Leaping lizards!

My daughter is going through some developmental leaps, all of a sudden.  I am feeling a bit bewildered;  whether this is due to PMS or her ability to suddenly “read” so many books, I’m not sure.

When I say “read,” of course she is not really reading.  She is pretending to read books she’s memorized.  But the latest, “I like me,” really took me by surprise!  We’ve only read that about 10 or 15 times… a far cry from the dozens upon dozens of times we’ve read many of the other books she can “read” that way.

She put herself to sleep for the first time this week, making her mama proud and sad all at once.  I gave her a bottle and tucked her in on the couch with a tiny little pillow and a little stuffed panda bear given to us by a flight attendant on the way home from San Antonio.  She went right to sleep, believe it or not.

She now says things like this.  Me:  “Bella, do you need to go potty?”  Bella:  “NO Mommy, I just WENT!”  She sounds so grown up, I am not even sure how to deal with it!

Meanwhile, she is also tantruming more than ever, louder and harder than ever.  She is far less reasonable than usual, crankier, and more willing to fight.  I’m seriously bewildered and at my wits end.

So I better enjoy this nap while I can!

Edited: June 1st, 2009