If it’s classified as “trouble”, Amanda will find a way to get into it. Whether it’s emptying a drawer full of folded clothes, dumping cornmeal on the floor, spilling mommy’s chocolate milk, or getting stuck under the bed while chasing after the cat (all of which has happened in the last two days), Amanda seems to have a genius for getting into scrapes. I know the phrase, “I only looked away for a second” is practically a cliché, but it’s TRUE! Toddlers wait until you’re distracted, putting away clothes, making lunch, or going to the bathroom, and then they cut loose! It’s like they have “mommy radar” or something. “She’ll be gone for exactly 20 seconds – now’s our chance!”
Amanda still doesn’t have much of a vocabulary, but it’s clear she understands a lot more than she can say. If I say, “Where’s your puppy?”, she’ll run over and get it for me. If I tell her, “Sit down and eat your dinner”, she walks right over to her little chair and climbs into her seat. If I say, “Throw this in the trash”, she knows exactly where to take it.
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