Okay, so I don’t really know which one was the 200th word because I was having too much fun using the sort feature to alphabetize the list, eliminate duplicates. Sometime in the last few days, Jonah said his two-hundreth word.…
Category: milestones
jonah’s experience of the inauguration
I turn on the TV to set the Tivo to record (since I won’t let him watch TV). He immediately pulls himself up against the TV stand and looks up at the giant screen, at the crowds. Hiiiii! He says.…
words words words (and more words)
He says: clothes, shirt, pants, knee clap, lap open, closed, knock zebra hair (and the phrase: “brush hair”) me, Jonah (these two words together, while pointing to himself) and tonight, while I was nursing him, and someone called, which one…
he’s weaning mom?
I meant to but never reported exactly when we realized the pacifier had faded away. I think it was around eight months or soon thereafter because I know he wasn’t taking it during that second round of sleep (re)training. It…
my little napoleon
He just keeps on talking. He puts together adjectives and nouns now, which Laura says is a very advanced skill. Waaruh! Cold! Waaruh! Cold. (Water, for those who cannot translate.) We do a lot of guessing lately. Tonight while I…
they call him the poopinator
Our poop story continues. First, a swing and a miss: This morning, I was preparing to go into the big city to do some real work (gulp!). So I was a little distracted. Not totally on my mom game. You…
must have more
Well, we finally have achieved sign language. Yesterday, after I read a requested “Book!” he said “Moooureh” and made the little two birds kissing sign with his hands. So that’s it folks. The boy has learned how to sign and…
i think it means we’re teaching him self esteem
Jonah is figuring out some of his toys on a new level. Whereas many items were deemed merely good for chewing or banging on or with, now he’s starting to get how the shapes go into the matching holes on…