Harper Grace: 16 Months



Harper is 16 months old today.  I look forward to writing these monthly updates because it seems that she is growing so quickly these days.  I love looking back and seeing where Riley was at this age and seeing how they are similar.  Here's what she's been up to:

• She still has just her 4 teeth.  I swear that she's been teething for months, but nothing seems to be happening.  We talked to Riley's dentist who said that if she doesn't have any more teeth in a few more months they will begin to question what's going on.  Most likely, she is probably just going to get 8 teeth all at once.  Yippee!  She'll go for her first dentist appointment in 6 months when Riley is scheduled to go back.
• She has an appointment with an allergist in November.  She has had a reaction to eggs several times and they seem to get worse with each exposure.  It seems crazy that we have to wait two months to get her in to be seen.  Until then, we'll just have to really keep an eye on what we are feeding her.  Luckily, we haven't noticed any issues with eggs cooked in baked goods, but we're trying to limit as much as we can since we really don't know the severity of the allergy yet. 
• She is rambunctious!!  She is super busy and it is impossible to slow her down!  She is definitely going to be the one to keep us on our toes.  She still loves to climb and wrestle.  She will now move toys next to chairs and couches to climb her way into them. 
• She is in a hair pulling stage.  I'm not sure why she started, but she will pull hair and laugh or she'll pull hair when she's mad.  It's to the point that we tell her no and get her to let go and she runs herself right to timeout without any prompting.  I don't think that it's a good sign when she thinks it's fun to sit in timeout. 
• The only show that she will sit through is TLC's Baby Story.  It's the funniest thing.  I take advantage of it since I seem to gravitate toward the show when I'm pregnant.  She now points to the TV and yells baby when she sees the show.
• Words: Baby, Riri, Mommy, Daddy, DDDAAADDD!, cheese (for picture taking, of course), ilk, ease (please), Uh-uh, up, bye, kitty.  She's got the head shakes down for no and yes, and will usually answer our questions correctly.
• She loves babies.  She love to carry them around and hold them right up by her neck. 
• She is wearing mostly size 4 shoes.  She's wearing 12-18 month clothes, but can still fit into her 9 month onsies.
• She is still sucking her two middle fingers on her right hand.  She rubs her pointer finger on her cheek to the point that she has her second sore on her cheek.  How in the world do you stop finger sucking??  If we take her fingers out of her mouth she laughs and thinks it's a game.  She only sucks them when she's tired or bored, but we're ready to see the habit go.
• She loves to steal her sister's toys.  Riley hates this and always cries or chases after her which makes Harper think it's a game.  So we're in this nice circle of sisterly love...already.
• She has a fascination with socks and shoes.  She LOVES them.  She is always putting random socks and shoes on.  It's not surprising to see her wearing one Christmas sock and one hello kitty sock.  Needless to say there are socks all around the house and finding a pair has become harder and harder.
• She loves the cat.  She will find him and grab his tail or plop down right on top of him.  We're lucky that she is really the only person that Sam has never bitten.  There have been plenty of opportunities.