She has even started going to the bathroom all by herself, which is exciting and scary at the same time. I Like that she doesn’t need me for everything, but I worry that she’ll try to empty her princess potty by herself and I will have a nice puddle to clean up in the bathroom. The best part about this is that she can’t say “ I peed all by myself” so it sounds like she says “ I peed on myself.” I love that little kid! The only time the independence tries my patience is when there is a time crunch or when she is having trouble but still won’t let me help. And I don’t mean I can’t help if her shirt is on backwards, it’s when she’s taking 10 minutes to button her pants and is crying because she can’t do it but still won’t let me intervene. There is also the demanding aspect. I think the phrase we hear most is “give me dat!” with a tiny scowl on her face. Luckily as soon as we say she needs to talk nice she’ll light up with a smile and say “please”. I guess the best thing we can do is be good examples of how she should act/talk and continue to remind her that we won’t tolerate that behavior nor will we fulfill her request until she asks politely.
Anyway… now to the fun stuff! I just love how her sentences are coming along. She says the funniest stuff and makes us laugh all the time. I wish I could remember everything she says but I’d pretty much have to follow her around with a tape recorder to do that (yes, yes, I know we don’t use tapes anymore…). The other day we were at a friend house and every time Lily fell down she would get up and say “ I am OK.” I forget if I posted about this earlier, but she misplaces the word “little” all the time. She’ll ask for a “piece of little chicken” or a “sip of little water”, but that’s probably in response to me asking if she wants “a little” anything. She loves to climb, jump, and hop all over the place. She is always jumping on her bed, off the couch, off the kitchen chairs, anything she can climb onto. I am just praying that she waits a while before breaking any bones…
Lillian has started talking to EVERYONE she sees. We were walking to the park the other day and she told the few people we passed that we were going to the park. At the store she talks to all kinds of people and tells them things like “ I’m going to the store with mommy” or “I gonna get some goldfish.” I felt so bad the other day. I was showing an apartment to this guy and I go around the corner and Lil has her pants down and is trying to get on the toilet by herself. I tried to get her to hold it but that wouldn’t work. The guy didn’t seem to mind, luckily. He came back later that night to drop off his application for the apartment and as he’s leaving Lily makes sure to tell him “I tooting!” with a big smile on her face. I wanted to laugh and bury my head in the sand at the same time :).
Lil also loves to exercise with me. She loves to try to imitate me and she is so sweet as to try to wipe sweat off of my while saying “you so sweaty, mommy”. She gets sad when we stop and I’m hoping that’s a good thing. I don’t want her feeling that self worth hinges on working out or anything, but maybe that it will make her strong and be able to do all she wants to. I make sure to not talk negatively about myself in front of her and hope that she will have good body image for as long as possible. Fingers crossed…
I love that little girl!
