This month my baby picked up quite a few new "copycat skills" from watching me. Last month his favorite activity was taking caps off bottles, then putting them on, then taking them off... This month he decided to try his hand at drinking from the bottles. He swallows about 1/3, chokes on 1/3, and spills the other 1/3 onto his belly. His second favorite word is "augee" for
water (agua). This is not to be confused with "audu" for
all done or "audu" for
more (perhaps the latter having originated from
again). As far as I can tell, the difference between the two "audu"s is the length of the vowels -
all done is longer than
more. Basically, this means he would have been better off learning Japanese as a first language! He has also added to his vocabulary "baby" for
help and "mama" for
mama's milk (still no word referencing me - perhaps he doesn't realize we're separate people). He also tries to copy me counting in Mandarin. And his favorite word - the one he says first thing upon waking, last thing before falling asleep, in the middle of the night, and hundreds of times each day: "doggie." Here's a picture taken earlier this summer of our roommate Shooter, the dog that started his fascination:
Other notable new skills/interests include:
The shred basket at the office
Brooms
Wheelbarrows
Picking out his own clothes
Picking flowers
Blowing his nose
(super quick video)
Climbing up and down steps
(watch the video at the bottom to see this in action)
And worms!!
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