Since this is a baby book too, there are a
\n few milestones that I think I failed to mention lately. <\/p>\n
Alphabet<\/u><\/span> Books<\/u><\/span> Eating<\/u><\/span> Teeth<\/u><\/span> Hmmm…. I thought Since this is a baby book too, there are a few milestones that I think I failed to mention lately. AlphabetShortly after Christmas, at about 19 months, Lex started singing the alphabet song. I think a lot of credit is … Continue reading
Shortly after Christmas, at about 19 months, Lex started
\n singing the alphabet song. I think a lot of credit is due to
\n his LeapFrog Fridge Phonics<\/a> toy. These
\n are great magnets (I got him the whole uppercase and lowercase
\n alphabet) with a reader. You place a letter in the reader and
\n it sings tells you the name of the letter, what sounds the
\n letter makes, and then sings a little song. He loves it. It
\n also has a button that plays the whole alphabet song. At about
\n 19 month he was walking around the house singing the alphabet.
\n I also make his teething biscuits in the shape of letters, so
\n when he gets a biscuit he’ll tell me the letter, often the
\n sound, then find the letter on the fridge and put it in the
\n player. So smart!<\/p>\n
For awhile now we’ve had a rule that Lex has to put his
\n books back on the shelf after he reads them. He’s pretty good
\n about it and it really helps keep the mess under control. He
\n was never able to put them back vertically, but he always makes
\n a pile on an empty shelf. Lately though, our bookshelf seems to
\n be getting smaller and smaller as the book collection grows…
\n this has made it more difficult for him to find a horizontal
\n surface to put the books away. I just noticed this week that he
\n has started putting the books back vertically. He’ll look for a
\n slot at one end of the shelf or the other, or somewhere in
\n between, and slide his books in. I think this is a great new
\n skill. <\/p>\n
Lex gave up his highchair a few weeks ago in favor of a
\n booster seat at the big table. This was very convenient because
\n it happened right around the time I was babysitting Kaelen, who
\n needed the high chair. It was an unrelated event, but
\n conveniently timed. The table is a little messier because he
\n isn’t so contained, but it also has it’s benefits. Lex has
\n taken to eating what he wants and then, when he’s done, he’ll
\n push his plate and cup away and then push his chair away from
\n the table and ask to get down. Much, much nicer then his
\n previous method of trying to get his plate off the highchair
\n tray then crying because he can’t get the tray off of the high
\n chair to get himself down. So now he joins us at the table
\n every night to eat dinner. He still won’t eat what we’re eating
\n (usually), but he’ll sit with us and eat the things on his
\n plate that he likes. He’s such a kid now. It’s amazing.<\/p>\n
I think we’re on the down cycle of a teething burst. He
\n recently got all four of his eye teeth and spent mucho time
\n chewing on his hand and drooling like crazy. All that’s left
\n now is the 2yr molars. Then a few years off before they all
\n start falling out :)<\/p>\n
\n of another one last night (Lex had a fever, we were up *a lot*
\n late night), but I can’t remember it now. Oh well. I’ll try to
\n write it down when it comes to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"