At 27 months, Bethany is a girl who knows her own mind. Though she still can’t talk, she expresses herself through pointing, nodding, shaking her head, and other gestures. When she wants something that Eva or Amanda happen to be playing with, Bethany has a habit of swiping it and running away at full speed with a screaming sister on her tail. Sometimes I wonder if the thrill of the chase or the attention is more exciting to her than the item itself. She knows she’s not allowed to have a sweet until after she finishes lunch or dinner, but that hasn’t stopped her from pushing her food away and crying because her sisters are getting a treat after polishing their plates.
She loves to climb on the desk while I’m typing or push her little chair around the kitchen and use it as a step-stool for reaching things she’s not supposed to get into. She loves to get into the wet wipes and “clean” things around the house. Yesterday I caught her wringing a wet wipe into my coffee. She is soooo “two”!
Bethany is now old enough to understand a lot of what she sees on TV and find it either funny or frightening. I very rarely allow the girls to watch anything with a villain in it (at 4, Amanda is still at the age where it’s difficult to distinguish fantasy from reality). But little things you wouldn’t think of, like Mr. McGregor chasing Peter Rabbit away from his garden, are suddenly scaring Bethany, so I’m more careful now what I allow the girls to watch when she’s awake.
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