Jane-bug has been hanging out with us for 23 months! She said her first sentence this week that wasn’t just repeating one of us: “I poopy.” Yep. She’s still occasionally interested in the potty, but she hasn’t had success in quite a while, so I’m just concentrating my efforts on her older sister. Verbally, she’s saying a ton of stuff, though she still prefers to grab my hand, “come!”, and pull me to whatever it is she wants, pointing vigorously. Just this week, she’s also said, “Eat cancake (eg, pancake)” and “Take bath.” She likes to participate in family worship (“Jesus Amen” and “Praise Lord”) and watch educational DVDs with the big kids (“watch somping”). Seriously, she’s fascinated by Ancient Egypt. (…or maybe just anything on the screen that moves, and she doesn’t know better?) She loves playing outside, with or without the big kids. She loves her bike helmet and will put it on any time there’s a chance she might ride a trike, scooter, or razor. She can climb up onto the big girls’ bikes by herself.
Her hair is slowly getting longer, but I can’t bear to cut it. I try to pull her hair out of her face every day now, and she’s getting better about leaving elastic bands and clips in it. She is very attached to her blankie and almost as attached to Tib (“Bib”). She loves to play in the play kitchen, take Tib for rides in the shopping cart, and help me cook in the real kitchen. The more mess, the better. She really prefers sitting in a booster at the actual table to hanging out in her high chair. I’m just not quite ready to give it up, though!
Janie’s favorite author is definitely Sandra Boynton. She searches for those board books on our shelves, brings them over, plops down on our laps, and happily reads along. I recently gave the big kids the job of reading to Janie every day while I work on school stuff with the other one, and they’ve all enjoyed it. Janie likes playing games with the big kids (Go Away, Monster and Hungry Hungry Hippos) and being part of whatever the rest of us are doing. She loves to make messes, to the constant despair of her siblings and mommy.
She’s getting teeth #15 and 16, painfully and slowly, but when they’re not bugging her, she’ll stay in bed 7:30-7ish and nap 1-3 or 4ish. Tib keeps her happy in bed for quite a while on the days when I can’t get to her right away, and she stays active enough the rest of the day that I don’t mind too much if she has some mellow awake crib time. While a sick or achey Jane-Bug is whiney and pathetic, a well-rested and healthy Jane-Bug is so much fun to have around!
