17 months: words and wees

The month has seen a rapid advance on both sign language and real words from Zach, including his first string of words (bye bye mamma). He is has starting doing his wees on the potty - though is also keen on tipping them straight out afterwards. Zach and Bronte are ramping up their sibling play, with Bronte having one wonderful morning of reading to Zach while we slept in. He has become "the king" at school - in a room mostly of younger girls, he is very much the boss, and loving it. At home the bossiness continues - with very loud yells until he gets his own way (mum, I wanted to sit in that chair and have my own plate and that water glass and you to sit there and, and, and...). And, just like his sister, he has mastered the "rock and roll" fist pump, as well as a verbal (ro-n-roll). But perhaps most exciting, he now says "Bronte!" (Bubee).