What Amy does

• Lies down in the bath, supported on her forearms, kicks like she’s swimming.
• Puts her face forward or sideways into the water, which amuses her.
• Gets quite upset if she poops in the tub or on her naked-time blanket.
• Doesn’t mind peeing in the tub, but sometimes gets upset if she pees on the blanket.
• Goes around the blanket playing and saying “Pee” whether she is going to or not.
• Occasionally sits on her potty, occasionally saying “pee” or “poop” but not doing either (except that one time).
• Hands us the spoon to fill. (Oh my. Interesting transition, eh?)
• Has just today figured out that food gets to her mouth more consistently if she brings the spoon up level instead of flipping it upside-down.
• Bangs on her food, her dish, her tray, her sippy cup, with the spoon.
• Occasionally chases food around the dish or tray with the spoon.
• Occasionally is surprised to find that food gets into the spoon.
• Puts the sippy down sideways and says uh-oh.
• Picks it up and sets it upright when we ask her to.
• Says bib, tray, bread, meat, apple (meaning orange), beenie (meaning banana), Cheerios / cereal (I can’t tell which she means — to her they’re probably synonymous).
• Says down, baggit (blanket), or bunny at various times during her meal, whether she’s really done eating or not.
• Says eat when she’s not eating, sometimes when she’s hungry, and sometimes when she’s just finished eating.
• Says honey, which I think means or is synonymous with hungry.
• Eats plenty and is in no danger of starvation.
• Cries at the doctor, even if it’s the vet.
• Likes to sit and look at books or be read to.
• Walks around with a book saying s(h)it, s(h)it, and/or book, book.
• Says Ee-oh (the end) when she turns the last page.
• Calls The Itsy-Bitsy Spider book Ishie.
• Does the spider sign.
• Says down while doing the down came the rain sign.
• Sees a picture of the Pat the Bunny book in a knock-off / sequel and goes to fetch the original.
• Smells flowers on fabric, in books, or anywhere else she sees them.
• Says flower.
• Carries a blanket, bunny, or occasionally another stuffed animal, holding it close with one hand and patting it with the other.
• Sometimes says down or up when she means the other.
• Whines and cries.
• Smiles and laughs.
• Is quiet and engaged.
• Gives lectures or concerts or commentaries.
• Wanders.
• Knows where she is allowed and not allowed.
• Often obeys these limits.
• Sometimes jerks her limbs and / or head when thwarted.
• Usually works through these mini-tantrums pretty quickly.
• Sucks her thumb with blanket gathered up around her nose and mouth.
• Looks over her shoulder, grins, runs away to be chased.
• Plays hide and seek return, a mobile variation on peekaboo.
• Freaks out with joy when the kitty enters the room.
• Loves on the kitty by putting her head on her.
• Thinks all letters are called “A.”
• Points at things, pictures, letters, words, wanting their names.
• Naps maybe an hour a day. (Yikes.)
• Sleeps through thunderstorms.
• Sleeps now.