What a clever boy...

We've not had much time to keep the blog up-dated with detailed progress for Curtis which is a shame as he progresses so quickly its easy to lose track of all the new things he can do and understand.

Chatterbox
He's always been a very sociable boy and a little chatterbox and he continues to jabber away in his own language of dadadada, bababa, boobooobadadee etc as well as 'reading' books out loud to himself, but he also occasionaly comes out with perfectly pronouced words...he woke up in the night last week and twice very clearly said 'MILK' MILK' when we brought him a drink. In the past he has fairly clearly said Cecil (his toy), Georgia (his playmate at Traceys), and according to Nanna Hughes once when watching a nature programme on TV he copied 'sea turtle'. Hehehehe how funny. He's certainly making a lot of attempts at pronouncing various words...I guess we'll spend the next year or so trying to fathom what he's trying to say. Although he knows many signs from his baby signing he has as yet failed ot put any into practice to request food, drink, toys, nappy changes etc so I guess its back to guessing like everyone else!

Red light, green light...go..go..go!
When we stop at traffic lights I always say 'Red light -Stop' and do the hand signal for stop (for Curtis's benefit, not because Im mad). Curtis now does the stop sign when he sees a red light, occasionally says 'red' and points with excitement when we see any traffic lights.

Cow go Mmmmmmmmmmm and dogs go Hmmmph Hmmmph
For a while now Curtis has been trying to make animal sounds for cow and dog. He does this when he sees their pictures in his books and often points and makes a noise when we see a dog in the street (we dont get many cows in Pollokshields!).


Temper, temper
In recent weeks Curtis has begun to show hints of frustration e.g. as the walker gets stuck against the wall, when his toy gets caught under something or if he tries to turn a page in a book when he's sitting on it. Not sure why this coincides with Gareth telling me that Curtis gets more like me everyday!

Heads and Shoulders, knees and toes...
For all of us who have spent months singing nursery rhymes and doing the actions we are all rewarded with a sudden flurry of actions from Curtis. He's been doing a few favourites such as Wind the bobbin up and twinkle twinkle for some months but this week we're all heads, shoulders, knees and toes and he can now identify eyes, noses and mouths when asked. Sometimes he practices this first thing in the morning when he wakes us up...ah bless!

Note to grandparents...Video evidence coming soon!