This was going to be a list of five, as that's a nice round number, but I started the list and got to seven so easily that i thought I couldn't cut two out! They are in no particular order :-)
Counting skills
Leila has been pacticing her numbers for a while now, in fact ever since we got a few second-hand books from Phil and Liz (Grasslands and Spot's big picture book). Now though she not only recognises the nine digits (and number 10), but she can count up to ten and we have even found her counting up to fifteen on the stairs (as there are more than ten stairs, so she keeps going!).
A lot of the time she counts "one, two, three, ten!" for fun, and I'm sure she has no real concept of what the numbers mean at the moment, but we are getting there. For example she can count the number of buses at the bus stop.
Wee wee in the potty
Leila has done three wee wees in the potty this week (and only one wee wee on the floor). She has figured out how to take her own trousers and nappy off and always does this with a cheeky grin on her face, but we let her as we're happy to go with what she wants to do regarding potty training - we're not going to force it. She likes to take her nappy off to tell us she has done a wee wee, but in the afternoon she likes to keep it off and then will go to the potty every now and then. Often she goes just to 'trump' on the potty, but we have found that she has done three wee wees all by herself. The only thing is that she is so proud of her wee wee that we need to rush over quickly before she picks the potty up and whirls it round with her enthusiasm!
Language
Leila's language is just coming on in leaps and bounds at the moment. She makes a real effort to try new words after we say them. Today I said that she could have extra snack for the "journey" and she then started saying "turn-ney". She is stringing words together and we can really understand what she is saying "Josh - house - cake" or "Odod - poo - see"
The other aspect of her communication that is also amazing to see is how she loves to repeat little stories about what she has been doing. These stories are repeated more often if they involve crying it seems (Leila - waa - no - ouch....yes, Leila was crying because we told her not to sit like that on the chair or she'll get an ouch... is the translation)
Make believe play
When the mood strikes her Leila can really do a lot of make believe play. Most of it though involves her toys doing poos! She especially likes to 'wipe' her toys, then put their nappies on, put them to bed, wake them up etc. She also will take them on the bus in the buggy, or will cook things with her food and pans from Ikea. It's fun and very sweet to watch.
One aspect of this is the copying of what she has seen us do and shows us what she picks up on. As well as doing poos and needing wipes and nappies, her toys often need 'boob' and she will lift her t-shirt up! When she wants a bit of attention she will come to us and ask to be burped and then she will pretend to be sick on us - nice!
Her love of Black Lace
At one of the playgroups we go to ("tick tock" after the song we sang the first week we went there), we did the Hokey Cokey and Leila has been asking us to do this with her ever since. Then last week Scott got the mp3 fo Black Lace's cover version playing and she has become addicted! She loves it! She would listen to it (and watch youtube videos of it) all day if we let her. I'm sure it's in part to do with the gadget she listens on it to, but part is her love of the song as we find her doing the actions in the buggy and singing it to herself at home. She knows how to Hokey Cokey, that she needs to turn around, that she 'wooaaah' at the right bit etc.
Youtube has a playlist function though, and this has led Leila to discover "Agadoo" too. We have taught her the dance. She loves it and it's hilarious!
Helping mum with Edward
Leila is getting more and more interested in helping with Edward. She has always loved saying "hi" to him (in a loud voice, inches from his face of course), but now she enjoys helping me change his nappy (mainly because she is fascinated by poppers and by poo at the moment) and gets me things that he needs, like muslins or a new suit. This evening she gave him a really nice kiss and a cuddle just before bed. She's a great big sister and we're so proud of her.
Counting skills
Leila has been pacticing her numbers for a while now, in fact ever since we got a few second-hand books from Phil and Liz (Grasslands and Spot's big picture book). Now though she not only recognises the nine digits (and number 10), but she can count up to ten and we have even found her counting up to fifteen on the stairs (as there are more than ten stairs, so she keeps going!).
A lot of the time she counts "one, two, three, ten!" for fun, and I'm sure she has no real concept of what the numbers mean at the moment, but we are getting there. For example she can count the number of buses at the bus stop.
Wee wee in the potty
Leila has done three wee wees in the potty this week (and only one wee wee on the floor). She has figured out how to take her own trousers and nappy off and always does this with a cheeky grin on her face, but we let her as we're happy to go with what she wants to do regarding potty training - we're not going to force it. She likes to take her nappy off to tell us she has done a wee wee, but in the afternoon she likes to keep it off and then will go to the potty every now and then. Often she goes just to 'trump' on the potty, but we have found that she has done three wee wees all by herself. The only thing is that she is so proud of her wee wee that we need to rush over quickly before she picks the potty up and whirls it round with her enthusiasm!
Language
Leila's language is just coming on in leaps and bounds at the moment. She makes a real effort to try new words after we say them. Today I said that she could have extra snack for the "journey" and she then started saying "turn-ney". She is stringing words together and we can really understand what she is saying "Josh - house - cake" or "Odod - poo - see"
The other aspect of her communication that is also amazing to see is how she loves to repeat little stories about what she has been doing. These stories are repeated more often if they involve crying it seems (Leila - waa - no - ouch....yes, Leila was crying because we told her not to sit like that on the chair or she'll get an ouch... is the translation)
Make believe play
When the mood strikes her Leila can really do a lot of make believe play. Most of it though involves her toys doing poos! She especially likes to 'wipe' her toys, then put their nappies on, put them to bed, wake them up etc. She also will take them on the bus in the buggy, or will cook things with her food and pans from Ikea. It's fun and very sweet to watch.
One aspect of this is the copying of what she has seen us do and shows us what she picks up on. As well as doing poos and needing wipes and nappies, her toys often need 'boob' and she will lift her t-shirt up! When she wants a bit of attention she will come to us and ask to be burped and then she will pretend to be sick on us - nice!
Her love of Black Lace
At one of the playgroups we go to ("tick tock" after the song we sang the first week we went there), we did the Hokey Cokey and Leila has been asking us to do this with her ever since. Then last week Scott got the mp3 fo Black Lace's cover version playing and she has become addicted! She loves it! She would listen to it (and watch youtube videos of it) all day if we let her. I'm sure it's in part to do with the gadget she listens on it to, but part is her love of the song as we find her doing the actions in the buggy and singing it to herself at home. She knows how to Hokey Cokey, that she needs to turn around, that she 'wooaaah' at the right bit etc.
Youtube has a playlist function though, and this has led Leila to discover "Agadoo" too. We have taught her the dance. She loves it and it's hilarious!
Helping mum with Edward
Leila is getting more and more interested in helping with Edward. She has always loved saying "hi" to him (in a loud voice, inches from his face of course), but now she enjoys helping me change his nappy (mainly because she is fascinated by poppers and by poo at the moment) and gets me things that he needs, like muslins or a new suit. This evening she gave him a really nice kiss and a cuddle just before bed. She's a great big sister and we're so proud of her.
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