Thursday, September 22, 2011

David's 20-month milestones

I haven't done a milestone post in about 3 months, so I wanted to make sure to not miss out on this month before I forget what David is currently able to do and is working on!

-David crawls FAST- everywhere.  He can do really fancy manoeuvrings to get from hands and knees to sitting and turning and such.  He has mastered the floor at this point.
-David can pull to stand with ease on just about anything- even the sliding glass door.  He can cruise and we are working on cruising/walking with 1 hand.  I have to get on David to keep standing and continue walking because he wants to plop down on the floor and crawl so bad!  Note: It's a little tricky doing walking therapy because he needs orthotics AND shoes on.  To switch off to knees pushing a toy, we need to take the shoes off... And most walkers are too short for David- he has to lean over so much to practice walking.  We are in need of a toddler "shopping cart".
-In playgroup David is not very social with the other children- he's more interested in the toy they are playing with.  In circle time, he doesn't follow along yet with the songs and motions but he'll get there soon, I'm sure!
-David has 7 teeth at the moment.  He's always in teething mode, but I don't see any active ones popping through yet!
-David LOOOVES books.  We're practicing pointing and identifying objects in the stories.  We're just beginning to do more of this.
-David signs the following: Dada, more, please, all done (he used to do this one fine, but now is starting to just shake his head "no" and frown in lieu of this...), and again.  I'm working on mama, ball, play, help, water, milk, drink, eat, kiss. I wonder when his sign language vocabulary will take off.
-David babbles a little bit, but mostly doesn't talk. Here are some examples of his babblings: Ra-Duh, Da Da, Bub...
-David loves stacking toys, simple shape sorters, banging drums, tossing the ball back and forth, throwing balls into a basket, books, and he loves to teeth on this toddler toothbrush I have for him.  He also loves the sensory table at playgroup- but he loves to rub his hands in the beans/rice/water/etc making a mess!  He hasn't gotten to the filling and pouring stage yet of sensory play.

So that's an overview of this month for little David!  It's pretty neat to look back myself at the earlier posts and remember what David used to only be able to do.  He's doing more now! :-)

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