October 9th, 2009 – 1 year and 10.5 month old
Jonathan ordered a lift for himself and almost used it too.
Jonathan loves elevators, the buttons light up when pressed and the movement underneath his feet is a thrill! When we are in a shopping mall or a hotel, he always runs to the excallators or/and the elevators. He has already once almost crawled into an elevator in a large baby shop when he was about 6 months old!
We were visiting friends and Jonathan just pressed the button and the elevator came. The doors opened and he simply walked in. I noticed it just as the doors were closing. I quickly pressed the button and the doors opened again – with my boy with a delighted sunshine smile on his face appearing before me, totally unconcerned that he had been closed in an elevator all alone, just glad to see that mommy has come too, I guess...lucky that it was a small building, so even if he had managed to press buttons and use the elevator, I could have easily found him.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Starting All Over Again
My sister had a baby – her daughter is just soooo small and dainty! I feel like I am starting all over again. I dug up all the baby clothes an toys from our high closet, took out the baby bath and baby sense, stroller, car seat, bottles and pacifiers etc. My sister's baby came early and they had nothing prepared – so it was up to me mostly to provide all the equipment. Luckily I still have everything on hand.
Then there was also remembering things again, as my sister called to ask questions and to get tips. It's her first child...Its amazing how easy it all seems, the baby just eats and sleeps. No need to chase and run after it... I remember that when Jonathan was born, his total dependence on me was so shocking for me that it became an extra weight. My sister seems to be more relaxed and is basking in her new motherhood status. All this makes me think that a second child is not going to be such a great shock as Jonathan was. I guess the shock is what compelled me to start this blog...now its just fun to document whatever is going on and what new things Jonathan does as he grows bigger and stronger every day.
Then there was also remembering things again, as my sister called to ask questions and to get tips. It's her first child...Its amazing how easy it all seems, the baby just eats and sleeps. No need to chase and run after it... I remember that when Jonathan was born, his total dependence on me was so shocking for me that it became an extra weight. My sister seems to be more relaxed and is basking in her new motherhood status. All this makes me think that a second child is not going to be such a great shock as Jonathan was. I guess the shock is what compelled me to start this blog...now its just fun to document whatever is going on and what new things Jonathan does as he grows bigger and stronger every day.
Thinking Processes and Improved Speech
Jonathan is still not talking – actually he is talking non stop, tone and all (true language melody included) just not any coherent words we might understand (and we understand 4 languages between my husband and myself). Still his speech is improving and slowly talk is becoming linked to actions. Despite the speech deficit, he has no problem whatsoever to manage his little world and all the adults in it!
Pulling me about and telling me I must either stand up (KUM is masculine imperative for get up in Hebrew) or sit (“Shev” is masculine imperative for sit down in Hebrew) is by now routine for Jonathan. If I do not sit to his liking, he will pull me up and show me the correct place in which I am to sit.
He now exercises this authority also on my parents (his grandparents), my husband (his daddy|) and my siblings (his aunts and uncles). All adults tend to obey his wishes, and his cousins too.
He goes willingly to bed when I ask him to, but he wants me to stay in his room. At first I was told that I must sit with him – Shev, he said and indicated a chair in his room. He even dragged the chair for me so that it would stand nearer to his bed. Now I am required to stay and sleep - “Shon” (short for “lishon” sleep in Hebrew) he says, standing perched inside his high bed and indicating the floor. I now have to lye down next to his bed for a while. If I do not, he will get us and stand in the bed. To be fair to my little tyrant, he has dragged over a small mattress we have in the living room for his use, so that I can lye on that in his bedroom in comfort, while I keep him company in the dark.
Yesterday, as I went to his room in the morning, he stood up in the bed and said “TUL” - short for “Chitul” which means nappy in Hebrew – the boy indicated his pants and showed me he was wet and that his nappy was full. He clearly was asking me to change it (even if he did not point to the changing table, as he had done before).
Today was the first time he informed me of the fact that he had just now pooped in his nappy. He was in his bed for the afternoon nap and I was on the mattress on the floor as usual, and he got up and said “kaki” which is children's language for poop in Hebrew. I change the diaper and then he quickly fell asleep, dry and comfortable with nothing pressing in his belly...
He slept 4 hours this afternoon and when my husband went to help him out of bed he repeated the announcement that he had a diaper full of “kaki”, as indeed it was. It's really cool to see how he is finally connecting words to deeds and how he is discovering himself.
It is nice to watch how his thinking process becomes more clear and focused. One morning he got up and ran directly towards the television. This was nothing unusual, as DVD is his main indoors activity – but this time he saw that our TV was not ready for the DVD. The cables were wrong. So he simply fixed it – he changed the cables, putting in the ones that belong to the DVD in the correct sockets (they are color coded) and brought me a DVD CD so that I place it in the player for him.
We were eating ice cream today and for the first time Jonathan ate alone from a plastic cup. I ate with him, from the same cup and using a different spoon. Jonathan decided to feed me and at first he offered me bites with his own spoon, then he decided that was not good enough and taking my spoon, he tried to transfer ice that he scooped up with his spoon, into my spoon so he could give it to me from my spoon. Although he failed miserably, got all dirty and sticky in the process and I got to eat no ice cream, it was so cute to watch his intention.
Jonathan can also count! He has no problem counting up to three! He can clearly count in Hebrew and associates counting before certain activities – like when I help him jump, or when I lift him into the bath tub. Recently he also started counting in German with his daddy. He also says goodbye in German (Tchuess) and NO in German (Nein). He clearly also reacts to his name, when it is called he turns around. His singing also improves (even though his kindergarten teacher asked me to take him to an ear inspection because he falls a lot – the doctor said the boy is healthy, but sent him to a hearing test because of his speech deficit) he sings with the DVD or when we play music in the car and even just so, singing when walking in the street or with mommy – although he usually tends to forbid me sing – scolding me when I do so. Although he is behind when it comes to speech, I have no reason to think he cannot hear properly and he is finally showing some advancement.
Pulling me about and telling me I must either stand up (KUM is masculine imperative for get up in Hebrew) or sit (“Shev” is masculine imperative for sit down in Hebrew) is by now routine for Jonathan. If I do not sit to his liking, he will pull me up and show me the correct place in which I am to sit.
He now exercises this authority also on my parents (his grandparents), my husband (his daddy|) and my siblings (his aunts and uncles). All adults tend to obey his wishes, and his cousins too.
He goes willingly to bed when I ask him to, but he wants me to stay in his room. At first I was told that I must sit with him – Shev, he said and indicated a chair in his room. He even dragged the chair for me so that it would stand nearer to his bed. Now I am required to stay and sleep - “Shon” (short for “lishon” sleep in Hebrew) he says, standing perched inside his high bed and indicating the floor. I now have to lye down next to his bed for a while. If I do not, he will get us and stand in the bed. To be fair to my little tyrant, he has dragged over a small mattress we have in the living room for his use, so that I can lye on that in his bedroom in comfort, while I keep him company in the dark.
Yesterday, as I went to his room in the morning, he stood up in the bed and said “TUL” - short for “Chitul” which means nappy in Hebrew – the boy indicated his pants and showed me he was wet and that his nappy was full. He clearly was asking me to change it (even if he did not point to the changing table, as he had done before).
Today was the first time he informed me of the fact that he had just now pooped in his nappy. He was in his bed for the afternoon nap and I was on the mattress on the floor as usual, and he got up and said “kaki” which is children's language for poop in Hebrew. I change the diaper and then he quickly fell asleep, dry and comfortable with nothing pressing in his belly...
He slept 4 hours this afternoon and when my husband went to help him out of bed he repeated the announcement that he had a diaper full of “kaki”, as indeed it was. It's really cool to see how he is finally connecting words to deeds and how he is discovering himself.
It is nice to watch how his thinking process becomes more clear and focused. One morning he got up and ran directly towards the television. This was nothing unusual, as DVD is his main indoors activity – but this time he saw that our TV was not ready for the DVD. The cables were wrong. So he simply fixed it – he changed the cables, putting in the ones that belong to the DVD in the correct sockets (they are color coded) and brought me a DVD CD so that I place it in the player for him.
We were eating ice cream today and for the first time Jonathan ate alone from a plastic cup. I ate with him, from the same cup and using a different spoon. Jonathan decided to feed me and at first he offered me bites with his own spoon, then he decided that was not good enough and taking my spoon, he tried to transfer ice that he scooped up with his spoon, into my spoon so he could give it to me from my spoon. Although he failed miserably, got all dirty and sticky in the process and I got to eat no ice cream, it was so cute to watch his intention.
Jonathan can also count! He has no problem counting up to three! He can clearly count in Hebrew and associates counting before certain activities – like when I help him jump, or when I lift him into the bath tub. Recently he also started counting in German with his daddy. He also says goodbye in German (Tchuess) and NO in German (Nein). He clearly also reacts to his name, when it is called he turns around. His singing also improves (even though his kindergarten teacher asked me to take him to an ear inspection because he falls a lot – the doctor said the boy is healthy, but sent him to a hearing test because of his speech deficit) he sings with the DVD or when we play music in the car and even just so, singing when walking in the street or with mommy – although he usually tends to forbid me sing – scolding me when I do so. Although he is behind when it comes to speech, I have no reason to think he cannot hear properly and he is finally showing some advancement.
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