Other updates with Ethan:
*He sometimes counts after you say 1, he'll say 2 and 3. This is completely thanks to Lauren who works on counting with him. So, we've tried to continue practicing with him.
*He understands 'all gone'. When he's done eating his snacks that we put in a bowl, he'll say all gone. He doesn't say it all the time, but he definitely understands the concept.
*He is good at identifying buses. I was driving home from Lauren's the other day and he kept saying what I thought was "but". Sure enough, I looked over and it was a bus!
*He understands 'pick up' and he will repeat it while he's picking things up. We always pick up our books and stuffed animals in his room before he goes to bed and we sing the old Barney song, "Clean up, clean up...etc." and he will help hand books to me to put back onto his shelf or he'll put his stuffed animals back in the basket. He doesn't always keep them there, he'll try to pull books back out or dump his animals out again, but he understands what it means!
*We finally bought him some shoes this weekend. He's been walking for a few weeks now, so we knew it was time. We got him some comfy robeez moccasins for around the house and then some brown spiffy shoes for when we're out and about.
That's all the little updates I can think of for now. Here's a picture I actually took last weekend and forgot to post. I know I mentioned how Ethan loves to play in his bed...here's proof!
3 comments:
In response to saying Ethan understands what 'all gone' means: it may be that he processes the phrase 'all gone' as a cultural/ritualistic action as opposed to actually believing that 'all gone' means what it does. However, this is actually good news. If so, then that means he has a concept of a cultural action that is independent of literal meaning, which is a more developmentally advanced thing. Also, he only says it when the bowl is empty, so it means he also understands that the phrase is only said when the stuff is actually "all gone", a double bonus! Your thought may also be correct, but just not for the same reason. Either way he must have a concept of 'all gone' or at least 'empty' in order to have it signal any sort of response. I suspect a similar, but weaker statement could be made as an alternative to your 'pick up' concept as well, but with less likelihood of correctness though equally positive implications.
~Adam
such a cutie!!
That's great with the counting and pick up stuff....Evan understands more and hands me his cup and says more when its gone....he's been really into playing in his crib as well for long periods of time and the molar thing isn't fun when Ethan gets there poor babies....this is so much fun to hear about all the things these two are up to these days....keep posting I love to read about you guys
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