Language

When Eddie wants to get down now, he says "Down. Down. Down." (He also says "up" when he wants to be picked up now, instead of using "Down" for everything!) When he's a little upset, though, it comes out sounding an awful lot like "Damn."

The other day, I picked up Eddie against his will.

Eddie: "Down! Down! Damn! Damn! Damn!"

Daddy (shocked): "Eddie! Where did you learn that language?"

Eddie: "Mama!" (points at Mama.)

Well!

Vacuum

Today, Daddy was putting up a magnet board on the wall, which involved tools that Eddie wasn't allowed around. Naturally he was very interested. I also had to vacuum up some dust, so the vacuum was out.

While I was taking a break, Eddie got over there. Mommy had warned him not to mess with the vacuum, but the red switch on the side was apparently too much for his curiosity to bear. He pushed it, and the vacuum came on with a roar.

Without missing a beat, Eddie did a smart about-face and walked quickly away. He didn't make any noise until he was a safe distance away. Then he cried "Mommy! Mommy!"

We wanted to be a little stern with him, as well as comforting. But we couldn't help laughing.


I'm glad to say that Eddie's sleeping a lot better now. When he goes down in his crib, he says "Nite nite. Ciao."

Talking, sharing, and a big boom

One day in the bath, Eddie pointed up at a washcloth that was hanging over the bar and said "Pants."
I corrected him: "Washcloth."
Eddie, exasperated, shouted: "That thing!"


Eddie has started climbing on things more. Last week, he tried to climb on a metal shelf that we have near the kitchen, and it fell over. He had a HUGE bump over his eye, and we took him to the doctor. He was fine. He's still climbing on things.


At the playground the other day, Eddie was looking enviously at a soccer ball that belonged to a little girl. Her dad asked "Do you want to kick it?" But instead of kicking it, Eddie grabbed it and ran off (give him an inch, he'll take a mile...)

I asked him to give it back to the little girl. He headed off that way. It looked promising, but he overshot: he kept going past her, then threw the ball toward the wall.

I asked him a second time to give it back, and he picked it up again, then put it on top of the wall, outside the playground.

I asked him a third time to give it back, and he picked it up off the wall, then took it straight to the little girl and handed it to her!

What a good boy!


Eddie says "jar" now, but he pronounces it "dao." He says it consistently, and he's definitely saying "jar", it just comes out as "dao" every time.

Understanding

This morning, Anne asked Eddie to take Uncle Snuffles (a teddy bear) and show him how to ride on Rosie (the rocking horse). Without any further coaching or prompting, he walked across the room and set Uncle Snuffles sitting up on Rosie, and rocked him a little, all on his own! Then Uncle Snuffles fell off and Eddie said "Uh oh!" He was pretty worried but luckily Uncle Snuffles was uninjured.

Eddie has started to say "Down" when he wants to get out of our arms or his chair, but he also says "Down" when he wants to get up into our laps, or generally wants to get anywhere.

Eddie's been having a lot of trouble sleeping for more than a week now, so he's often out of sorts. I hope that passes by soon!

Counting

Asked to count, Eddie holds up random numbers of fingers and says "Two, Tree, Shoes, Two, Tree, Shoes."

Eddie has really gotten into his rocking horse, Rosie, since we got back. He now gets on all by himself and rocks away. He also recently got re-acquainted with his tricycle and he gets on that by himself too, but he hasn't learned to pedal.