Happy 14 months! Recognize the skillz
I haven't blogged for awhile to update you on Isaac's new talents. Some of these are a little old, but I list them in the name of completeness.
Words:
*Kitty -- "Kee-ee". For real this time -- he points at cat-brother and says this. Right before he stomps on cat-brothers tail. On purpose. With his shoes on.
*Doggy -- "Dah-ee", "Dah-dee", or "Dah-kee". We have lots of dogs in our neighborhood, and they always elicit gleeful shrieks and pointing from him.
*Ball -- "Baw", accompanied always by pointing at a ball, or holding up a ball to show a grown-up.
*More -- "mo-mo-mo", usually in context of "gimme that animal cracker".
*No -- He says this in response to pretty much any yes/no question directed his way. One of his teachers was recounting how she asked him last week if he had a good weekend. "No," was his reply.
*And Dada and Mama, which he has done for some time.
Other skills:
*He is trying to run, we think to keep up with Claudia.
*He is hypnotically attracted to balls of all kinds.
*Claudia taught him how to "splash" -- they take small rocks from a section of landscaping near the sidewalk and over to a grate and drop them in to the water below. If you say "Isaac, do you want to splash?" he'll fetch some rocks for that very purpose.
*You can ask him if he wants to swing by asking if he wants to go "whee". When he's done swinging, he'll say "Ma?" and lift his arms up, asking you to take him out.
*He is learning sign language. He can do "more", accompanied with a verbal "mo-mo-mo", which inspired me to buy some board books with pictures of babies making signs. After this, he now does the signs for "ball" and "bird" everywhere, and can mimic the signs for "hat", "fish", "book", "ice cream", "eat", and "drink" when we read the book. His teacher says he started doing the sign for "diaper" at school.
*He nods his head up and down for "yes" when he means it sometimes, but if he means "no", he readily shakes his head from side to side.
*He can squirt you with his squeezy bath toy.
*He loves to push things around when walking, and has discovered how to pull toys behind him when walking, too.
*He has recently discovered that he can bend over and look through his legs to see the world upside down, with much ensuing amusement.
*When he wants to read a book, he will get it and bring it over to you. If I pat my lap, he will turn around and sit in it for a reading session.
*He points at every airplane that goes by, usually before we see them, and can track them even on overcast days when they weave in and out of clouds.
*He walks on the "balance beam", a 6"-wide concrete border around the swingset.
*He wants to eat with utensils (sometimes), and can get food on them and to his mouth (sometimes)
*This weekend: he figured out how to open doors that push inward. Not cabinets; that is old-school. I mean doors to rooms, such as bathrooms and bedrooms. He is working on escaping out the front door, because our apartment is STUPID. Get this: we have a deadbolt, as all apartments should, but we have no other mechanism of locking the door. Now enter the stupid part: you know how, in some cars, you can open the door from the inside even when it's locked? Well, the deadbolt to our house can be disengaged simply by pulling the door handle down. I was hoping we could wait to install some sort of other lock on the door until we moved to Delaware, but now it's looking like we will not be so lucky.
*He has been fully weaned for two or three weeks now.
I'm sure there's more, but that's all I can think of for now. Happy 14 months, little guy! Now, stay asleep, before your mom starts going crazy. Muhhahahahahha.
Words:
*Kitty -- "Kee-ee". For real this time -- he points at cat-brother and says this. Right before he stomps on cat-brothers tail. On purpose. With his shoes on.
*Doggy -- "Dah-ee", "Dah-dee", or "Dah-kee". We have lots of dogs in our neighborhood, and they always elicit gleeful shrieks and pointing from him.
*Ball -- "Baw", accompanied always by pointing at a ball, or holding up a ball to show a grown-up.
*More -- "mo-mo-mo", usually in context of "gimme that animal cracker".
*No -- He says this in response to pretty much any yes/no question directed his way. One of his teachers was recounting how she asked him last week if he had a good weekend. "No," was his reply.
*And Dada and Mama, which he has done for some time.
Other skills:
*He is trying to run, we think to keep up with Claudia.
*He is hypnotically attracted to balls of all kinds.
*Claudia taught him how to "splash" -- they take small rocks from a section of landscaping near the sidewalk and over to a grate and drop them in to the water below. If you say "Isaac, do you want to splash?" he'll fetch some rocks for that very purpose.
*You can ask him if he wants to swing by asking if he wants to go "whee". When he's done swinging, he'll say "Ma?" and lift his arms up, asking you to take him out.
*He is learning sign language. He can do "more", accompanied with a verbal "mo-mo-mo", which inspired me to buy some board books with pictures of babies making signs. After this, he now does the signs for "ball" and "bird" everywhere, and can mimic the signs for "hat", "fish", "book", "ice cream", "eat", and "drink" when we read the book. His teacher says he started doing the sign for "diaper" at school.
*He nods his head up and down for "yes" when he means it sometimes, but if he means "no", he readily shakes his head from side to side.
*He can squirt you with his squeezy bath toy.
*He loves to push things around when walking, and has discovered how to pull toys behind him when walking, too.
*He has recently discovered that he can bend over and look through his legs to see the world upside down, with much ensuing amusement.
*When he wants to read a book, he will get it and bring it over to you. If I pat my lap, he will turn around and sit in it for a reading session.
*He points at every airplane that goes by, usually before we see them, and can track them even on overcast days when they weave in and out of clouds.
*He walks on the "balance beam", a 6"-wide concrete border around the swingset.
*He wants to eat with utensils (sometimes), and can get food on them and to his mouth (sometimes)
*This weekend: he figured out how to open doors that push inward. Not cabinets; that is old-school. I mean doors to rooms, such as bathrooms and bedrooms. He is working on escaping out the front door, because our apartment is STUPID. Get this: we have a deadbolt, as all apartments should, but we have no other mechanism of locking the door. Now enter the stupid part: you know how, in some cars, you can open the door from the inside even when it's locked? Well, the deadbolt to our house can be disengaged simply by pulling the door handle down. I was hoping we could wait to install some sort of other lock on the door until we moved to Delaware, but now it's looking like we will not be so lucky.
*He has been fully weaned for two or three weeks now.
I'm sure there's more, but that's all I can think of for now. Happy 14 months, little guy! Now, stay asleep, before your mom starts going crazy. Muhhahahahahha.
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