No!
Alongside Z's development of skills she's developed quite the little personality that likes to show itself a few times a day.
Our 18 month old is two, I swear!
Cases in point:
For weeks now, she's been naming and putting shapes into her shape ball toy (something along these lines, but ball-shaped with more shapes - the blue and red one we had as kids).
But in the same time frame, she's also mastered the ability to throw up her arms in a fit, making her body as slick and stiff and impossible to lift or hold as can be.
She's a wonder at identifying items as we name them - even newly introduced ones (today's was 'sandwich' as in a toy food sandwich we made together).
And she's a whiz at the whine. If she knows we're in earshot, we'll get to hear a whine as her plea for help with something that's frustrating her. If she doesn't know we're there, it's amazing what she can pull off on her own! ;)
She's fast to say thank you and she's great about following most directions, like putting things back in their place.
But she's also been having a great time at testing the limits. I'll catch her watching me as she's reaching a little hand out for the recycling bin or for the buttons on the dishwasher.
This girl knows where the game is at!
All in all, she's terrific. I couldn't ask for a sweeter, funnier, little girl. So the fact that intelligence is at the bottom of the less-than-desirable behavior is tolerable and even amusing. I really never thought I'd ever laugh at a toddler throwing a fit, but I do!
But OK, I could do with a little less whine... :)
Who me?
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