17 month updates

So it's been 5 months since I last updated the Tiny Squee blog. That's nearly 1/3 of her life. That's unfortunate. She's doing so many new things. New things every day, in fact.

She talks(ish). She says:
Mama
Dada
Meemoo
Bubble
Ladlladlladl - water
Nanoo - usually means snack, which is mostly composed of cereal and Just Fruit, sometimes it means some other food she really wants.
Dadoo - things related to "manly" activities. Pickup trucks. Tools.
BaBA (the stress is always on the second syllable) - stairs. This is usually said several times over, as in BaBA baBA baBA!
Woof
Hithhhh - the sound a snake makes
Moo
Vroom - the sound a motorcycle or an airplane makes
Wow

She knows baby signs:
Airplane
Apple
Bathtime (although she doesn't use this one much anymore)
Bicycle (which she also uses for motorcycle, but with more vrooming added)
Bread
Dog (often accompanied by woofing)
Grapes
Hairbrush(ing)
Hat (one of her favorites)
Potty
Please
Toothbrush(ing)

Her favorite things are hats, dogs, water, and motorcycles (with bicycles a close second). She will point out every single hat, dog, or motorcycle that she sees. She is very observant and she never lies. She often will point out that people riding motorcycles and bicycles are wearing helmets. Helmets are an integral part of the motor/bicycle riding process. Water can be in bottles, rivers, oceans, pictures, drops. It's amazing how often there are hats, dogs, bikes, and water to be seen.

She has a favorite Portland Magazine that we have gone through countless times. She will point out all of her favorite things on each page. At the beginning of the magazine, there is a picture of a snake on a laptop screen. When we open to this page, it always involves a good hithhhing.

We were making a lot of progress with the potty and had moved into underwear instead of diapers for most of the day when we were at home. However, recently she's decided that she no longer wants to sit on the potty most of the time. She's decided this vehemently and will vigorously shake her head if you ask her if she has to potty. If you take her into the bathroom anyhow, there is screaming and arching of the back. It turns out that it's impossible to put an arching, screaming toddler on the potty. So sometimes, she puts the peepee in the diaper instead of the potty. Oh well, she'll get it eventually.

She's started to act like a tiny little kid instead of a very large baby. She has very specific wants. This morning, she wanted to carry her painting (which is in a frame sitting up on the bookshelf) outside. She wanted to draw on the glass of the frame with her markers. Once she'd accomplished this goal, she was willing to draw on paper, but she wouldn't even consider drawing on the paper until the glass had been suitably decorated.

She likes to carry a bowl of nanoo around with her when she wants a snack. Consequently, there are a lot of bowls that have contained nanoo that she sometimes finds around the house. She will point at them or pick them up and request nanoo, nanoo, nanoo. She wanted nanoo for breakfast this morning. We debated appropriate breakfast foods: "Nanoo." "Eggs." "Nanoo." "Eggs." "Nanoo." "Eggs." Etc.

She's a very good eater, overall. She will try most foods. Current favorites are pasta with cheese, steamed spinach, grapes, blueberries, avocado. Recently discarded favorites are string cheese and peanut butter sandwiches. Sometimes she will only eat food that has been taken off Mama or Dada's plate, even if it is exactly the same as the food on her plate. She sometimes uses a fork or spoon effectively, but mostly still eats with her hands. She drinks water out of a shot glass at most meals. During the rest of the day, she drinks out of a water bottle with a straw.