Alice used the word “shoe” today, although in a prompted manner. She was holding a shoe when she said it, though. She spontaneously said “ball” while holding one out, so there’s some hope she knows that word. The current Alice vocabularly is:
Alice is shifting from the “vibra-stomp” to the “fling to the ground” style of protesting parental decisions. I guess she figures that since she’s had her first head trauma what has she got to lose?
Alice is now actively resisting wearing a diaper when it’s the only thing she has on. Alice would much prefer to run wild and free of the encumbrances of clothing. She managed to get her diaper off this afternoon so I had to chase a naked Alice around the upstairs until I cornered her on Charles’ bed. It required some serious restraining effort to get the diaper back on her and even after that, she just sat on the floor with a frustrated look, pulling at the diaper to try to get it off.