Everett is growing and developing so quickly. Even though I don't post monthly updates anymore, it is time I try and capture what he is doing right now.Here is a typical day:
He’ll wake up on his own sometime between 7 and 8. Lately he has been waking up at 8:30!
8:00 Breakfast
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9:30 or 10:00 Snack
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11:30 or 12:00 Lunch
NAP for two hours
2:00 Snack
PLAY
4:00 Snack
PLAY
6:30 Dinner
PLAY
7:30 Bedtime
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Reading books (he enjoys being read to but also enjoys looking through books on his own)
Dancing or laughing at someone dancing to music
Practice walking with support or cruising the furniture
Driving with the cart of blocks
Building “towers” with blocks
Playing with the stereo
Playing with his rocking horse
Playing with balls or balloons
Laughing at his reflection in the mirror
Going on walks
Taking baths--He never tires of them
CHASE--chasing and being chased by this parents and chasing the cat
Drawing on and with anything he can access
Playing on the COMPUTER
Playing with cell phones and remotes
He is great about washing is face and hands and brushing his teeth (anything to get to play in the faucet). He is proud to show you his EYES, NOSE, and MOUTH. He loves to "put on" his socks and shoes, and he really knows how to take both of them off.
How Everett Communicates:
- He is a pro at shaking his head “no” and has started vocalizing “no” with the shake.
- He can say “cat” or “kitty.”
- He points to his mouth for food, and he may say “eat.”
- He puts his hands in the air for “all done.” If I think he is all done, I ask, “All done?” If he is, he’ll put his hands in the air. If not, he may shake is head “no.”
- For “more” he points to his armpits and almost looks like he is starting the chicken dance. Recently, he has started saying, "mo."
- He likes to go “down” the stairs.
- “Uh-oh” is a favorite vocalization.
- He loves putting lotion on his hands.
- Just before his nap today he said DUCK. He wanted to take a duck with him to nap. (Preston, you didn't call and talk to him about bed friends did you?)
He is totally off the bottle and is beginning to use a regular cup more and more. He would probably be using the regular cup if I weren't too "busy" to change his clothes after every time he gets a drink.
We do have a physical therapist coming by to help us build Everett's strength so that he can be more comfortable with his balance in learning to walk.
And, remember that Everett was about the size of the bear when he was born!
