words! we have new words..."more!", "o-ho" (as in ho-ho the monkey from kai-lan), "roar" (as in rintoo the tiger), "uh-oh", "woah!" and "wow!". his enunciation of "ball" is also clearer this month. he's also saying alphabet letters...like E and I. i think the bath letters are a real teaching tool :-) the other day he actually pointed to E and M and said the letters! and today at dance class, the kids were all supposed to be barking dogs, but gabe had to be different and moo'd like a cow.
singing & dancing! a few weeks ago, my brother was the first to catch on that gabe was starting to sing twinkle twinkle (or the abc's). it started as a few notes, but now he's actually attempting to sing (read: hum) the entire song. but god forbid anyone acknowledges it out loud! gabe's definitely not a public singer...he clams up as soon as anyone starts to pay attention. so we quietly celebrate to ourselves when he sings. he also recognizes row, row, row your boat, and will pretend to row a boat...so cute! and he's a dancing machine! he's got a little shoulder shrug, head-bopping, wiggling kind of dance. gabe and i also raised the roof tonight as i sang the toopy & binoo theme song to him. speaking of which, i've bought gabe's xmas present today...tickets to see T&B at the centre in january! i just couldn't resist :P
eating! gabe's always loved to eat, and now he's great at feeding himself. he doesn't like to have dirty hands, so he's quite adept at using a fork or spoon. i was worried that once he started self-feeding, he would take forever to eat. but he's a real foodie, so he eats almost as fast as us! vegetables still continue to be hit & miss...he likes most of them, but when we come across a tricky veggie, we can always convince him to have it with dip! he's also drinking out of a little cup now...no more sippy cups for him!
tantrums! we're still seeing them when things don't go his way, and sometimes just out of the blue. i'm trying to figure out good distractions to use as an alternative, but i've noticed that sometimes he just can't be swayed. the other day he had a fit for about 15 minutes. after trying twice to calm him down, i just gave up and let him figure it out alone.
gymtime! we go to bonsor for loonie gymnastics on monday nights, and gabe has a blast. it's a great opportunity for him to run around, jump on things, throw things, and play with new things. he's discovered the giant mats and likes to jump on them and will also roll on them. he's finally gotten over his fear of the parachute, and will hold onto a handle and "make waves". he's still not comfortable jumping on the parachute or running underneath it. gymtime has also been a great opportunity to talk to gabe about taking turns and sharing. this past week, one older child really seemed out to get gabe. he pushed him a couple times, took items from gabe, and would deliberately cut gabe off when he was heading towards a toy. on a positive side, gabe would just brush it off for the most part, and we'd go find something else to do :)
happy 25 months!
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