Vocab update...

Jackson has started started using adjectives with nouns, a first for him. Last night when he touched his hair after his bath he said "wet hair".

He has started to sing a lot lately his favorite songs being, Happy Birthday, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Itsy Bitsy Spider. He gets a few words with every line.

Jackson's Twinkle Twinkle:
"Ink kel Ink kel ittel aaaaar
Ooow eeeyee da ta doa aaah
Up aaaaovvv dattaa daaa ddaa da doo
Ink kel Ink kel ittel aaaaar"

We are working daily on saying please and thank you, he does great when reminded.
"Tank tu" and "Peeessse"

He's starting to understand that hitting makes us sad, and when we say we are sad, then Jackson feels sad too.

I can't believe how fast he grows and learns, my tiny baby has become a little guy before my eyes.

Updates

Swim Lessons: Even as the son of the Head of the Program, Jackson does not want to do as told. This week was a little better, he participated in 3 out of the 5 tasks he was asked to do. I don't think he's ready to move on to the next level, and we'll be doing round two of Parent/Child.

Potty Training: Jackson is doing great going poopy on the potty. He does every morning, and if he has to go again during the day he will usually tell us. However we haven't worked on only peeing in the toilet, that will be our next step. For now, we are just happy to rarely have to change a poopy diaper!

Words: His vocabulary is expanding by the second, he knows lots of words and can point to them in books. He knows his animals pretty well, and is great at animal sounds. Right now we are working on colors. Grandpa Joel taught him "red" early on, and now EVERYTHING is red.

Sara: I have signed up to take another online course at Century for the Fall Semester. I'm taking Macroeconomics, I didn't have much to choose from, because I signed up so late, but I am looking forward to taking another class and learning.

Ron: It's Ron's busy time of year at work, swim lessons and beaches are in full swing. He's latest project at home has been to clean up the easement in the back of our yard. After years of overgrowth, it has been quite the task... Jackson thinks it's his new play area.

Repeat after me...

This morning while we were getting in a little play time before Ron had to jet off to work, Jackson surprised us again. I don't remember what it was exactly that prompted Ron to end a statement with "Oh My God" but he did. And like father, like son, so did Jackson: "ohmy ahd" or something close to that. I guess it's time to really start watching the words coming out of my mouth, because he's picking up on it, even when I think he's not listening.

The last of the vocab update...

It is with glee that I tell you, this is the last time I will do a vocabulary update, the list is just getting too long and I can't keep track of all of the words. What a smarty-pants we have on our hands.

Words
Ball -"alllll"
Duck - "du"
Hat - "at" while patting head
Hi - "hi"
Uh Oh - "uh oh"
Daddy - "daddy"
Peas - "eeeez"
Cheese - "cheeez"
More - "more"
Frog - "og"
Dog - "dawww"
Socks - "aaacs"
Diaper - "dada"
Fish - "ishy"
Water - "ah er" while pointing to cheek
Cookie - "cookie"
Broccoli - "acklli"
Keys - "eeeys"
Banana - "dada"
Apple - "ahh" (we are still working on the second syllable)
No - "doe, doe, doe"
Daddy - "daddy"
Up - "up"
Down - "dow"
Please - "eez"
All Done - "aww don"
Mama - FINALLY!
Help - "howwa"
Shoes - "oooze"
Mine - UNFORTUNATELY
Water - "wawa"
Potty - "pady"
Poop - "poop"
Strawberry - "awb by"
Blackberry - "bac by"
Walk - "alc"
Outside - "ow si"
Owie - "owie"
Elmo - "emo"
Cracker - "rackr"
Bye - Bye - "bye - bye"
Baby - "baba"
Baseball - "baybal"
Please - "peace"


Sounds
Moo (cow)
Woof (dog)
Roar Roar (lion)
Vrroooom (car)
Ooh Ooh Aah Aah (monkey)
Meow (cat)
Roar (tiger)
Hop Hop (bunny)
Baaaa (sheep)
Grrrrr (bear)
Owwwww (wolf)
Baaaa (goat)
peep peep (bird)
cock (rooster)
who who (owl)
ssss (snake)
ack ack (duck)

and get this...
He pounds on his chest when asked what a gorilla says!

New vocab words...

Words
Ball -"alllll"
Duck - "du"
Hat - "at" while patting head
Hi - "hi"
Uh Oh - "uh oh"
Daddy - "daddy"
Peas - "eeeez"
Cheese - "cheeez"
More - "more"
Frog - "og"
Dog - "dawww"
Socks - "aaacs"
Diaper - "dada"
Fish - "ishy"
Water - "ah er" while pointing to cheek
Cookie - "cookie"
Broccoli - "acklli"
Keys - "eeeys"
Banana - "dada"
Apple - "ahh" (we are still working on the second syllable)

Signs
Hat
More
Milk
Play
All Done
Bye Bye
Sleep
Eat
Bath
Water

Sounds
Moo (cow)
Woof (dog)
Roar Roar (lion)
Vrroooom (car)
Ooh Ooh Aah Aah (monkey)

Keeping tabs on vocabulary...

From another blog I read, the author was asked at her son's 15 month appointment how many words he knew. She started counting on her fingers and came up with a number, the doctor was quite surprised by his underperformance and discussed with her some speech therapy options. When she returned home, she realized that her son was capable of so much more than she gave him credit for.

I started to think what words Jackson knew and decided to start recording them:

Words
Ball -"alllll"
Duck - "du"
Hat - "at" while patting head
Hi - "hi"
Uh Oh - "uh oh"
Daddy - "daddy"
Peas - "eeeez"
Cheese - "cheeez"
More - "more"
Frog - "og"
Dog - "dawww"
Socks - "aaacs"
Diaper - "dada"
Fish - "ishy"

Signs
Hat
More
Milk
Play
All Done
Bye Bye
Sleep
Eat
Bath

Sounds
Moo (cow)
Woof (dog)
Roar Roar (lion)
Vrroooom (car)

A walker, a talker, and an eater...

Jackson and I missed the flu bug, but I did catch a bit of a cold. Jackson has really been doing great. Walking lots a places now, he can take 10 steps or so in the direction of something he wants totally unassisted.

Jackson must be going through a growing spurt these days, it seems like lunch is just over and he is already asking for more. His favorite foods these days are Cheerios and peas. Makes me wonder if we did the right thing by teaching the boy sign language. His vocabulary is increasing along with his appetite. He's been saying duck (du) and frog (og). We'll have to work on getting him to complete the whole word, but it's a start.

Use your words...

Jackson is starting to repeat some "words" back to us lately. It's so fun to see what he can learn. Here his vocab list:

"dada" = dada
"uh-oh" = uh-oh
"eeeez" = cheese
"eeeeys" = keys
"daw" = dog
"dall" = ball

We'll keep working at it.