Baby diary: 19 months 2 weeks
Jul. 30th, 2020 10:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petronia It's probably safe to say that no one had COVID at A's birthday party. Meanwhile, having chosen the party over the pool that weekend, one of the lifeguards came down with it a few days afterward, so now the pool is closed for cleaning. (I feel bad for the lifeguards, who are familiar faces - the same college-age kids every year.) Alan went to his grandparents over the weekend with water wings in tow, but developed yet another 48-hour mild mystery fever. Thus far they remain unused.
Sandlot and splash pad playdate with S. The boys remain very similar in size, and the 5-month age gap is less and less of a factor physically. Alan has surprisingly good fine motor control with pens and such and is now able to both throw and catch a ball at short distances. S is a voluble talker, though, and Alan can't even copy him, because he only speaks French. ^^;
Very into books now. Bedtime reading now comes in stacks. Alan's comprehension is quite good: if I say "where is ____?" (the pink flower; the baby reading a book; the bottle of milk; the sky) he is now able to get almost everything in his first 100 words book, and major body parts. I'm particularly thankful that he understands and follows the instruction "be careful of your head." But this is still all pointing and humming, not talking, though he now expects and is amused by my animal sounds.
Annoying things Alan does:
Sandlot and splash pad playdate with S. The boys remain very similar in size, and the 5-month age gap is less and less of a factor physically. Alan has surprisingly good fine motor control with pens and such and is now able to both throw and catch a ball at short distances. S is a voluble talker, though, and Alan can't even copy him, because he only speaks French. ^^;
Very into books now. Bedtime reading now comes in stacks. Alan's comprehension is quite good: if I say "where is ____?" (the pink flower; the baby reading a book; the bottle of milk; the sky) he is now able to get almost everything in his first 100 words book, and major body parts. I'm particularly thankful that he understands and follows the instruction "be careful of your head." But this is still all pointing and humming, not talking, though he now expects and is amused by my animal sounds.
Annoying things Alan does:
- Squirts milk out of his bottle and makes a mess whenever he's done drinking, if I don't stop him
- Scribbles everywhere with marker
- Stashes objects in inaccessible spaces, like under the oven, then complains about not being able to find them anymore
- Has gone into a "refuse all fruit" phase at the exact time of year when fruit is best
- Grabs my boobs, all the time, still
- Unbelievably, chortles whenever he sees me wearing a top that shows I *have* boobs, as if this were an invitation
- Attempts at toilet training have only induced a fascination with flushing bits of paper down the toilet
- Won't sleep in his crib anymore, wakes up wailing whenever he rolls around and hits the sides at night - feels a bit like when he was 3 months old and outgrowing his bassinet
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Date: 2020-08-01 05:35 pm (UTC)