Another month has flown by in the life of Graham. Our little wild man is still keeping us on our toes. It seems he never stops moving except to grab a quick hug here and there. One of the biggest changes for Graham this month is that Randy and I have started more actively disciplining him. He is old enough to comprehend when we tell him that behaviors are not acceptable so when he chooses those behaviors anyway he now receives a one minute time out. His most common offences include hitting and throwing, but time out is torture for our active guy so he is learning quickly!
Other milestones:
- He continues to add new words to his vocabulary every day. Some recent additions include: sorry, Elmo, Bert, Ernie, Cookie, duck, Graham (GRMM), park, outside, and show. He loves TV so lately he will hand me the remote control and say, "SHOOOOW!!!)
- He is loving books more and more each day and now he likes to say the words along with me. A new favorite is called Bubbles, Bubble and it features the Sesame Street characters as babies taking a bubble bath. He loves to pretend to pop all the bubbles and to quack like Ernie's rubber duckie.
- He still loves singing and music so I try to incorporate music in our activities. Some new favorite songs include the Hokie Pokie, I'm a Little Teapot, and Skidamarink.
- Even when he's not saying actual words, Graham is ALWAYS talking. He jabbers on and on and on and I know he thinks he's really saying something. It is so fun to see him "tell us a story" and watch how animated he gets, sometimes serious, sometimes smiling. I wish I knew what he was saying!
- He's become kind of a guy's guy. Jack was always a mommy's boy at this age but Graham is definitely a daddy's boy. He also really loves his Grandad and really took to Uncle Daniel this weekend even though he hadn't seen him in months. I think it's sweet that he loves being with the boys, but I do kind of miss having a little baby who always wants his mommy! :(
Overall, G continues to be a strong, brave, active little guy. We've had a great summer and I'm looking forward to the fall because we have tons of activities and new experiences planned for our sweet guy!
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