Nicholas has had a big jump in the number of words he is saying or attempting to say in the last few weeks. Some common new words are:
ta-da (as in a surprise), bump, pop, papa, beep, owie and bus
He plays games where he 'hides' a toy and signs 'all gone' and then gets it and says 'TA -DA'. He is starting to talk where when he is driving his car over a bump in the carpet he will say 'bump' as he is driving it. Or if he is coming up from under a table he will look to be sure his head won't bump and he will say 'bump'.
Yesterday at swim class Grandma came in place of Daddy (Daddy's back was sore). I was telling Nicholas that Grandma was coming to the pool. I said "Do you want to swim with Grandma or Mommy?" and he said "Mommy" and held on to me. It was so cute. Of course we switch kids 1/2 way through , but it was sweet. :) He will point to pictures and say "mommy" "daddy" and then point to Celia and himself.
He is also signing some new words after the new baby signing time dvds. He can sign 'turtle', 'hot', 'cold', 'wind', 'rain', and some others. The other day he came in the kitchen and signed 'help' 'open'. So I said "show me" and he took me to the front door. He wanted it unlocked so he could open it. I thought that was so cool that he signed 'help' 'open' without getting frustrated and crying.
Typically Celia's verbal skills follow a few weeks or a month or so after Nicholas. He did sign first and she picked up more over the summer that he did in spring, so it seems his verbal comes a bit sooner than hers. This last week she is trying really hard though. She has said 'owie' 'bug' 'please' (sounds like 'puh') and she did say 'more' a couple days ago. She is in the stage where she tries the first sound most of the time. I think she will get it shortly. We have been really praising her attempts and she likes that a lot.
This video was from sunday. They were both playing so nicely and concentrating so hard at their toys that I grabbed the camera. Nicholas was driving a car and Celia was putting the screws in the wooden tool box so carefully.
p.s. we have been working on colors a lot and I would've guessed she could tell me which was 'yellow'. Guess they don't perform on camera either. ha ha
We grow so fast. . .
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Cute! I love how Celia was looking at you frequently to make sure you were watching. Nicholas is doing so well with the talking, the way he says owie is so cute :). I love those moments when they play so nicely, those days are the best!
ReplyDeleteToo cute! She did a great job and N's owie is sweet. :) I need to get video of my boys saying the words they know but everytime I get the camera out they clam up! *L*
ReplyDeleteWow thats wonderful that they are both picking up talking so much. It must be cool to see them using signs to make double word sentences and try to copy you verbally as well. We are still working on Ma-Ma or Da-Da with Lauren! :)
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I love how Celia kept checking in with you...and how she stole the toy from Nicholas! They are so cute!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on all the new words!!! The boys loved watching N&C and I am surprised that they still recognize them!!! Eli kept saying Nicholas, Nicholas! It was cute!
ReplyDeleteCelia looked so content playing!!! Sweet, sweet!