April 2004 Toddlers Part 2!

[Yorkiegirl]

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Golly dot that is joining sentences together.

Sorry it is so damn cold I won't bore you with the sunhat and sunblock stories for park visits although there has been scattered cloud.

I know! He's got tons of quite long sentences now - 5 words plus... Plus will sing songs right the way through - can sing 'wind the bobbin up', Baa Baa, Twinkle Twinkle etc. all the way through - every word!

So how come being so verbal doesn't stop him having temper tantrums??!!

No words here really - sounds like he's saying 'hiya' sometimes and still lots of 'dada' at no one in particular!! He's just moved up a room at nursery and is the only one not walking - poor baby!! He dies manage a few steps if you hold him at arms reach - he straggers towards us and then collapses in heaps of giggles!!

ds2 is scaring us at the moment with his ability to absorb stuff - and then use it in the right context. He knows lots of colours, counts everything - up to 10 - and recognises a few numbers now - knows his shapes - and most of it we haven't actually set about 'teaching' him - he'll just come up to us with a book and say "Look! Triangle!". Freaks us out!!!

Meanwhile ds1 is stubbornly refusing to learn or at least acknowledge he knows anything (possibly in reaction to ds2..?) Not interested in letters or reading or writing/drawing - 4 in December so tons of time, but it's frustrating!

wow counting to ten - now that is impressive!! don't think many this age can do that. Do you think he might be really bright?

I think he is - but I know every mother would say that about her child!! Must be his father's genes (he's a solicitor!)

Bless him!!

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we get the 'sounds ' of counting , but no words as in he repeats the tone of meopkle cpunting which is a little odd - no sentences but good responses to questions now and it is getting easier to communicate as long as I learn japanease i think

God! Counting up to 10! Are our babies that old????

LJ, I think my ds is similar to yours really. He's only been walking 2 months now but tumbletots has really brought it on and it's astounding how well he's doing, and climbing. Really cute.

He's got a few words, he calls me by my name and every one else is mummy, but he knows some of his/mine friends names and can say daddy, just mostly calls everyone mummy. Obsessed with 'shoosh' (shoes) and he grabs a new pair to put on about every hour. Also 'shocks' and 'joosh' are common words lol

He doesn't know a huge amount. 'glo glo' is gloves, 'oh no!' maybe one or two more. He understands a lot more just doesn't say it. He loves books and pointing to the pictures.

He only is just picking up body parts - he gets nose right but the others muddled up. at other LO's knowing colours shapes and numbers! He can say the sounds for one two three but has no idea what it means lol

It can be a bit of a pain having a very verbal little one - he can tell us exactly how he feels! His latest phrases are "don't like it" and "don't want it", usually about new food! Plus demands to draw things like a "dinosaur" or "aeroplane" - and he's very critical of our art work!

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Oh YG - it must be awful for them being so little and not understanding why they're poorly. I really hope she's over the worst and starts to feel more like herself. Is she able to eat anything? Or drink milk? And aren't grandparents a godsend at times like these? Don't know what we'd have done without ours last week when I wasn't well.

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my mum lives on the next street which is great, but ds2 howls every time we drive by and don't go and see her! He adores her, which I find weird sometimes 'cos me and her didn't get on at all!!

YG - sorry to hear about dd2 having to go to A&E and being so poorly - hope she gets better soon.

On the verbal front, I filled in a questionnaire for the study that dd's in on Friday. There were 300/400 or so words on a list and I had to say whether dd understood, or could both understand and say them. She can say ~11 of them at the moment.

This evening I could tell she was trying to say "sit down" to me (because she wanted me to read her a story) - although if anyone else had heard her I doubt they'd have been able to tell!

YG, really sorry DD2's been ill - poor thing Hope she's on the mend very soon.

Counted up the words DS can say yesterday - got to 32, then kept thinking of ones I'd forgotten today, so think it's about 40. Then he said "bees", "dog" and "Bonjela" () today! Goodness knows how many words he understands - all of them, I think! He's always amazing his grandparents (and us!) by understanding complex "do this, then this, then that" kind of instructions.

I'm OKish - sugar levels gone a bit mental so will be ringing the diabetes midwife tomorrow to see what she suggests. Was pretty low about it all last night - diabetes, breech baby who is by all accounts on the chunky side, etc, etc. But I feel a bit better today, just want to be able to eat without worrying again! Oh, and finding some warm clothes that fit me would be nice too - lol!

OH YG hope that dd2 starts to pick up a little.
dd saying new words every day still and can sort of count to about 5, understands pretty much everything but mimicks words we say all the time.
We are really enjoying having grandparents close by, living with one lot went out to see my parents yesterday. dd loves them all and has settled straight in with it all.
HM I still have 4kg to go before I am as big as I was when I had dd so feel I have a bit of room to grow but would prefer to stay as I am so I don't get too big in the heat.
Having so many stresses at the moment with the house, sooo worried we aren't going to be in by the time the baby is born and can just see us in dh's parents house with his 26yr old sister who has just moved home temporarily with 2 kids and both parents in a 4 bed house. Plus all the baby stuff is in boxes.
Have the pushchair thing sussed now, mum has bought a second hand explorer which is the model before the E3 so that will be handy. Better sign off have a good evening all.

yorkiegirl how is dd2 now? any better?

chuffed - hope it all gets sorted quickly before the baby comes

dot1 your son is so very advanced . dd3 has a fair few words but tends to prefer non-verbal communication really, which she excels at. it's like an old soundless film, you can understand exactly what's going on with no words. she understands loads but doesn't really say much. she can do 2 or 3 word sentences but no counting.

after super-chatty dd2 it's a relief to have another quiet one dd2 still talks enough for 3.

dsis is due her no 2 this week. serious nesting is going on - planned home birth - and we get to look after her 3yo dd for the indefinte future cos she's too tired.

dot1 - dd1 only got interested in reading lately at well over 5. many of her friends still aren't interested. they are very young still. that's what i keep telling myself when her teacher tells me she is playing around and not concentrating at school!

yg - sorry to hear lo not well , its just the pits !
was just thinking the other day that ds has not had any of the childhood ills not sure if that is good or bad
sugar levels are such a pain to get right if they are a bit wonky !!!
why are the words that they do pick up so random
he won't say mammy but he will sy brushes ???
wan'y say ta but will say please surely thats harder which is why we try ta first ?

YG - how's your dd? Hope she's on the mend and probably enjoying lots of fuss and TLC from all?!

Fennel - thanks for your message re: reading. It seems ridiculous to be worrying about it when ds1's still only 3! I think it's 'cos I know what he's like - if he knows we think something's important, he'll deliberately avoid it like the plague...! Must learn to be unphased and look not bothered!

Ds2's being v. cute at the moment - having an obsession with trains (here we go again - he's following in ds1's footsteps). He loves making tunnels from his legs and getting into really silly positions to get the trains through his legs! Unfortunately his co-ordination isn't as good as his talking, so this usually results in him falling over! He's also trying to jump at the moment, which makes him very wobbly and kind of fall off/onto the floor, if you know what I mean?!

Hi girls.
Hope YG dd is better - get it over with before the winter sets in!
Just back from a weekend in Turnberry Spa. V. relaxing and ds had a ball staying with gp's. He only sees them every couple of months - so I was worried he wouldn't settle - ha! he only asked for me once!!
A few words here - animols, shoosh, choo choo, wohta (water), su shine, and a load of others close to what they should be. He can repeat what you say to him - but doesn't really retain them for future use.
I think he's more of a physical rather than mental boy. He can walk for ages and jump properly and runs everywhere.
Heres hoping for a peaceful winter!

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