| Benjamin's first birthday! |
[Aug. 12th, 2008|06:20 am]
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Lots of parties to go to, but a quick update for posterity. As of his 366th day, Benjamin is not quite walking, but cruising very eagerly. He will do "up-down" (stand/squat) holding the edge of a piece of furniture, and he will also do something similar to up-downs but faster and with more wiggle -- this is in response to the word "dance" or "dancing".
His spoken vocabulary is pretty limited: Mama, Dada, Bottle, and Bird are all distinct. Duck and Dog are distinct to me and Erica, but nobody else. Truck/Bus (any large vehicle) is not yet distinct but he's trying out the same sounds whenever he sees one. Hat is another one that is distinct to me and Erica but just sounds like a vocalized laugh to everyone else ("Haaa!"). Ball means any football, and Book means he wants a story, but these two are very hard to tell from random "BA" sounds. Oh, and if he falls or something crashes to the ground, or if there's thunder, he'll say "KABOOM".
Sign language is coming along well - we mostly use it for body parts, or to signal that an event is going to happen. For example, he can sign Change (for changing a diaper), Eat, Birds (waving hands around), and point to his ears, nose, toes, belly, head, and (sort of) his shoulders. The most important sign in his vocabulary is, of course, MORE.
His comprehension vocabulary is solid. Mostly animals: bird, dog, horse, camel, zebra (and yes, he can tell the difference), and sheep. He has a little stuffed toolbox with plush tools so he can identify his screwdriver, drill, and hammer (hammer is sometimes vocalized mimicking daddy's "bang bang" sound). He knows a few kinds of sentences, mostly questions like "Can you bring me X" and "Where is X".
And today, for the first time, he stood up on his tiptoes and used the doorknob to open a closed door.
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