Parents of older children are starting to speak with increasing glee about the “terrible twos” which are only a couple of weeks away. Indeed, for the past few weeks we seem to have had a preview; Puff is becoming more certain of what he wants, and – though he’s usually good at communicating, there are times when we’re not sure what he’s saying.
He’s started riffing on the books that he knows, and will often swap some words around to make up his own variations on songs (and not just “meow”). There’s an increasing sense of rhythm in the singing that he’s been doing.
In an effort to get him to play outside more, Dad took him to the park on Saturday afternoon.
A trick that Mum taught him is “cold hands”. It’s not actually all that pleasant.
Here’s some more singing: he hasn’t quite figured out the singing-while-doing-the-actions for this song.
He had his first experience of the X-Box, watching Mum, Dad and Uncle Jordan playing Halo. We explained it to him as “Mummy fell down”, and “Daddy fell down” – imagine our surprise when – a day later – he started saying things like “Mummy fell in the water”… it seems that everything that he does gets soaked up into his brain for later playback.
Although he’s getting better at eating with a spoon, there are some meals that end up being pretty messy no matter what happens. This smile notwithstanding, he’s been pulling some excessively cute faces when he tires of eating. Hoping to have a photo of it for next week.
