Update on Jakob's Vocabulary & Health & Bathing
Jake is nearly 21 months old now. He has started saying 2 word phrases occasionally. He's been saying "wow" for a while, and most recently, he started saying "wow, cool."
We've been trying to teach him to count... 1, 2, 3... as soon as you say "1" he pipes up "2" but then continues, 2, 2, 2... And if you give him something, he'll say "2" and we thought he was really requesting to have 2 of everything all the time. But turns out that the thinks 2 means "more." So he has stopped saying "more" and now only says "2" when he wants more. Trying to break that, even though it's entertaining.
He's completely recovered from the Roseola. Hard to believe that was just a week ago. It seemed so severe at the time. He doesn't even have any spots left. He's still sleeping badly. Wakes up screaming a lot, and it's hard to tell if he's actually awake or if his sleep is just disturbed. We need to do some reading up on night terrors and see if that's what it is. Because sometimes he just screams "no, no, no" over and over, but won't be touched or comforted, as though he's not really aware that we're there. Or maybe he's just cranky about waking up when he's not done sleeping.
He had to have a bath today because he threw up this morning and it got in his hair. Ick. He has developed a strange aversion to having his clothes changed. So when you try to take his clothes off, especially his shirt, he holds onto it and tries to resist. He's also started doing this thing when you change his diaper - he'll lean back on his elbows, but he won't lay back entirely flat. So it's a little tricky trying to effectively clean him up while he tries to balance his upper body and avoid laying down. He also wants his own baby wipe each time so that he can wipe his bottom too. Does this mean we could start potty training? Another thing I suppose I should look up. Anyway, he used to hate baths. He still hates baths. But if the water is warm and the tub is full of toys, he loves splashing. As long as you don't get soap or a washcloth anywhere near him, he's fine. The moment one of those wicked items appears, he immediately stands up and tries to climb out of the tub. We got soaked today supervising the bath. Jake loves playing with these two ladels from the kitchen. Next time, he gets smaller spoons so he can't fling such a large quantity of water at once. Here's the little critter flinging water about...
We've been trying to teach him to count... 1, 2, 3... as soon as you say "1" he pipes up "2" but then continues, 2, 2, 2... And if you give him something, he'll say "2" and we thought he was really requesting to have 2 of everything all the time. But turns out that the thinks 2 means "more." So he has stopped saying "more" and now only says "2" when he wants more. Trying to break that, even though it's entertaining.
He's completely recovered from the Roseola. Hard to believe that was just a week ago. It seemed so severe at the time. He doesn't even have any spots left. He's still sleeping badly. Wakes up screaming a lot, and it's hard to tell if he's actually awake or if his sleep is just disturbed. We need to do some reading up on night terrors and see if that's what it is. Because sometimes he just screams "no, no, no" over and over, but won't be touched or comforted, as though he's not really aware that we're there. Or maybe he's just cranky about waking up when he's not done sleeping.
He had to have a bath today because he threw up this morning and it got in his hair. Ick. He has developed a strange aversion to having his clothes changed. So when you try to take his clothes off, especially his shirt, he holds onto it and tries to resist. He's also started doing this thing when you change his diaper - he'll lean back on his elbows, but he won't lay back entirely flat. So it's a little tricky trying to effectively clean him up while he tries to balance his upper body and avoid laying down. He also wants his own baby wipe each time so that he can wipe his bottom too. Does this mean we could start potty training? Another thing I suppose I should look up. Anyway, he used to hate baths. He still hates baths. But if the water is warm and the tub is full of toys, he loves splashing. As long as you don't get soap or a washcloth anywhere near him, he's fine. The moment one of those wicked items appears, he immediately stands up and tries to climb out of the tub. We got soaked today supervising the bath. Jake loves playing with these two ladels from the kitchen. Next time, he gets smaller spoons so he can't fling such a large quantity of water at once. Here's the little critter flinging water about...
posted by justjohanna at 6:12 AM
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I didn't think the Roseola was causing the disruption in his sleeping. I think any time he's out of his routine (like vacation, visitors, new babysitter), he doesn't sleep well. I hadn't realized there was a typo in my entry, but Jake is nearly 2 years old, not 2 months old. Oops! I'm interested to hear how you trip to California goes.
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