I think I can call it official: Corinne has a lovey. She'll carry it around, tuck it into the carseat, hold on tight to it as she watches TV, and will drag it throughout the house by a limb as she searches for the next adventure. A piece of advice I got from a friend a few years ago: when. Your kid gets a lovey, go out and buy 10 of them. That way you can avoid any epic meltdown once it gets dirty/lost/burned/etc.
At a consignment sake last week, I saw another dog, almost identical to hers. I thought it was identical until I brought it home and saw the slight differences: the original has a Canadian accent, a glowing heart sand a different colored vest. Thankfully, these differences didn't bother Corinne, and the idea of object Permanence has been put to the test when she leaves lovey downstairs, only to find him magically reappear in her bedroom upstairs.
Upon recounting this story to two of my friends this last weekend, I learned that each of them had the same dog that they'd be happy to pass along. So, now we'll have 4 loveys.
Speaking of dogs, which, I think are her favorite animal; dark colored dogs freak her out, but she likes light colored dogs. She's a doggie racist.
We've been noticing with each passing day that she's able to run faster, and is leaving the drunk elf walk/waddle behind.
I think we may have left the constipation world behind. She rarely gets backed up nowadays. Her daily pooping time is around 12p, right before her daily nap. She'll only poop at home. If we're out somewhere during that time, she'll hold it until we get home. Which will be interesting when we go on vacation...
She still is mute. However, she'll make sounds that sound like words in her mouth/throat, but won't open her mouth to form the words with her lips. The speech therapist, who we now see weekly, thinks this could be an oral sensitivity issue. Combined with the fact that she will freak the eff out if anyone tries to put anything in her mouth (like me putting my finger or a toothbrush in her mouth). She will give a pass to my finger if it's coated in something chocolately. Glad to see she has standards. ;) the remedy is to get her a vibrating toothbrush and get her to stick it in her mouth beyond her lips to de-sensitize those areas. I gave her M's electric toothbrush to play with and she enjoyed letting it vibrate in the front part of her mouth but wouldn't let it go beyond the front.
Her understanding and ability to follow directions is awesome. Which is weird, as since she's not talking, I assume she has the understanding of an infant, but then she'll totally surprise us when she does something which shows she understands. Like "find your shoes". However, "find my camera" is not working too well because within the last few weeks she's either hidden it very well to where she cant remember where she put it, or threw it in the trash. F%#+^}>£^!!!
Update: found the camera! It was wedged in the seat cushions in the playroom.
I packed up all of her 12m tops. They were way too small. Her 12m pants still fit, but most are high water on her. I wish baby sizing was like men sizing, where you can order up a specific length and width. She needs an 18m length but a 9-12m waist.
She likes to share, 90% of the time. Earlier this week, she was eating a cracker. Sh walked up to another toddler, about the same age, and stuck the cracker in the other girl's mouth. The other girl took a bite. Corinne pulled back the cracker, took a bite herself and then offered it back to the other girl. It was cute, if not, gross.
However, also this week, Evan was on the floor playing with the tag on the bean bag. Corinne did not like this. So she walked across the room to where Evan was and took the tag out of his hands. He grabbed it again. She swatted his hand away. He was NOT allowed to play with that tag!!
