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Baby diary: 16 months
Apr. 16th, 2020 11:39 am Alan really started walking consistently over Easter weekend, and now can toddle around the house to his heart's desire -- still with arms raised for balance, haha. When he gets hold of something, particularly something he's not supposed to have, he carries it around above his head like a trophy, crowing. He even tries to dance, or to stamp his feet and turn around to "If You're Happy And You Know It." After a week of this, he's now able to squat down and stand up again, without having to hold onto furniture.
He also talks more. We watch the Teletubbies together, which strikes me as surreal but Alan as good comedy, and sometimes he repeats "uh-oh" or "bye bye" after the characters. At this point, every motor vehicle is a "car" (said very quietly), and every caretaker is "mama". I think I've become "mum"?
A good game this week has been dusting. Alan takes a piece of paper towel or terrycloth and wipes around with utmost seriousness. He does a good job! I don't like dusting, so this can be his chore if he wants it. :P
He's also started to resist napping: when he's sleepy he fusses, but after resting quietly for a while he forces himself to get up again and keep playing. I remember doing the same when I was little: sleep seemed extremely boring. ^^; But sometimes he will pass out on the couch before he knows it. Today he nearly nodded off in his high chair during lunch, and went to sleep as soon as I put him horizontal.
UPDATE -- I've noticed Alan thinking differently about certain topics, trying to apply principles. For instance, some of his toy plastic balls and eggs fall into halves, so today he tried to break the injection-molded balls into halves -- and when that didn't work, to get me to do it. Very frustrating when I said I couldn't! (He understands and indeed makes a hilarious exaggerated shrug, a la "guess I'll die" meme, to mean "all gone" and sometimes "can't be done".)
He also talks more. We watch the Teletubbies together, which strikes me as surreal but Alan as good comedy, and sometimes he repeats "uh-oh" or "bye bye" after the characters. At this point, every motor vehicle is a "car" (said very quietly), and every caretaker is "mama". I think I've become "mum"?
A good game this week has been dusting. Alan takes a piece of paper towel or terrycloth and wipes around with utmost seriousness. He does a good job! I don't like dusting, so this can be his chore if he wants it. :P
He's also started to resist napping: when he's sleepy he fusses, but after resting quietly for a while he forces himself to get up again and keep playing. I remember doing the same when I was little: sleep seemed extremely boring. ^^; But sometimes he will pass out on the couch before he knows it. Today he nearly nodded off in his high chair during lunch, and went to sleep as soon as I put him horizontal.
UPDATE -- I've noticed Alan thinking differently about certain topics, trying to apply principles. For instance, some of his toy plastic balls and eggs fall into halves, so today he tried to break the injection-molded balls into halves -- and when that didn't work, to get me to do it. Very frustrating when I said I couldn't! (He understands and indeed makes a hilarious exaggerated shrug, a la "guess I'll die" meme, to mean "all gone" and sometimes "can't be done".)
