Let the guessing game begin

Mr. J.'s vocabulary is growing. Unfortunately, his arsenal of consonants is still some what limited. So he gets creative.

Bebe DVD
Dance downstairs
Goolbus schoolbus
ABC any number combination
Deesch switch
Rim ring
Dim ding
Butsch brush
Elmornie Elmo Ernie
Elmosa Elmo's song (on YouTube on iPhone)
Duck stuck
Nammis sandwich
Booga booger
Boddle bottle
Teesha teacher (Tricia?)
Eeshita?

Booken broken
Garbis garbage
Aartee empty

Obsession with butsch and waasch

Butsch: brush. Sometimes with baby toothpaste, often not. Sometime wielding twin brushes. Seldom accepts help fom dada or mama. Mostly, Mr. J. is chewing the tooth brush and sucking water out of it.

Waasch: wash. Accompanied by hand-washing motion. With Dial hand soap. Mr. J. has not mastered washing the back of his hands. And he has to be reminded to dry his hands.

Trailing consonants

Mr. J. is able to pronounce some trailing consonants accurately:
Boo-k
Ber-t (maybe Bir-d)
Bu-s
U-p

Halloween adventure

Dressing up as a skeleton.
Trick-or-treating on our street.
Trick-or-treating at the mall.
Eating the first Reese's peanut butter cup.
Greeting some trick-or-treaters.

Mr. J. loves beef chow fun.

Wellness visit

Mr. J. really does not like the doctor's office. He starts frowning upon entering the doctor's office, pouting in the waiting room, crying in the exam room, screaming when the doctor comes in, all in anticipation of getting a shot :(

Mr. J. is 25th percentile in height and weight, and 80th percentile in head size! Imagine if Mr. J. has a 50th percentile head, he would be closer to the 10th percentile :)

Mr. J. Is all smiles when he gets his sticker at bye bye time.

Binge Drinking

Mr. J. staggers around, way past his bed time, saying "doo dah... doo dah"
One cup of milk later, Mr. J. staggers around, way way past his bed time, saying "doo dah... doo dah"
Another cup of milk later, Mr. J. staggers around, way way way past his bed time, saying "doo dah... doo dah...kkkkkk"
Four hours go by, Mr. J. wakes up and cries "NAI NAI" and drinks another cup of milk.
Five hours go by, Mr. J. wakes up and cries "NAI NAI" and drinks another cup of milk.

That is 4 cups of milk in less than 12 hours.

The diaper holds... barely...

Mr. J. slept through the night

The night dada fell asleep on the couch, Mr. J. slept through the night - in his own bed!  Mommy got the whole bed to herself!

Moo and Dar

Mr. J. learns about the night sky from his Cloud b Twilight Constellation Night Light.  The turtle-shaped light has a plastic shell with holes through which beams of lights are projected onto the ceiling to mimic the night sky.  The in-room constellation consists of a new moon and many equally bright five-point stars.  Mr. J. points and says "moo" and "dar".

At dusk today, Mr. J. went outside with Mommy.  A half moon was visible in the sky.  Mommy introduced Mr. J. to the real moon.  He seemed to grasp the concept immediately, even saying "bye bye moo" when he returned to the house :)

How many ways can Mr. J. drink bath water?

1. Suck water from a wash cloth
2. Use a bath toy collinder
3. Dunk his face into the water

Updates on Mr. J.'s vocabulary

Mr. J. has quite a few words.

ABC (sometimes "abyss")
aboyji (EFG?)
(Mr. J. won't say "D")

aba aba (open)

ahwa (water)
aldume (all done - also used for "finished", "turn off the turtle night light")

amana (Amanda?)

ba (bus)

babwe (baby)
baby

boo (when he plays peek-a-boo)

book, bookuh (books, DVDs) 

boon (spoon)

bubble (bubbles or bellybutton)

bye-bye (he wants to go bye bye)

daji (daddy, ducky, doggy)
dar (star)

doe (toe)

dor (door, sometimes means close)

dool (school)
elmo (Elmo)

ernie (Ernie)

fishi (fish)

hi

jiji (cheerios, keys)

ka ka (car or I want to play in the driver's seat); bakaka (?)

maya (Maya)

mine

mommy (sometimes minemy, mommya)

moo (moon or moo)
mor (more)

nana (banana - although he doesn't eat banana)

nainai (milk)

no

oushy (outside)

owee

peepee

raya (rice)

stee (breadstick)

ubydown (up-side-down)
uhoh
upuh-byebye (pick me up and take me somewhere)
wowo (yogurt)

yay (when clapping)

yeah

Mr. J. sometimes repeats after his dada and mama and saya "aya", "neigh", "ba (sheep sound)", "woof", "moo", "park", etc.  When told to "say please", Mr. J. says "pea".

PaPa gets booted off the bed - again.

"I didn't really get booted.  I just got demoted to the foot of the bed," says dada.

(Mr. J. was right in the middle of the bed, stretched across horizontally.)

Teething again

Mr. J. appears to be teething again.  Is it time for the pre-molars to come already?  He has the predictable rash on the face, low appetite, and trouble with sleep.  Every time he teeths, he also gets sick - a cough and runny nose this time.  Dada thinks it is because he puts stuff in his mouth more than usual.  Makes sense.

On a related note, why doesn't Mr. J. like gummy bears?  All kids like gummy bears - gummy vitamins are parents' best friends, I heard.  But Mr. J. is more intrigued with taking them out of the bottle, and returning them one at a time by putting one on the lid and transferring by turning the lid on top of the bottle - after he sneezed on the lot!

Swimming lessons

Mr. J. is attending parent and tot's swimming classes on Sundays.  Last week was his first lesson.  Dada put on his swim trunk but did not get in the water.  He went to the gym side to pick up some towels and never returned until the end of class!  Mr. J.  wrapped his legs on mommy and had a koala death grip.  Did not seem to get into any splashing, kicking, arm-flopping, or ball-retrieving activities, but seemed to like floating on his back, supported of course.  By the end of class, Mr. J. did not want to get out of the pool.  Mommy sat him on the side a few times only to have him voluntarily jump into the water into mommy's arms again.  Dada had to pick him up.  All in all, not a bad first experience.

Vowels and Consonants

Mr. J's friends at school call him "Doughy" or "Chloe".  That got us to notice how some consonants are really hard for babies.  So what has Mr. J been saying so far?

Vowels:  "a", "eh", "oh", "aye", "oo" and "ee"
Consonants: "b", "d", "m", "p", "n"

Notable words: "mine", "no", "eh-mo" (Elmo), "bah-oon" (balloon), "nine-nine" (milk - go figure), "buh-boh" (bubble or belly button), "doe" (toe), "noe" (nose), eye, "ah-poo" (up), "da-oon" (down), "poon" (spoon).

The consonant "k" should be close, because Mr. J. makes snoring sounds with it "kuuuuuuhhhhhhhh".  Mr. J. has fun with lip consonants, saying words like "me me me me me" or "pee pee".  Tongue consonants, such as "el", remains elusive; Mr. J. will giggle if you wiggle your tongue at him.

Elmooo!

Mr. J points to Elmo and says, "Elmoooo"
Mr. J points to Ernie and says, "Elmoooo"
Mr. J points to Cookie Monster and says, "Elmoooo"
Mr. J points to Big Bird and says, "Elmoooo"
Mr. J points to Count and says, "Elmoooo"
Mr. J points to Zoe and says, "Elmoooo"

Dunkin Remote

What is with this fascination for gadgets?  At 15 months, Mr. J is attached to dada and mama's cell phones, laptop and desktop computers, keyboards, remote controls, etc.  Toy keyboards and toy remote controls meant for kds?  Not interested.  Unfortunately, with his taste for sophisticated toys,  Mr. J experiments with all hand-held objects the same way any toddler does: bang them together, stack them on top of one another, or put them inside containers.  End result?  On this, the first day of August, the remote control of our brand new Sony flat screen TV was dunked into mama's coffee, resulting in a loss of functionality for about half its buttons.  (Dada is now shopping for a replacement remote.)