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Baby diary: 23 months
Nov. 10th, 2020 11:48 am Alan is almost two! He is really quite large. XD; His clothes are mostly 3-4 year old sizes, but when he goes to the local playground the slightly older kids still call him a baby. He doesn't understand their games, just runs after them screaming at random haha. If a ball is being kicked or thrown around so much the better.
Still very, very, very into trucks and diggers. Indeed the only book he volunteers to read these days is "100 First Trucks and Diggers". On the bright side, he has provably picked up all the concepts conveyed therein, such as colors and sizes and which workers drive which vehicles? Also likes dogs, is happy to pet dogs and be sniffed in return. I suppose he would pet cats and squirrels and pigeons too, if they would only stay still. A few weeks ago it was rainy the entire weekend and I took him out in boots during an afternoon lull. He chased a flock of ducks and was O_O when (as wild ducks do) they flew immediately out of sight and didn't just flap a few feet away. Then he was very excited at a muddy dog chasing sticks and eventually ended up falling into a mud pond himself, as one does.
Have yet to see Alan unscrew anything properly, but has recently managed to remove a gear from my office chair, as well as pry off one of the spray fans(?) from the dishwasher. Put a chain on the front door so he can't get out by himself, but he's also locked me out twice - luckily I either had the key or came in up the back stairs.
For Halloween I got him a plush tiger onesie outfit and he ate some chocolate (which he often does anyway...). Since then we've been having unseasonably good weather, so trying to spend more time outside. Was able to meet up with A & A at the park and for a walk down to the waterfront. Extremely crowded, of course, enough that one really has to stay masked at all times.
Talking progresses apace but slowly. Alan has many more words now (most recently "big," "small," and "dog") but still hums to make requests, although he will nod in response to leading questions like "do you want water?" or "do you want to watch TV?" And I'm not sure he's learning other people's names (he doesn't say his own). Speech therapy is kind of mixed. I think I'll ask C to stop withholding toys as motivation as I don't think it does much except frustrate Alan. I was kind of the same as a kid, indeed now: I don't respond well to something I want getting withheld in exchange for me jumping through hoops.
Still very, very, very into trucks and diggers. Indeed the only book he volunteers to read these days is "100 First Trucks and Diggers". On the bright side, he has provably picked up all the concepts conveyed therein, such as colors and sizes and which workers drive which vehicles? Also likes dogs, is happy to pet dogs and be sniffed in return. I suppose he would pet cats and squirrels and pigeons too, if they would only stay still. A few weeks ago it was rainy the entire weekend and I took him out in boots during an afternoon lull. He chased a flock of ducks and was O_O when (as wild ducks do) they flew immediately out of sight and didn't just flap a few feet away. Then he was very excited at a muddy dog chasing sticks and eventually ended up falling into a mud pond himself, as one does.
Have yet to see Alan unscrew anything properly, but has recently managed to remove a gear from my office chair, as well as pry off one of the spray fans(?) from the dishwasher. Put a chain on the front door so he can't get out by himself, but he's also locked me out twice - luckily I either had the key or came in up the back stairs.
For Halloween I got him a plush tiger onesie outfit and he ate some chocolate (which he often does anyway...). Since then we've been having unseasonably good weather, so trying to spend more time outside. Was able to meet up with A & A at the park and for a walk down to the waterfront. Extremely crowded, of course, enough that one really has to stay masked at all times.
Talking progresses apace but slowly. Alan has many more words now (most recently "big," "small," and "dog") but still hums to make requests, although he will nod in response to leading questions like "do you want water?" or "do you want to watch TV?" And I'm not sure he's learning other people's names (he doesn't say his own). Speech therapy is kind of mixed. I think I'll ask C to stop withholding toys as motivation as I don't think it does much except frustrate Alan. I was kind of the same as a kid, indeed now: I don't respond well to something I want getting withheld in exchange for me jumping through hoops.
