Friday, July 15, 2005
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Friday, July 01, 2005
frankenstein
thats what we call him sometimes... as he is working on vocalizing... he grunts or SCREAMS when he sees something he likes (car, train, bus, dog, another car, helicopter, juice, tree, the sky, a truck, birds...)
but he has some "words":
"a-baaah!" (which can be a plane or a bus or a boat - depending on what he sees)
"aarrrgh" (which is car and has a driving/steering wheel sign that goes along with it - but is sometimes also called a "bvroom, vroom")
he said "bubbles" very clearly for a week or so, but it has now turned into abuh-buh-buh-buh-bubbles!...
he makes a clicky kinda gulp sound for truck and a two syllable one for helicopter (I think he is trying to master the K or hard C sound...)
and he makes a kinda double gulping noise for train aka "choo choo"
he says "a-ma" for grandma (my mom), and "nana" for nana, and sometimes even "blah" for abuela! and he manages to surprise us with "TiTi" every now and then...
and now he says "up-ah" when he wants you to pick him up! (or sometimes to tell you there is a plane in the sky - maybe he is saying "look up" ...?)
and as of this week he is saying "A-pple" pretty distinctly!
and he is working on animal sounds:
what does the cow say? "mmmmm"
what does the kitty say? "mmmmm"
what does the horse say? "mmmmm"
what does the sheep say? "a-baaah"
what does the pig say? (he snorts in response)
what does the dog say? (he pants)
he still uses some modified signs:
MILK! brush teeth, finished, more, eat, car, juice, water (to drink or when at the ocean), apple, banana, chicken/fish (which can be food or fish in a tank or Goldfish crackers), cheerio/cereal, duck, rooster...
and he has made up - or has independently learned his own signs (thanks to the wiggles): yummy, wiggles (music), guitar...
but he has some "words":
"a-baaah!" (which can be a plane or a bus or a boat - depending on what he sees)
"aarrrgh" (which is car and has a driving/steering wheel sign that goes along with it - but is sometimes also called a "bvroom, vroom")
he said "bubbles" very clearly for a week or so, but it has now turned into abuh-buh-buh-buh-bubbles!...
he makes a clicky kinda gulp sound for truck and a two syllable one for helicopter (I think he is trying to master the K or hard C sound...)
and he makes a kinda double gulping noise for train aka "choo choo"
he says "a-ma" for grandma (my mom), and "nana" for nana, and sometimes even "blah" for abuela! and he manages to surprise us with "TiTi" every now and then...
and now he says "up-ah" when he wants you to pick him up! (or sometimes to tell you there is a plane in the sky - maybe he is saying "look up" ...?)
and as of this week he is saying "A-pple" pretty distinctly!
and he is working on animal sounds:
what does the cow say? "mmmmm"
what does the kitty say? "mmmmm"
what does the horse say? "mmmmm"
what does the sheep say? "a-baaah"
what does the pig say? (he snorts in response)
what does the dog say? (he pants)
he still uses some modified signs:
MILK! brush teeth, finished, more, eat, car, juice, water (to drink or when at the ocean), apple, banana, chicken/fish (which can be food or fish in a tank or Goldfish crackers), cheerio/cereal, duck, rooster...
and he has made up - or has independently learned his own signs (thanks to the wiggles): yummy, wiggles (music), guitar...
Thursday, April 14, 2005
how do you define swear words?
Daddy was watching golf on TV with the baby and exclaimed, "oh! he just knocked the crap out of that ball"
I said, "Hey! watch what you say in front of the baby!"
He said "what?!?! its not like I said - he knocked the *shit* out of that ball..."
I said, "ok - so do you want *crap* to be one of the first words out of the baby's mouth?"
Daddy sighed and said, "that means I have to try to not swear all the time so it becomes habit but then the guys will laugh at me the next time I say "he knocked the stuffing out of that ball..."
I said, "No, just remind them that you are a new father with a nagging wife and they will understand..."
He turned to the baby and said "thanks for getting me in trouble man..."
I said, "Hey! watch what you say in front of the baby!"
He said "what?!?! its not like I said - he knocked the *shit* out of that ball..."
I said, "ok - so do you want *crap* to be one of the first words out of the baby's mouth?"
Daddy sighed and said, "that means I have to try to not swear all the time so it becomes habit but then the guys will laugh at me the next time I say "he knocked the stuffing out of that ball..."
I said, "No, just remind them that you are a new father with a nagging wife and they will understand..."
He turned to the baby and said "thanks for getting me in trouble man..."
Thursday, February 10, 2005
My heart is going to explode!!!
Baby boy does these little things that make me go absolutely all mommy mushy inside!! And my heart does like the Grinch's did when the love of the Whoos got to him and it expands to 10 times its normal size...
since my poor abused back is begging me to let the baby walk more... we have been working on "hold mommy's hand" when walking outside (from the car - to the house or daycare...) and it's usually a struggle to grab and hold his hand because the second you put him down and his little feet hit the ground, he's off and running with that excited giggle...
so you're lucky if u can grab a sleeve/arm or his coat hood or anything to secure him by. Well yesterday, we got home and were parked securely in our garage and after I got him released frm his car seat, I thought "this is a safe enough place that I can put him down just for a second so I can reach back and get a bag out of the car..." and I thought, "ok, so I'll have to do this really fast as he will be starting his forward momentum just when I turn back around to him..." but instead - this time when his little feet hit the ground, he paused and turned back to me and REACHED UP TO TAKE MY HAND!!! (oh i've got those darn tears in my eyes again...)
baby boy is becoming such a big boy...sigh
since my poor abused back is begging me to let the baby walk more... we have been working on "hold mommy's hand" when walking outside (from the car - to the house or daycare...) and it's usually a struggle to grab and hold his hand because the second you put him down and his little feet hit the ground, he's off and running with that excited giggle...
so you're lucky if u can grab a sleeve/arm or his coat hood or anything to secure him by. Well yesterday, we got home and were parked securely in our garage and after I got him released frm his car seat, I thought "this is a safe enough place that I can put him down just for a second so I can reach back and get a bag out of the car..." and I thought, "ok, so I'll have to do this really fast as he will be starting his forward momentum just when I turn back around to him..." but instead - this time when his little feet hit the ground, he paused and turned back to me and REACHED UP TO TAKE MY HAND!!! (oh i've got those darn tears in my eyes again...)
baby boy is becoming such a big boy...sigh
Monday, February 07, 2005
The Wiggles are eating my brain...
I cant get these Wiggles songs out of my head - and sadly, I know all the words... but you can bet as soon as I drop baby boy off at daycare I switch from Cd to radio and blast whatever song is on!!!
aargghh!! Even now - just thinking about it, they are seeping back into my subconscious soundtrack... (when you have ADHD there is always "background" music playing or "the voices" in your head... LOL)
But I guess there could be worse things to have bouncing around in my head... and at least its not Barney!!!
aargghh!! Even now - just thinking about it, they are seeping back into my subconscious soundtrack... (when you have ADHD there is always "background" music playing or "the voices" in your head... LOL)
But I guess there could be worse things to have bouncing around in my head... and at least its not Barney!!!
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