- Abby is 13 months old -
My baby girl has seemed to transform before my eyes into a toddler! She walks, runs, laughs, plays, babbles, signs, and throws fits! She has developed quite the temper and I’m not sure what to do about it. She yells if Adam so much as touches what she’s playing with. She yells if something she wants is stuck or out of reach. She throws herself onto the floor when she’s really mad. Heaven help me! :)
This week for Tot School I gave her some pipe cleaners and containers to put them into/take them out of. Unfortunately, I neglected to realize that pipe cleaners bend really easily so she had a hard time putting them in the bottles which frustrated her.
“I think I can get one-last-drop of juice out!”
We played with her Laugh & Learn Piggy Bank.
If I have it turned exactly right, she can put the coins in one right after the other.
Clapping for herself
One of her favorite places to play is in the corner against the couch. This is Adam’s toy spot but she loves to sit there and play with everything.
She enjoyed watching some Baby Signing Time and Little Pim (Spanish) on the couch with her brother a few times during the week. Her attention span is about 5 minutes but she comes back on and off throughout the movie. She loves to sign ‘baby’ during the BST theme song and especially loves when the doll and bear come on.
Ahhh…my bookworm!
I started our Handwriting Without Tears curriculum with Adam this week and she has loved joining in when we sing and follow along with some of the songs.
Sadly, Abby’s Tot School tends to take a backseat to Adam’s but I’m trying to find a new routine now that she doesn’t nap in the morning. And frankly, she’s perfectly happy to play with whatever toy she comes across anyway! She is much more independent than Adam was….is. He needs my full attention SO much more than she does. Maybe because she has no choice and is used to him commanding nearly every ounce of my time? That is all the more reason to carve out some one-on-one time with her!
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1 comment:
Its hard to work 2 into a class! I know that my little one is just so excited to BE there. I have to make sure I give her a paper to draw on if I give the older kids a worksheet, but she doesnt realize its not the same one. She is, currently my easiest one as long as I acknowledge her presence. I love your piggy bank, I think its on our list of toys to get!
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