Conversations

It’s fun that JT is finally old enough to have a conversation. This first Flip Clip sounds more like a quiz than a dialogue, but that’s because it’s really hard to get an impromptu talk on film. (The names he says are Asher, Abby, Jen, Katie, Brady, and Shira. I laughed when he said “maybe Shira” because Shira leads workout, so of course she would be there!)

He has picked up some of our phrases and uses the appropriately. I have to say that it is very funny the first time you hear your child say something that you know you say yourself. Here’s a few of the ones I remember hearing him say this week:

• I’ll be right there
• Here we go
• That’s so funny
• Don’t push me
• My tummy is hungry
• Sweet dreams
• Banana in my tummy
• I pooped AND peed
• Right here (or right there, depending)
• I made a craft at church

JT has also figured out some important words that help him communicate, like:

• maybe
• sometimes
• until
• still
• almost
• after
• before
• not yet

He is still struggling to get the dog to obey him. 🙂 Slider just doesn’t hear him, or she ignores him, or she doesn’t consider him in charge – I don’t know which. He does love walking her on her leash and saying “here we go” or “let’s go,” both of which I say to her all the time.

Like many toddlers, he’s into hiding. Except he hides and then SHOUTS where he is. “I’m in the closet!” Worse, he tells you where he’s planning to hide: “I go hide in bathroom!” Last night while I was cleaning up from dinner, he camped out in the cupboard in the kitchen. Now that he can open our doors, hiding has a lot more options. (Turn your volume down – why is this one so loud?)

We are working on letters, shapes, and numbers. JT likes to write his name. He will slowly write a squiggle and say “J…..” and then make another squiggle and announce, “T!” Here he has written his name several times and is pointing to show you where on the page. 🙂