We've hit a few fun milestones recently, so I'm posting for posterity.
-Both kids have started using the pronoun 'I'. Silas often says things like, "I'm hungry" and "I'm tired" :)
-Zoe can now pronounce the 'L' sound in Silas and Julia's names (although she still lovingly refers to Julia as 'Ta-ta'.)
-They started singing a few months ago, and they sing out loud every day. Anything from "Tomorrow" to "Wheels on the Bus" to the ABC's. I have been trying to get some exercise by taking them on 2+ mile long walks the last few weeks. There is a big hill that kicks my butt coming home every time, so the kids sing the ABC's to help distract me.
-They started having conversations with an imaginary friend this week. His/her name is Ali/Allie and s/he lives in the kids' closet. There is tons of other pretend play that has taken off the last few months. It has been so fun to watch this aspect of development come online so quickly! One of them comes up with an idea (recently it was "playing baseball" while sitting in the stroller during a 2.5 mile long walk), and then they both run with it.
-For a few weeks now, both kids have been consistently using the potty at least once per day!
Zoe had peed in the potty a couple of times after bath, but Silas wasn't showing any interest. After he went the first time I decided to whip up a couple of sticker charts. The charts have 10 boxes, and after the 10th sticker they get a "surprise" (so far, a piece of chocolate). We were initially not sure how to deal with the fact that they will hit the "surprise" mark at different times, but we decided to just go with it and reward based on actual progress. This method has been VERY motivating for Silas - he peed on the potty 3 times yesterday!!! He's actually taken the lead on the sticker chart progress!
Zoe is not going to be happy when he gets this next surprise before her!!!
-Both kids have started using the pronoun 'I'. Silas often says things like, "I'm hungry" and "I'm tired" :)
-Zoe can now pronounce the 'L' sound in Silas and Julia's names (although she still lovingly refers to Julia as 'Ta-ta'.)
-They started singing a few months ago, and they sing out loud every day. Anything from "Tomorrow" to "Wheels on the Bus" to the ABC's. I have been trying to get some exercise by taking them on 2+ mile long walks the last few weeks. There is a big hill that kicks my butt coming home every time, so the kids sing the ABC's to help distract me.
-They started having conversations with an imaginary friend this week. His/her name is Ali/Allie and s/he lives in the kids' closet. There is tons of other pretend play that has taken off the last few months. It has been so fun to watch this aspect of development come online so quickly! One of them comes up with an idea (recently it was "playing baseball" while sitting in the stroller during a 2.5 mile long walk), and then they both run with it.
-For a few weeks now, both kids have been consistently using the potty at least once per day!
Zoe had peed in the potty a couple of times after bath, but Silas wasn't showing any interest. After he went the first time I decided to whip up a couple of sticker charts. The charts have 10 boxes, and after the 10th sticker they get a "surprise" (so far, a piece of chocolate). We were initially not sure how to deal with the fact that they will hit the "surprise" mark at different times, but we decided to just go with it and reward based on actual progress. This method has been VERY motivating for Silas - he peed on the potty 3 times yesterday!!! He's actually taken the lead on the sticker chart progress!
Zoe is not going to be happy when he gets this next surprise before her!!!
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