My most incredible creation
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judecorpI love seeing her little mind working. It is such an amazing thing. I enjoy watching clients learn new things, but since I only see them week to week (or less), I don't get the full effect. Watching Punk, I see that things just happen - suddenly, randomly - or that they've happened somehow under my nose.
I find it so awesome that a little person who has a couple of handfuls of words can understand everything. And I do mean everything. She understands things I didn't even know she knew! Case in point, I often ask her to go and get a particular book. Usually I do this when she has made me read the latest issue of Babybug so many times that I'm ready to kick Kim and Carrots right out the window, but sometimes for fun. I first tried it with Hey, Wake Up! because that is a particular fave of hers, but I have been adding to the list of books I ask for.
This evening, as we were winding down, I told her to "get the underwear book." Now the book in question is actually called Underwear Do's and Don'ts but I don't know that I've ever said that to her - I typically just jump right in. ("Do have lots of different kinds of underwear. Don't wear them all at once.") I fully expected her to look at me, confused. But no, she flipped through the books on the shelf and emerged with the underwear book in hand.
I am fascinated by this little creature and watching her mind expand with every waking (and sleeping) moment. She used to be a tiny baby content to blink and coo. Today she is an active little person who can "throw the diaper in the trash," "go to the bath," "pick up that book off the floor," "put the toys away," and find 'the underwear book' in a bin of at least 30 books.
Today she is 16 months old.
I find it so awesome that a little person who has a couple of handfuls of words can understand everything. And I do mean everything. She understands things I didn't even know she knew! Case in point, I often ask her to go and get a particular book. Usually I do this when she has made me read the latest issue of Babybug so many times that I'm ready to kick Kim and Carrots right out the window, but sometimes for fun. I first tried it with Hey, Wake Up! because that is a particular fave of hers, but I have been adding to the list of books I ask for.
This evening, as we were winding down, I told her to "get the underwear book." Now the book in question is actually called Underwear Do's and Don'ts but I don't know that I've ever said that to her - I typically just jump right in. ("Do have lots of different kinds of underwear. Don't wear them all at once.") I fully expected her to look at me, confused. But no, she flipped through the books on the shelf and emerged with the underwear book in hand.
I am fascinated by this little creature and watching her mind expand with every waking (and sleeping) moment. She used to be a tiny baby content to blink and coo. Today she is an active little person who can "throw the diaper in the trash," "go to the bath," "pick up that book off the floor," "put the toys away," and find 'the underwear book' in a bin of at least 30 books.
Today she is 16 months old.
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Date: 2008-11-02 01:33 am (UTC)We are so lucky that we get to watch our little ones grow.
Happy 16 Months August!
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Date: 2008-11-02 02:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-02 02:30 am (UTC)Zach has a lot of words, but sometimes he'll understand or come up with something that we can't figure out. A while back we were both holding his hands, walking, and he was playing with the balance and kneeling while we were walking, etc. Emma asked him to "walk regular", and he stood up straight and walked. Neither of us think we've ever actually said the word "regular" around him, and definitely not used it in that context. Emma was actually just fumbling for the right word to use and came out with that. But he got it. How? And now we can use that word for anything else that he's doing weirdly and we want him to not. Which, at 21 months, happens pretty often. :)
I'm so glad you're enjoying this time with Punk.
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Date: 2008-11-02 02:37 am (UTC)I started on her dress tonight. It's going to rock.
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Date: 2008-11-02 03:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-02 03:09 pm (UTC)It's an amazing thing, ain't it? I love toddlers.
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Date: 2008-11-02 10:25 pm (UTC)