Peanut Butter Cups, Polka Dots, and Pups: Finley is 17 Months Old!

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Weight: 21 lbs 6 oz

Teeth: Two bottom teeth, four top teeth! And now two top molars are poking through.

I love to:

Find letters on any and everything. I will say ABC over and over again and then search for letters on clothing, books, television, etc. My favorite books right now are A to Z and ABC Science. I also love to do puzzles with letters or animals.
Go for "woks" in the morning. If it is time for a walk, I will make sure to bring you the dog leashes. I like to point out trees, the letters on signs, rocks, bunnies, etc.
MUSIC! I am obsessed with Super Simple Songs - especially Old MacDonald, 5 Little Ducks, 5 Little Monkeys, Baby Shark. I say "duck, duck or EIEIEIE" to make sure you understand what I want. If I don't get to watch/listen to my songs, I get very upset.
I love to go out in the front yard and walk around after dinner. I am getting pretty fast! We look at the bees on the flowers and sometimes play with bubbles.
I still love playing in the pantry. I like to chew on bars that I find and point out what I want to eat.
Play with Marley and Jack. I like to lay my head on Marley like I am sleeping.
READ. I now point to the couch and put the books that I want to read on it and yell "Read" over and over until someone sits down to read to me. I also spend time pulling books out and reading them to myself.
Getting out all of the workout bands and slides when Mama turns on Beachbody to do her workout.
For Dada to hold me in the flying position and fly towards Marley! I throw a tantrum when he stops! haha

I can:

Say and identify all 26 letters of the alphabet!
Put shapes correctly into a shape sorter.
Do simple shapes puzzles all on my own!
Stack rings in order from largest to smallest without any help.
Zip and unzip things like my sleep sack.
Follow along with movements to some songs like Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes and the Llama, Llama books
Pretend to go "night, night"
Pat my baby on the back and put her to sleep
Brush my hands off when I fall down outside
Help Mama and Dada unload the dishwasher
Hit a ball with my golf club
Throw a temper tantrum when I don't get what I want - especially when I want to listen to one of my Simple Songs on TV. Mama only allows me to watch two at a time.
I am very persistent when I want to do something.

I can say: (these are all the new words)

I can now say over 100 words!!!