanks Ambs!