Isaac's skilz
Jul. 27th, 2004 03:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mamajoanLately Isaac thinks that the word "elbow" is hilarious. It's so cute. You just say "elbow" and he cracks up. When I'm changing his diaper he grabs my elbow to make me say it.
The absolute cutest thing he does, though, is dance along when he hears music. He sits in place and bounces his torso up and down. Cutest Thing EVER!!
He definitely understands a lot of language now. It's so fascinating and exciting to see him demonstrating how much he understands. I can say things like "go get the ball" or "put that toy on your head" and he does it. Last night he was playing with a block and I said "you could put that block on top of another block," and he looked around for another block, found one, and put his first one on it!
I've been using some signs with him, mostly "boob/nurse", "eat", "drink", "sleep", "bath." (Baby Signing is all the rage these days.) He definitely recognizes most of them although he hasn't signed anything back yet. BUT -- the other day I asked him, "are you hungry? do you want to eat?" and he took my hand and put it to my mouth -- making me make the "eat" sign! I was so excited. Now I have to start doing the same on him, helping him make the sign with his hands so he can learn how to do it. I'm happy though that he is learning he can manipulate me (literally) and use his hands and my hands to convey information. It's really exciting to be able to communicate with him even just this little bit!
The absolute cutest thing he does, though, is dance along when he hears music. He sits in place and bounces his torso up and down. Cutest Thing EVER!!
He definitely understands a lot of language now. It's so fascinating and exciting to see him demonstrating how much he understands. I can say things like "go get the ball" or "put that toy on your head" and he does it. Last night he was playing with a block and I said "you could put that block on top of another block," and he looked around for another block, found one, and put his first one on it!
I've been using some signs with him, mostly "boob/nurse", "eat", "drink", "sleep", "bath." (Baby Signing is all the rage these days.) He definitely recognizes most of them although he hasn't signed anything back yet. BUT -- the other day I asked him, "are you hungry? do you want to eat?" and he took my hand and put it to my mouth -- making me make the "eat" sign! I was so excited. Now I have to start doing the same on him, helping him make the sign with his hands so he can learn how to do it. I'm happy though that he is learning he can manipulate me (literally) and use his hands and my hands to convey information. It's really exciting to be able to communicate with him even just this little bit!
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Date: 2004-07-27 12:46 pm (UTC)Yep. My friend April is teaching her daughter baby signs. Julia can do the whiskers for cat, panting for dog, and bye-bye.
It's really exciting to be able to communicate with him even just this little bit!
I'll bet!
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Date: 2004-07-27 01:04 pm (UTC)