Rachel’s Favorite Things

Wow, my little girl turns two next month. It’s gone by fast. I’m hoping that her terrible twos aren’t that terrible. Overall, she’s good natured. When I tell her to come here, or to stop doing something, she’ll give me a mischievous grin and keep going. Then when I physically stop her, she’ll do a [...]

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Look Who’s Talking!

Rachel is becoming a little parrot now. Often, I’ll hear her chatting to herself “Dora… Boots… Bapack [backpack]… Diaper [Swiper].” She loves Dora the Explorer. Her favorite pajamas are her Dora ones, and when she found a backpack, she was so happy to wear it just like Dora. Her favorite video right now, though, is [...]

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First Attempt at Potty Training

If you’ve seen my facebook status updates, you’ve seen how potty training has gone the past week. We got a Dora the Explorer seat for the toilet and some pull-ups and decided to see how it went.
Rachel liked sitting on the potty. At first, we gave her M&Ms to show it was a good thing, [...]

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My Busy Little Girl

It’s hard to believe that Rachel is already 1 3/4 years old. She’s been busy learning new words. She’s up to a dozen now at least. Most recent ones include “star,” “Dora” (from Dora the Explorer), and “choo choo.” It probably won’t be long before she strings them together in sentences. She can already say [...]

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Keeping Cool

Whoops! I totally missed June’s blogpost about Rachel. At least 17 months without a miss is pretty good. Here’s how Rachel’s doing.
I love how Rachel’s hair is growing. It’s growing thicker, which makes it much easier to do her hair. The problem is, she’s very wiggly and doesn’t like me messing with it. [...]

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Nursery Time!

Recently, we had a ward activity where the festivities included hair braiding by the young women. We had them give Rachel a tiny braid on top of her head, and I found that the tiny rubber band was perfect for holding barrettes in her hair! I am so excited that I can put things in her hair [...]

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Rachel’s Easter

I finally put away all my nursing clothes this week. Weaning’s been a slow process, because I’ve been such a sucker for Rachel’s demands. But now, my body is my own! And what’s even more fun is that Rachel doesn’t seem to be reacting to cow’s milk anymore! I’m glad she’s finally grown out of [...]

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Rachel’s Sweet Sixteen

Now that Rachel is sixteen months old, and lifting my shirt to let me know that she wants milk, I figured it’s finally time to wean her. I’m phasing it out slowly. I started off with what I thought would be the hardest – cutting out the feeding she likes to get in the middle [...]

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What Part of “No” Don’t You Understand?

Rachel has learned a toddler’s favorite word: No. At least she says it in a cute polite way instead of screaming it at me when she doesn’t want to do something. I’m hoping that lasts.
There is evidence, however, that she doesn’t understand what “no” means. She understands that I say “No” when she dumps my [...]

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Like Mother, Like Daughter

This month, it struck me how much like me in temperament Rachel is. When I took her to story time at the library, I was surprised that for the first few minutes, she just wanted to hang out near me. Then as she got more comfortable, she started running around and playing. That’s how I [...]

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