I'm pretty sure I didn't do a 21 month post, nor did I do a 22 month post... I'm not even going to bother doing those right now. But I wanted to do an alphabet update, because that's one of the main developmental things that has gone on in the past couple of months.
My last alphabet update was when Noah was 21 months old, and he knew all of his letters. All 26 letters of the alphabet, without any prompting. He knew all the capitals, and about half of the lower-case letters.
By the time he turned 22 months old he knew all of the lower case letters, along with all the uppercase letters. BUT, by 22 months he also knew ALL of the letter sounds. All of them.
He can also build many of the letters out of duplo. A month ago, after we bought the duplo (we just had mega bloks before), Justin made an E and showed it to Noah. After that Noah wanted us to make all the letters (and after we made them he would take them gently, and say "Thank you!!!" in an amazed voice). Now he makes some of them on his own, like M, F, L, T, I, I, U, and J.
The alphabet is just one of his favourite things. And seriously, this kid loves to learn. He has known all 11 of the main colours since about 18 months. He has also known most of the shapes for several months (circle, oval, square, rectangle, triangle, star, diamond, and heart). And when I say he knows them, I mean that he will show you that shape (or colour, or letter) and tell you the name of it. Not that we say "Where's the star?" and he picks it out.
Obviously I am very impressed with my kid:) And so is everybody else, really. Strangers can't believe it when he gets going.
By the way, my impressive kid is not having a nap today. I had a friend and her baby over today and we were having such a nice time that I completely lost track of time, and before I knew it, it was 3:00. If I put Noah to bed at 3, he wouldn't be asleep until 3:30, then he would sleep until about 4:30, and then he wouldn't go to sleep until 10pm. So we are trying to skip a nap completely today. So far so good, although it is 4:15 and he has started to get a little whiny, which is not his norm. He's also slightly clumsy. Haha.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Sunday, November 20, 2011
20 Months Old
At 20 months, here is where Noah is at:
-I haven't weighed or measured Noah this month, but I assume he is just slightly heavier and taller than he was at 18 months, when he was 27lbs and 35 inches.
-He is in size 4 diapers during the day and night.
-He wears size 2T and 3T clothing. Most 2T clothing is too short, though.
-He wears size 6 shoes.
-He nurses on demand, 4-8 times a day.
-He exclusively feeds himself his solids, either with his hands or with a spoon and fork. If he is given a utensil, he will always use it. He also drinks out of a regular cup quite well, although we try to use a sippy cup as often as he will let us since we run less risk of him purposefully pouring out his water.
-He has 16 full teeth. The only ones left are his 2 year molars.
-His broken leg is pretty much completely healed.
-He sleeps straight through the night now, between 9.5 and 11 hours total. 11 hours is rare. He gets less total sleep now that he's not nursing overnight, which isn't great, but I am loving not getting up in the middle of the night with him. Bedtime is still about 8:30pm.
-I haven't weighed or measured Noah this month, but I assume he is just slightly heavier and taller than he was at 18 months, when he was 27lbs and 35 inches.
-He is in size 4 diapers during the day and night.
-He wears size 2T and 3T clothing. Most 2T clothing is too short, though.
-He wears size 6 shoes.
-He nurses on demand, 4-8 times a day.
-He exclusively feeds himself his solids, either with his hands or with a spoon and fork. If he is given a utensil, he will always use it. He also drinks out of a regular cup quite well, although we try to use a sippy cup as often as he will let us since we run less risk of him purposefully pouring out his water.
-He has 16 full teeth. The only ones left are his 2 year molars.
-His broken leg is pretty much completely healed.
-He sleeps straight through the night now, between 9.5 and 11 hours total. 11 hours is rare. He gets less total sleep now that he's not nursing overnight, which isn't great, but I am loving not getting up in the middle of the night with him. Bedtime is still about 8:30pm.
-He naps for one hour, and we are finally at the point that I just plop him in his crib wide awake.
-At 15 months Noah was saying 18 words. At 16 months he was saying 42 words. At 17 months he was saying 79 words. At 18 months he was saying 137 words. At 19 months Noah was saying over 300 words, although I had only recorded 281.
-At 20 months Noah is saying over 424 words (I have 424 recorded, but I know I'm missing some - I finally alphabetized them in an Excel document! I know, so overboard.)
-At 15 months Noah was saying 18 words. At 16 months he was saying 42 words. At 17 months he was saying 79 words. At 18 months he was saying 137 words. At 19 months Noah was saying over 300 words, although I had only recorded 281.
-At 20 months Noah is saying over 424 words (I have 424 recorded, but I know I'm missing some - I finally alphabetized them in an Excel document! I know, so overboard.)
Sorry, here's where I record these words in case my computer crashes...
His old words that he's still saying are: Mama, Dada, uh oh, more, this, that, cat, night night, hot, up, yes, woof woof ("what does a dog say?"), baa ("what does a sheep/goat say?"), moo ("what does a cow say?"), car, ball, shoes, cracker, Noah, water, orange, clock, blech, hi, done, dirt, Bert, puff, swish, fluff, book, buzz, Papa, Nana, boo, fish, phone, again, home, sunglasses, Gramper, sit, stretch, glasses, food, laptop, love, hair, quack, bye, tshirt, shirt, aunt, poop, slide, cheese, Colton, danger, banana, feet, please, clock, cold, toes, ooo-ooo-ahh-ahh (monkey sound), bad, burger, boo-boo (as in, an owie), nurse, block, fly, stuck, chalk, out, fit, hat, bye-bye, and shit (yeah, I'm not proud of that), pool, eyes, nose, rice, pour, no, apple, bath, heck, help, eat, T.V., pup, corn, cook, moon, sun, on, off, mouse, brush, ice, neigh, push, yay, peach, buddy, you, hi, mess, flip, hose, toast, home, see you, pieces, pear, foot, me, tape, open, meat, ok, out, street, outside, keys, bits, pee, flies, away, whoa, cheerios, cut, gas, wet, hey, bless, plate, baby, kick, acorn, grass, light, dark, medicine, horse, cake, after, bar, house, two, three, go, doctor, windy, lid, hide, Elmo, get, it, fix, button, thank, beep, one, cookie, high, chair, highchair, whack, walk, tower, cute, breakfast, bawk (chicken), back, moose, lion, tiger, dinner, pocket, Ernie, draw, wall, welcome, Granny, Matt, Lynsey, aunt, Giliane, Nick, Hilary, cuddle, boat, pen, puck, ready, picture, coming, dude, cool, clothes, soother, green, purple, blue, both, you, I, love, fries, toys, red, playdoh, stick, hockey, hit, ribbit, frog (which comes out as f#ck), colour, found, plug, pizza, coffee, cricket, broke, ring, hug, rice, watch, arm, leg, ear, closet, open, dukie (dutch slang for washcloth), chicken, Abby, sweep, music, Emmie, Lexie, other, room, welcome, rain, clap, table, yellow, crayon, crib, music, lotion, cube, self, ice cube, new, giraffe, bite, blanky, dance, meow, cow, dog, rabbit, tomato, tree, bathroom, cup, window, honk, pretty, grape, fork, spoon, knife, goose, bang, Scout, peek-a-boo.
His old words that he's still saying are: Mama, Dada, uh oh, more, this, that, cat, night night, hot, up, yes, woof woof ("what does a dog say?"), baa ("what does a sheep/goat say?"), moo ("what does a cow say?"), car, ball, shoes, cracker, Noah, water, orange, clock, blech, hi, done, dirt, Bert, puff, swish, fluff, book, buzz, Papa, Nana, boo, fish, phone, again, home, sunglasses, Gramper, sit, stretch, glasses, food, laptop, love, hair, quack, bye, tshirt, shirt, aunt, poop, slide, cheese, Colton, danger, banana, feet, please, clock, cold, toes, ooo-ooo-ahh-ahh (monkey sound), bad, burger, boo-boo (as in, an owie), nurse, block, fly, stuck, chalk, out, fit, hat, bye-bye, and shit (yeah, I'm not proud of that), pool, eyes, nose, rice, pour, no, apple, bath, heck, help, eat, T.V., pup, corn, cook, moon, sun, on, off, mouse, brush, ice, neigh, push, yay, peach, buddy, you, hi, mess, flip, hose, toast, home, see you, pieces, pear, foot, me, tape, open, meat, ok, out, street, outside, keys, bits, pee, flies, away, whoa, cheerios, cut, gas, wet, hey, bless, plate, baby, kick, acorn, grass, light, dark, medicine, horse, cake, after, bar, house, two, three, go, doctor, windy, lid, hide, Elmo, get, it, fix, button, thank, beep, one, cookie, high, chair, highchair, whack, walk, tower, cute, breakfast, bawk (chicken), back, moose, lion, tiger, dinner, pocket, Ernie, draw, wall, welcome, Granny, Matt, Lynsey, aunt, Giliane, Nick, Hilary, cuddle, boat, pen, puck, ready, picture, coming, dude, cool, clothes, soother, green, purple, blue, both, you, I, love, fries, toys, red, playdoh, stick, hockey, hit, ribbit, frog (which comes out as f#ck), colour, found, plug, pizza, coffee, cricket, broke, ring, hug, rice, watch, arm, leg, ear, closet, open, dukie (dutch slang for washcloth), chicken, Abby, sweep, music, Emmie, Lexie, other, room, welcome, rain, clap, table, yellow, crayon, crib, music, lotion, cube, self, ice cube, new, giraffe, bite, blanky, dance, meow, cow, dog, rabbit, tomato, tree, bathroom, cup, window, honk, pretty, grape, fork, spoon, knife, goose, bang, Scout, peek-a-boo.
His new words are (and I don't actually expect anyone to read through this list):
Sun, Whistle, Groceries, Bat, Head, Sweetpea, Soap, Squeeze, Knock, Bib, Beef, Fishies, Hand, Yum, Yummy, Mustard, Tag, Bubbles, Jeans, Kids, Sock, Nipple, Hammer, Dinner, Supper, Piano, Bear, Bed, Room, Bedroom, James, Pasta, Diaper, Zoe, Pushing, Computer, Sick, Basket, Egg, Working, Sleeping, Sleepy, Walking, Bumbo, Noise, What, Wipe, Empty, Big, Fast, Heavy, Football, Tape, Scissors, Getting, Buckle, Seatbelt, Potty, Swirl, Smock, Tray, Header, Baseball, Pass, Penguin, Pumpkin, Shower, Mommy, Daddy, Mom, Right, Flower, Bathtime, Wall, Spin, Heat, Wow, Neat, Clean, Here, Good, Fishies, Sitting, Tub, Bum, Berries, Wash, Washing, Nursing, Helping, Brushing, Puppy, Super, Grover, Drink, Drinking, Eating, Hitting, Warm, Bucky, Gross, Careful, Sleep, Yuck, Yucky, Take, Tickle, Bike, Ride, Riding, Funny, Cord, Cereal, Smell, peel, nothing, teacher, elastic, cushion, nope, yup, Dad, Blow, Goldfish, Throw, There, Is, Sheep, Pink, White, Where, Hiding, Nap, Camera, Pancake, Boots, Sandals, Stinky, Stroller, Squish, Squishy, excuse, fun, happy, me, under, over
-This month, in about 3 days time, Noah went from calling us Mama, Dada, and Wawa (how he pronounced Noah), to Mommy, Daddy, and Noah. It made me a little bit sad.
-He is putting many two word and some three word phrases together. For example: thank you, bless you, get it, get you, got you, hang on, excuse me, there it is, etc.
-This month, in about 3 days time, Noah went from calling us Mama, Dada, and Wawa (how he pronounced Noah), to Mommy, Daddy, and Noah. It made me a little bit sad.
-He is putting many two word and some three word phrases together. For example: thank you, bless you, get it, get you, got you, hang on, excuse me, there it is, etc.
-He still loves to play with the vacuum cleaner, hair dryer, any cleaning implement, or anything electronic that isn't meant to be played with.
-As for actual toys, his favourites are our Clifford Stacking Blocks, his Cozy Coupe car, his tricycle, any type of ball, his mini sticks, and mega blocks.
-He knows all 10 of the main colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, black, brown, white.
-He knows all 10 of the main colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, black, brown, white.
-He knows the shapes circle, star, and square. We don't really work any discussion of shapes into our play, so far. He just picked those up because his magnetic doodle pad has circle, star, and square magnets.
-He'll count "one, two, three..." but most of the time when he's counting he still says "Two, two, two, two..." as he points to different objects. It is so cute.
-He loves to colour, play with play-doh, blow bubbles, build towers, play in the corn table, play in the bubble table, play outside, kick balls... I could go on.
-He still loves Sesame Street, and the show Super Why. I'm impressed with how much he will pay attention to Super Why, considering it's a full half hour show about reading, letters, and writing.
-Noah has been sick twice in the last month. The count is at 15.
-He is getting much less shy, but he still has separation anxiety from me. The only people who can babysit him are my Mom and Dad (together - my Mom HAS to be there). They've done this twice in the past couple of weeks so Justin and I could go out on an early dinner date - home in time for bath and bed!
-He'll count "one, two, three..." but most of the time when he's counting he still says "Two, two, two, two..." as he points to different objects. It is so cute.
-He loves to colour, play with play-doh, blow bubbles, build towers, play in the corn table, play in the bubble table, play outside, kick balls... I could go on.
-He still loves Sesame Street, and the show Super Why. I'm impressed with how much he will pay attention to Super Why, considering it's a full half hour show about reading, letters, and writing.
-Noah has been sick twice in the last month. The count is at 15.
-He is getting much less shy, but he still has separation anxiety from me. The only people who can babysit him are my Mom and Dad (together - my Mom HAS to be there). They've done this twice in the past couple of weeks so Justin and I could go out on an early dinner date - home in time for bath and bed!
19-20 months was a really nice month for us. Noah was really fun, agreeable, and obedient. There were no sleep struggles, which was awesome. I guess it did suck that he was sick twice, but if he's happy and pleasant (which he's not with this latest cold), I don't mind him being sick as much.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Bubbles, Circles, Colours and Snow
Yesterday it was freezing out, but Noah and I went outside to play, anyway. It was 4pm and I was trying to kill time until Justin got home at 5:15.
It was sunny right when we went out, so I opened the van door to get my sunglasses out. Immediately Noah started saying "Bubbles! Bubbles. Bubbles. Bubbles." Oh crap, I forgot. Whenever he sees me open that door, he sees the bubbles that have been sitting in the lower water bottle holder since July. And even though we haven't actually blown bubbles since July, he knows exactly what they are, and always wants to play with them.
I don't know if it's because he actually remembers when we blew bubbles in July, or if he knows what bubbles are from that episode of Sesame Street, and because he is obviously a genius, he somehow knows that that green bottle in the van door is a bottle of bubbles.
Regardless, I decided to stop being a mean Mommy (Don't judge me. The bubble wand drips on your clothes, and your hands get sticky from the bubble solution.) and actually let him play with the bubbles.
To my surprise, it didn't take him long to perfect his bubble blowing technique and actually blow proper bubbles! I was very impressed.
After playing with bubbles for about 45 minutes, we went on a wagon ride, during which it started to snow. Gross. I feel like my whole fall was wasted with being so sick with my colitis flare up, and then Noah breaking his leg and not being allowed to run around. Then when his leg was better, we got sick again. And then we got better. So now we can go outside to play. You know, now that its 3 degrees outside.
Continuing with the randomness:
Noah is not a big fan of vegetables. Last night at dinner he put a piece of broccoli in his mouth, said, "Gross," and pulled it back out and put it back on his plate. I tried suggesting he eat carrots instead. I had cut his round carrot pieces in half, so they were semi circles. I put one in his mouth, and he was not thrilled. I said, "Yummy! Look, Mommy is eating carrots, too!" My carrots were not cut up, so they were circular.
After Noah saw me eat the carrot in the shape of a circle, he said "Orange circle," pointing to the carrots on my plate. And after that he ate tons of carrots, as long as they were in the shape of a circle. It's not as if he can't say "carrot," but every time he wanted another one from my plate, he pointed to them and said, "Circle."
I am impressed that he knows several shapes in many different contexts without being prompted or reminded. He is 19 months old and knows all his colours and some of his shapes. He even can identify colours properly when they're not in the deep bold hues. The difference between dark purple and pastel purple is pretty huge, but the other day I was wearing a pastel purple shirt (and Noah usually plays with dark purple blocks or crayons, so that's what he learned purple was) and I said "Noah, what colour is my shirt?" He gazed at it for about 3 seconds, then looked at me and said "Purple?"
Again, I was impressed.
Ok, enough bragging.
It was sunny right when we went out, so I opened the van door to get my sunglasses out. Immediately Noah started saying "Bubbles! Bubbles. Bubbles. Bubbles." Oh crap, I forgot. Whenever he sees me open that door, he sees the bubbles that have been sitting in the lower water bottle holder since July. And even though we haven't actually blown bubbles since July, he knows exactly what they are, and always wants to play with them.
I don't know if it's because he actually remembers when we blew bubbles in July, or if he knows what bubbles are from that episode of Sesame Street, and because he is obviously a genius, he somehow knows that that green bottle in the van door is a bottle of bubbles.
Regardless, I decided to stop being a mean Mommy (Don't judge me. The bubble wand drips on your clothes, and your hands get sticky from the bubble solution.) and actually let him play with the bubbles.
To my surprise, it didn't take him long to perfect his bubble blowing technique and actually blow proper bubbles! I was very impressed.
After playing with bubbles for about 45 minutes, we went on a wagon ride, during which it started to snow. Gross. I feel like my whole fall was wasted with being so sick with my colitis flare up, and then Noah breaking his leg and not being allowed to run around. Then when his leg was better, we got sick again. And then we got better. So now we can go outside to play. You know, now that its 3 degrees outside.
Continuing with the randomness:
Noah is not a big fan of vegetables. Last night at dinner he put a piece of broccoli in his mouth, said, "Gross," and pulled it back out and put it back on his plate. I tried suggesting he eat carrots instead. I had cut his round carrot pieces in half, so they were semi circles. I put one in his mouth, and he was not thrilled. I said, "Yummy! Look, Mommy is eating carrots, too!" My carrots were not cut up, so they were circular.
After Noah saw me eat the carrot in the shape of a circle, he said "Orange circle," pointing to the carrots on my plate. And after that he ate tons of carrots, as long as they were in the shape of a circle. It's not as if he can't say "carrot," but every time he wanted another one from my plate, he pointed to them and said, "Circle."
I am impressed that he knows several shapes in many different contexts without being prompted or reminded. He is 19 months old and knows all his colours and some of his shapes. He even can identify colours properly when they're not in the deep bold hues. The difference between dark purple and pastel purple is pretty huge, but the other day I was wearing a pastel purple shirt (and Noah usually plays with dark purple blocks or crayons, so that's what he learned purple was) and I said "Noah, what colour is my shirt?" He gazed at it for about 3 seconds, then looked at me and said "Purple?"
Again, I was impressed.
Ok, enough bragging.
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