Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Development - 13 1/2 months

SO Geoffrey is really walking now. He's starting to actually use it to get around and not just for fun. For example, he did a little bit of walking himself in San Diego this weekend. He's getting very stable! He can zoom up the stairs (crawling) now.

Also Geoffrey has been playing with his toys with more purpose. He is frequently putting things into and out of buckets, or nesting his nesting cups. He presses the paws of his "Scout" puppy to get him to bark or talk or sing. He can climb on to his Rock n roll and ride trike (which is currently set up like a rocker) and rock by himself. He can also stack blocks 3 high now. Very cool!

His signing has increased. He signs milk frequently with meaning now. He has also signed/mimicked more and eat in the past few days, too.

No words yet that we can recognize, although he plays with the light switch and says "ot, ot" which could mean "up, down" or "on, off." (We'll probably count that as his first word). Sometimes he will mimick sounds that we say without meaning. When he is trying to use words with meaning, "dadadada" seems to be his generic word.

On Easter Sunday, Geoffrey woke up at 4 AM (while we were in San Diego) and fussed until about 7. We finally figured out that he had a new tooth, way in the back on the bottom on his left. A molar? Not sure - but it was sure causing him a lot of pain! Poor guy! He did well taking the train back home, though, and had a good time on Easter Sunday at Nonna and Grandpa's. The Easter of the big Earthquake in Mexi-Cali!

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