Eva - 17 Months

Eves is 17 months. Or was a few days ago. We got a surprise second dose of Hand Foot Mouth over here for her so everything is a few days behind. So far it's just her and it's mild, so hopefully it's just some sort of HFM relapse... Is that a thing? Since she had it in the summer? 

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Dominic at 17 months

Emilia at 17 months

Weight: 28.2 lbs (97th percentile)

Height: 33.5 inches (97th percentile)

Notes:

• Size 3T tops and 2T bottoms. Size 6 shoes and 5 diapers.
• She has... 10(ish) teeth. Two of her molars are through and she's been working hard on the other two. Her incisors are also in the works. Been a fun month.
• She had a week or two where she cried hysterically and wanted cuddles at every bedtime. I don't know if it was "just" teething, some sort of regression, or what. She's been a lot better, but this week has been a struggle again.
• This week is a sleep struggle because we did a room shift! Her and Emilia are now sharing a room so Dom can have his own room. Eva's crib faces the door so I think she gets upset watching us leave. I'm sure she will get used to it soon and stop fussing for an hour keeping Emilia awake every night. Right?...
• She basically repeats anything we say right back to us almost flawlessly. Her language is incredible. She's much more verbal than the other kids were at this age. I thought they were pretty good, but Eva is next level. I'd list all her words, but she gets 10 new ones every day so that's impossible. Here are a few of the frequent ones. 
• bottle (budl), cup (puh), shoes (zzchoos), basketball (bah-ball), belly button (buddybutta), book (buh!), thank you (dah tu), here you go (dee do), diaper/big poo (bih poo), blueberry (buhbeluby), "Oh Mommy", high chair (hi scha), cat (eeowww), banana (nana), happy, yes please (ya pee), cheese, all done (ohhhh dah), yummy (num num), bye bye, turtle (tutuhl), more (mowh!)
• Names she knows: Mama, Dada, Dom (Man), Emilia (Yaya), Oma, Opa, Gramma (Rama), Grandpa (Rampa), Phoebe (Bebe), Myles (Mayow), Owen (Owee), Wren (Naaaaa!), Eva (Eee-ah)
• She loves her babies, but Bunny and Blankie (Nana and Dee dee) are #1. 
• She's starting to string two words together here and there (Goodnight Bunny! = Nigh Nana!)
• If she poops in the other room or has a wet diaper she'll come find us, point to her diaper and say "bih poo." She handles diaper changes much better when it's on her terms.
• She can do a pretty good thumbs up.
• She can hold a tune and tries to sing along with most familiar songs.
• She's very friendly and will say hi to strangers
• She thinks she's one of the big kids with the neighbour girls (probably 8 and 10?). They come outside and she runs over and blabbers at them like they're supposed to understand, sits by them on the curb and continues blabbering and staring and being awkward. 
• Most people who don't know her assume she's 2. 
• She's getting much better with her fork, spoon, cup, etc.
• She's my first bathtime pooper. She's done it 3 or 4 times now. Gross. I disapprove. 
• She gets frustrated with her wooden puzzles. We just haven't done them enough with her since we don't get al ot of one on one time and D&E tend to take over. She knows where the pieces should go, but can't quite position them right. 
• She's learning independent play with the big kids in school!
• She's very very possessive of me and requires a lot of physical attention. This is exhausting, particularly when I have two other kids who also require a lot of physical attention. *breathe...*
• Can only go backwards on the ride on toys outside
• Loves to take off running through the fence/gate to the greenbelt when we play outside. Not cute!
• Loves being sprayed with the hose in the shower and does not mind getting her face wet at all. 
• She's a daredevil in the water. Someone get this kind into swimming lessons!
• We are still doing 2 bottles per day. We just switched from goats milk to full fat lactose free milk because I can't find goats milk anywhere lately! I could probably pretty easily ditch the bottle, but whatever. It's easy. It's temporary. It's the best way to get milk into her. 
• She's a pretty good eater. Most of the time she'll eat more than both other kids combined (particularly if it's some sort of pasta carb dinner). She doesn't love raw vegetables which is too bad because I often just throw out a plate of peppers and cucumbers. She will eat berries all day every day though. 
• She does better in the car. Still not good, but less screaming! More just whining most of the time. Keep improving, girl!

Cheeeese!

I love her cheesy smile <3