More Blue

After I put Teah down to bed tonight I hear "Ma Ma. Ma Ma", so I went up after a few minutes when she wasn't falling asleep. She saw me and said "AhBlue" :). I brought up her Blue toy and she went to sleep. Perhaps she's developing her first real security object.

Ah Blue

Teah has become quite obsessed with a stuffed Blue (from Blue's Clues) toy that she has. She walks around saying "AhBlue" whenever she wants it. I don't know if she's trying to say "my blue" or what. Today we went to the park and when we got out of the car she was saying "Ah blue" (she always wants to bring it in the car with us). So, I let her bring Blue with her to the park. She was hilarious. She caught Blue at the bottom of the slide, drug the toy through the tunnels, and pushed her on the swing. Now for months Teah has not wanted to go down a slide by herself - she might if I hold her hand or go down with her, but definitely not by herself. Today she brought Blue up with her, put the toy down the slide and then followed her down without hesitation all by herself :) It was only then that I realized the magic of Blue and pretending. For lunch Blue took a bite of peas before every bite that Teah took and she gobbled them down :)

A Little Experiment

Two days ago I decided to have a little experiment with Teah. Lately she's been obsessed with going to the bathroom - poop and pee are two of her favorite words :) She watches the dog and always has to go in with me. She puts her stuffed animals on her little potty and says "pee. poop". Every time I change her diaper she says the same thing. So, I was wondering if she might be ready to start some potty training, even though she's pretty young. Well, I decided to move the potty chair into the living room and let her run around naked one evening. I planned on watching her like a hawk and sticking her on her potty if she looked like she was going to go on the floor. Well, Robert came home and we were talking and I was not watching her so hawklike. She was standing up next to the TV Stand reading a book and the next thing I know there is poop on the floor!! lmao. I jumped up and put her on the potty, but I don't think she had any clue that had come from her. Lesson learned - we'll keep the diaper on!

Fun and Games

Today Teah discovered stickers. She had gotten six little round Disney princess stickers from the doctor awhile back, but I didn't give them to her because she wouldn't have understood them. Today we were sitting around and I decided she might have fun with them. She thought they were great - she kept taking one and sticking it on her foot, and her tummy, her nose, her leg, etc until it wouldn't stick anymore - then she'd want another one. Well, then she came up with a game. She took the sticker and put it on her little soccer ball. Then she rolled the soccer ball so she didn't know where the sticker was. Then she would pick it up and play Find the Sticker! She was so proud of herself when she would find it on the ball :)

Toddlerhood's happening

Cute things that Teah has done recently -

We walked into the grocery store and Teah immediately said "Elmo Elmo Elmo" - of course she babbles on about Elmo constantly in general, so I didn't think much of it. As I went to get a cart I noticed that a little girl walking into the store with her Mom was holding an Elmo doll. Teah noticed it the minute we stepped through the door :)

Teah's is also recently obsessed with Blue's Clues - she got her first Blue stuffed toy the other day and today she took, after putting her shoe and hairthing on the toy (with mommy's help of course), she laid down on the floor with her and took a little rest.

Every time we leave the house now to go shopping Teah wants to bring a toy with her. It's so cute to see her walk out the door - generally I let her walk out to the sidewalk rather than carry her - holding her little Blue toy by the arm or carrying her magnadoodle using the handle.

Teah's recent accomplishments - being able to do wooden "board" puzzles, saying "please", going down a step without holding on (running even), eating competently with a spoon

Teah's love for Elmo

Teah can now say the word "Elmo" - well, perhaps it sounds more like "Emo" - and she doesn't stop saying it. The funniest time that she uses the word is when she wakes up. Every morning and after naptime for the past few days the minute I walk into her room she looks at me and says "Emo, Emo, Emo, Emo". I guess she's dreaming about Elmo :)