Archive for December, 2008
hand-word coordination
Now that we have Spider nailed down, new hand-word combinations have arisen.
This morning, out of nowhere, he started clapping. For real. Both hands making contact, with the sound of palms slapping against one another. I’m not sure how it started. Did I say “Clap” or did I start singing the “Clap clap clap” song? Anyway, [...]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 at 11:42 pm in milestones | 5 Comments »
the itsy bitsy spider
I had a lot of hope about teaching the boy sign language. I attended an introductory class. I read a book, the studied the flashcards a number of times.
From the first day we fed him solid foods I was using the sign I thought that kids need most. Two hands facing each other, fingers pursed, [...]
Posted by calm mama on Sunday, December 28th, 2008 at 9:49 pm in milestones | 3 Comments »
some words we didn’t mean to teach him
The verbal blue streak continues with:
chair
crab
hippopotamus
spiderman
box
top (as in jar and box)
water
hat
turtle
wallet
He even took the top off a box, and when I put it on my head, he said “Hat!”
(I have edited this post twice today to add new words he keeps revealing. “Turtle” came out at the grocery store where they had a display of [...]
Posted by calm mama on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 at 11:18 am in baby baby baby, milestones | 3 Comments »
new words and fried potatoes
He doesn’t know how to say Hannukah yet, but lately he’s picked up a few more words.
Animal sounds:
He was facing off with the cat the other morning — each on either side of the childproof gate in the living room. The cat meowed. And Jonah meowed back. And continued to meow at the cat, and [...]
Posted by calm mama on Monday, December 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 pm in baby baby baby, holidaze, milestones | 1 Comment »
my awesomeness cannot be contained
Thank you everyone for the encouragement to be the me that I be. In the spirit of those boots (which I am not yet wearing because we are at present in some controversy over sizing — see below) yesterday I was inspired to put an outfit together that DIDN’T involve either yoga pants, flip-flops, or [...]