As most of us know, it is important for our children to be independent and self-sufficient in our world (the average height world). I have encouraged Nathan to learn how to figure things out on his own ( or have shown alternative methods of obtaining what he wants). I am proud of him and what he has accomplished. To me everything he does is special and amazing. I feel I have retrained my brain into thinking that he does things that average sized children couldn’t but I think that as parents we tend to think our children are geniuses. Nate has figured out how to get himself into his highchair and buckle himself in. He’s actually been buckling himself in since he was 1 but has enough strength now to climb in. Also, mom had to assist for video sake but he does this all day long with no help. Enjoy the video!
Since Nate has reached 2 years of age his vocabulary has began to increase. I don’t know if he is where he needs to be till I talk with the doctor but I think that he is doing great. Since Nate suffered with numerous ear infections for a year, the fluid trapped in his ear my have led to slower vocabulary development. I know that I can understand him quite well but I don’t think that others will have as easy a job. I would love to hear what you think about this and if I should think about speech therapy. Nate’s vocab consist of these words: Mom, Daddy, Au-gee (Audrey), woof, meow, ball, ba-oon (balloon) bye-bye, baby, hi, up, pease (please), grandma, papa, ow, wow, bink, dree (drink). I included a video of him talking, he was distracted and of course didn’t want to perform but it gives an idea. These are the words that he says: Balloon, baby, ball, woof woof, meow, mom, Audrey, bye-bye and daddy.
