Rooney, 23 Months

Gives knuckles
Loves brushing her teeth (AKA sucking the water off her toothbrush)
Has never had a time out (there was one time I thought about it for a half second, but she shaped up)
Tried to kiss the only boy at her day care (again)
Ate my deodorant and lip balm
Is obsessed with all her cousins
Loves candy hearts (I ate so many when she was in the womb, it makes sense)
Loves to help with chores (and is legitimately helpful when unloading the dishwasher)
Says please and thank you with nearly every phrase
Tasted her first Oreo

Growth

Clothing size:2T-4T
Shoe size:7-8
Diaper size:4

Eating

Roo’s favorite foods right now:

Queso
Strawberries
Scrambled eggs with salsa
Sausage links
Yogurt
Macaroni and cheese
Bananas
Popcorn
GoGo SqueeZ organic (she can pound three of them and still ask for more)
Water
Whatever mommy is eating ;)

Development

Loves to draw and color and play with stickers
Takes care of her babies and stuffed animals
Counting: She can count 1-2-4-5-6 (no 3) and 4-5-6-7-8-9-10. I beam from ear to ear when I hear her counting. It just amazes me! Once she gets the number 3, she'll be set!
Alphabet: She calls them the ABCDEFGs. It's so cute. She gets a lot of the rest of the letter sequences right, too.
Singing: I love when she sings! It doesn't happen often, so we stop and listen when she does.Her favorite songs are "I Just Wanna Be a Sheep," "Twinkle Twinkle," "Itsy Bitsy" and "Happy Birthday." I think she is gonna FLIP OUT when we all sing The Birthday Song to her next month.

Words

I'd say her vocabulary is 50% understandable to a stranger. Eric and I understand most of it, although as she adds in new words we find ourselves with a confused look on our face (which makes me feel terrible).

Here are a few of my favorite things she says right now:

Silly Sally
Kitty cat
Mommy I carry you
I text daddy
You comin'?
Caca o (coconut oil)
SIT DOWN
So big
Adah
A-sen Ay-yah (her twin cousins Maysen and Myah)
Bless you (she even says this to herself after she coughs)

Health

Rooney had her second trip to the dentist this month. She did great but did cry toward the end. They said everything looks good and is coming in as it should!

She has had a cold for about 10 days now. She coughs and sneezes and has a runny nose. It is such a bummer! Last week it turned into croup, which was scary (Eric wrote a separate post about that for Friday).

I noticed a couple weeks ago that a small mole has appeared on her leg. I have lots of moles, but didn't expect to see one on her quite this early.

Her hair looks like a mullet! We are not quite sure what to do about that.

I ordered a little potty and potty ring seat from Zulily last week. I also got her a couple pairs of underwear. I am not sure any of us are ready yet, but I want to be somewhat prepared once she shows more interest in potty training.

We have used a lot of essential oils to support her immune system during her cold.

We bathe her twice a week. She really likes baths now!

She often has dry, red cheeks from the cold weather (coconut oil works wonders on it).

We all still get adjusted at the chiropractor every week.

She asked me to take off her amber necklace again, which I did.

Teeth: 16. Doesn't she look so old with a mouth full of teeth?

Sleep

Bedtime:6:30 pm
Night sleep: 10.5-12.5 hours
Wake time: 6:45-7:30 am
Nap:45 minutes – 3 hours (usually 1.5 hours)

Sleep has still been good. We are trying to push her nap time back to 1:00 pm and her bedtime back to 6:45, so we'll see how that goes this next month.

She has fought her nap time a couple times. Here's a funny video I took a few weeks ago:

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