Evan has become very daring-- walking on the couch and bed, climbing on the coffee table, running with no caution whatsoever. This has resulted in a header off the bed, many foreheads into furniture (why is it always the forehead?!) and plenty of other bumps and bruises. I'm excited for the weather to warm up so we can burn off some of that energy at the park in the evenings.
He's really good at identifying objects, colors, shapes. He speaks more and more clearly every day. One thing that we find very interesting is that he can identify colors of things that he isn't looking at. For example, in the car, we'll ask, "What color is... the sun, the sky, the grass, snow, Laika, Lars...?" and he knows. We'll add new things just to test him and he knows. I don't know for sure, but that seems really smart to me.
He also has a better grasp on what "yes" and "no" mean. That's quite helpful.
His favorite toys are still books but he's getting a little better at not being 100% book focused.
He loves music and likes to dance. Here are a couple examples:
He shows his love for Laika in weird ways... like standing on her, sitting on her, climbing over her, pulling her tail. Maybe "love" isn't the right word. Maybe the right word is "dominance". When she's digging her bed (you know doing that thing that dogs do to make their bed more comfortable), he loves to run over and lay on it like, "hey, thanks for making the bed for me, Laika!" She just looks at him like, "wtf, kid?!" They also have sweet moments together though. Like when he hugs her, or reads to her.
He's gotten really good at things like shape sorting and block stacking. They're little things, but they're developmentally important.
Based on this entry, more parents should let their children smash their foreheads into things. If you really want your child to develop it should become part of the schedule. Dinner, forehead bumping, bath, reading, bed.
ReplyDeleteAnd who taught him the John Travolta disco move in the first dancing video? That's cool, man.
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