Jasper is letting us know his needs lately with a very strong pterodactyl scream. We are coaching him to use words for "up" (for dad to carry him) or "potty" (for when he needs to be offered the toilet) or "all done" (when he is finished eating) and so far, we aren't making much progress with it. Even though he did win the Nobel Prize from his baby friends, according to Will our home has been not so peaceful.
Jasper is feeding himself independently with his spoon and sometimes with his fork. He drinks from a tiny glass. He is pretty reliable with the toilet. He certainly has all his bowel movements in the toilet but he is also reliably giving me the pterodactyl when he needs to pee. Today he has worn the same pair of underwear but I put him in a diaper for his nap.
In his world all the doors need to be shut. Whenever he enters a room he turns around to shut the door on us. Sometimes I'll be folding laundry in his room, and I hear the door slam shut. That's him. In the bathroom he does not sit on his potty chair until he has that door closed on us. He has a little garage that we gave him for his birthday and those doors must also always be shut. Sometimes I open them as I walk by the shelf and as he follows behind he makes sure to shut them.
He loves to take turns with things too. He will play with something briefly and then hand it over to whoever is nearby whether it is one of us or a baby friend. His plan is for that person to play with the toy and then give it back to him. I think he gleaned this idea from how we play ball back and forth. Sometimes I also think that he is wanting someone to show him how to use the toy and then he wants to take a turn.
He is a very steady walker and is very busy exploring. He loves to take walks and play at the park these days. Thankfully he really isn't very oral with things and for the most part just loves to touch or carry. He is a maximum effort kind of guy right now. He loves to carry something heavy across the room. He will tote around my purse or his brother's lunchbox back and forth across the house. If he sees a hill, he'll immediately try walking down it and stumble. He is the same way with stairs and just wants to practice going up and down.
I honestly don't know what his first clear word is...he says hi, mama,dada, cat, dog, and ball. He will repeat a set of sounds in relation to an object over and over again but I'm just not sure what the word is yet. If something is furry or cute he has a very distinct and excited little sound that he makes. It stumps me. I just can't figure out what it is yet.
He still seems to be taking two naps a day on occasion but generally takes one long nap in the late morning. If I can keep things exciting for him we can make it to lunch and then he naps afterwards but lately he wakes up at the crack of 6am and then is tired for a nap by 10-11am. My goal is to get him back to his 7:30 am wake-up. It seems like once he started walking he doesn't sleep past 6am. This is not unlike Will so I'm well aware that "sleeping in" might be another couple years away!
All in all, a busy little guy who keeps us on our toes!
