Mason's 22nd month was a fun one! I cannot believe he will be 2 years old in 2 months! Time flies when the times are fun.
A lot has developed in Casa Mason this month. Let's start with the talking. We still only have one-word sentences. But he is enunciating words here and there. He says "Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii!" clear as a bell and to everyone. He calls me mama instead of baba. Over the course of a couple of weeks, he was calling me both, and then I magically became mama. When Will becomes dada instead of lala, even more of little baby Mason will be gone. Sad and happy and exciting! One other word he says very clearly now is juice.
When I tell him we're going to Target, Starbucks or the Farmer's Market, he "tuts" his tongue. That means cake. He KNOWS that we are going to get him cake! We don't do those things very often, but he still remembers!
Preferences surfaced big time this month. He now asks for different songs in the car besides the "no no" song ("Don't Lie" by the Black Eyed Peas). He can identify four or five Sesame Street songs and asks for them (Grover, Manamana, LaLaLa - "Sing, Sing a Song"). He requests specific pajamas (mickey) or a tshirt (dinosaur or pirate).
He's gotten more physical this month. He can throw, kick and roll a ball like a champ! He has a new baseball tee and can set it up and hit himself. He still isn't technically running, but he moves quickly on those little legs! He loves to jump (we help), hang from the bar, walk on the beam, and do forward rolls at The Little Gym.
He got a haircut! It is a really bad haircut. We buzzed it ourselves, and stopped when we thought he couldn't take it any longer. It's growing in badly, but he's so cute anyway! It makes him look like a big boy (with a blind stylist!).
He had visits with all grandparents this month. It is fun to spend time with our parents. They get such a kick out of Mason.
He has four squirting dogs and one fish in the bath. He named the dogs Pippy (Basher's nickname from me and Will), Pippy, Mama and Lala. He named the fish "Bobo" (Grover).
He will negotiate now. He knows that if he wants to go outside, he has to wear shoes (I don't want him getting a bee sting on his foot!). If we want him to eat a little more, we offer to sing a song, and he'll eat more while we sing. Crayons work, too.
Speaking of crayons, he's drawing more and more. I tried fingerpaints with him this month. I was glad I had a paper towel next to me. He HATED it! So I got a turkey brush and he made his first painting instead!
He gives the most delicious "Elmo" kisses and neck squeezes now!
He's been working on holding up fingers for each number one through five. He can identify so many letters now and their sounds because of the fridgephonics (V, P, D, Y, M, N, O, A...)
His sleep is pretty regular. He has a 2.5ish hour nap daily and goes to sleep (pretty much) without issue. He sometimes gets up in the middle of the night and needs comforting. This happens more often when he is sick than other times, but there's no rhyme or reason to it.
He had a very high fever a couple of days ago. He had 103.4, but the doctor said it was a 48 hour virus. The fever went away,but the sniffles stayed and gave him ANOTHER ear infection! We're on amoxicillin again! Argh!
He has his first chore! I typed last month that he helped me get Basher's food. THIS month, he gets me the bowl, I help him pour the food in, he watches me lock ("dah!") the food container, and then he walks the food back himself!
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