sienna is 17 months old
Posted by kyden on Friday Dec 21, 2012 Under sienna- giving kisses. i know i said that she liked giving kisses before, but she’s taken it to a whole new level. sometimes, mommy wakes up to sienna giving her mouth-to-mouth. sometimes sienna kisses people that she doesn’t even know very well. the worst is when i’m crying, and sienna comes up to me and hugs and kisses me. everyone oohs and aahs about how cute she is and forgets that i am upset.
- talking. sienna likes to talk, but there are a lot of things that she can’t say yet. i always ask mommy and daddy why sienna says “meel” instead of “milk”, “mama” instead of “mommy”, and doesn’t even try to say things like “good morning”. they always remind me that sienna is still a baby. (and actually, she talks a lot more than i did at her age!)
- playing follow-the-leader. but she always insists on leading. actually, she just drags people around to where she wants them to go.
- walking up and down the stairs. she doesn’t like to crawl up or slide down on her tummy anymore. i always yell at her “sienna, turn out! that not safe!” but she doesn’t listen to me.
- hitting. she doesn’t hit very hard, but she does it a lot. i’ve been trying to teach her to pet me gently, just like everyone taught me to do with koda.
- dancing. i think she’s actually going to be a pretty good dancer when she gets older. i think she wants to be a belly dancer.
- mama’s belly button. at this age, i liked poking mommy’s belly button, too. but that’s because mommy’s tummy was getting really big which sienna growing inside. sienna just likes to jam her finger into mommy’s belly button when she’s nursing. nobody understands it.
things she doesn’t like:
- sleeping. she wakes up several times a night, and refuses to go back to sleep. it’s not that she can’t soothe herself back to sleep — she flat out refuses. sometimes, mommy or daddy camp out in her room so that if sienna wakes up, she’ll be comforted by knowing that they’re there. but sienna tries to tip toe past them so she can go find someone to play with.
- mommy’s laptop. when mommy tries to work on her laptop, sienna swats mommy’s hands away from the keyboard.