14 months
Owen turned fourteen months last Thursday and it's a whole new ballgame. Since then, he has started:
*eating some snacks and meals at his child-sized table and chair
*picking said snacks out of the pantry and carrying his plate to the table
*getting cat treats out of the pantry and sitting down with them to feed the cat.
*pointing at balls, trucks, globes, balloons, dogs and other objects of interest in his books
*getting great joy out of observing us and mimicking our every move
An example of the last happened last night at my parents' for dinner. Grandpa spilled a glass of water on the carpet in the living room so I jumped up and ran to the kitchen to get towels. I had to run back and forth three or four times to get paper towels, then dishtowels, and so on. Owen watched me run with giggles and rapt attention. As soon as I sat down, panting and out of breath, he laughed wildly, stood up and threw his sippy cup on the floor to mimic spilling his own water, then started running into the kitchen! We all busted up laughing. so funny!
Yesterday at dinner he also surprised all of us by using three baby signs. He's been learning them since January but only ever did the signs for milk and ceiling fan (and only used those around 9-11 months old). Yesterday while eating a cracker he clearly signed "more". Then a few minutes later he signed "eat" twice because he wanted dinner. (We had asked him if he wanted to eat dinner.) Finally, he tried signing " all done", which we had been trying to get him to do for EVER! This kid! Obviously he learned the signs and knew them fine but never thought he needed them until yesterday.
We also know the bilingual thing is working because I can ask him to get his zapatos (shoes), dame besos (kisses) and talk about perritos (dogs) and leche. He definitely knows these words in both languages.
*eating some snacks and meals at his child-sized table and chair
*picking said snacks out of the pantry and carrying his plate to the table
*getting cat treats out of the pantry and sitting down with them to feed the cat.
*pointing at balls, trucks, globes, balloons, dogs and other objects of interest in his books
*getting great joy out of observing us and mimicking our every move
An example of the last happened last night at my parents' for dinner. Grandpa spilled a glass of water on the carpet in the living room so I jumped up and ran to the kitchen to get towels. I had to run back and forth three or four times to get paper towels, then dishtowels, and so on. Owen watched me run with giggles and rapt attention. As soon as I sat down, panting and out of breath, he laughed wildly, stood up and threw his sippy cup on the floor to mimic spilling his own water, then started running into the kitchen! We all busted up laughing. so funny!
Yesterday at dinner he also surprised all of us by using three baby signs. He's been learning them since January but only ever did the signs for milk and ceiling fan (and only used those around 9-11 months old). Yesterday while eating a cracker he clearly signed "more". Then a few minutes later he signed "eat" twice because he wanted dinner. (We had asked him if he wanted to eat dinner.) Finally, he tried signing " all done", which we had been trying to get him to do for EVER! This kid! Obviously he learned the signs and knew them fine but never thought he needed them until yesterday.
We also know the bilingual thing is working because I can ask him to get his zapatos (shoes), dame besos (kisses) and talk about perritos (dogs) and leche. He definitely knows these words in both languages.
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