The other day, Brian went downstairs where Lynsey was playing and she had lined up all the letters from the fridge on the floor, spelling her name at the end of it. We are entering the age of increased interest in letters and words. She's been watching this show on PBS called "Super Why" and I think that has helped her become more interested as well. We are planning on putting her in preschool at Cardel Place, a Leisure Centre close to our place. They have a lot of different activities including swimming and play on different apparatuses in gyms etc. - I think she'll have a lot of fun! I am glad I don't have to decide on Kindergarten just yet . . . not looking forward to having to figure that out!
Adam is climbing the stairs all the time now, and I am trying my best to teach him to come down on his own - he hasn't caught on yet. His legs are a little less stiff when I move them down now, so I'm hopeful that he's learning the motion and will get it soon. He's seems to be saying a lot more words lately, too! I say "seems" because I never know if what I'm hearing is just babbling or if it's purposeful - Brian said he was sure he was trying to say "Lynsey" this morning, and this evening, he definitely tried to say "yogurt" (figures - most of his words are food lol!). He may be behind where Lynsey was at this age in a few areas, but I would say his vocabulary is definitely better than Lynsey's was. Interesting - they say girls are usually quicker to pick up words than boys. Just another thing about my boy that surprises me:).
When Lynsey went down to one nap, I never looked back - she started having one nap one day and she never went back to two. With Adam, I'm finding it's day to day - he often still has a little half hour snooze in the morning, yet he is perfectly able to go all morning without a nap when we're out. I find that some days keeping him up all morning so he will just have one nap doesn't necessarily translate into a longer afternoon nap, which is why I put him down a lot of mornings when we're just at home. He's been teething like crazy, which I think is also affecting the length of his naps - he's cut another molar as well as that fourth tooth on the bottom row. I think his last top molar is also partially through, but it's hard to know for sure without getting a proper look (which I'll never get). Poor kid - not getting any better at handling that teething pain! His fingers are always in his mouth!
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