Some Milestones

I just want to share with our fair readers some of Josh's milestones sans pictures. He is growing and learning SO MUCH these days.

He's perfected the "Josh crawl" now. It's more like dragging himself along, but he is very efficient at it and pretty much crawls all over the place. And he loves to grab everything. He's even figured out how to eject the DVD player...

I have been doing ASL (American Sign Language) with him since he was around 5.5 months. I don't think he fully understands the meaning of the signs yet, but he will definitely imitate me. He's done "more", "finished" and tried to do "cheese" the other day. And of course, he knows how to wave "bye". I think it's just a matter of time before he will actually sign back to us and start communicating with us.

Speech-wise, he makes a lot of sounds, but I don't believe they are associated with anything yet. He has said "up" once though, while Tim was pulling him up.

He is also starting to grasp the concept of sharing. He knows how to play/toss a ball around. He will also hand us toys now, whereas before, he just kept everything to himself.

Tonight, he learned how to high five! Tim would stick out his hand, and Josh would slap it. :) He can also initiate a game of peek-a-boo. When we give him a blanket/clothing etc, he'll hold it up to his face, then lower it, then hold it up to his face again!

This is definitely a very fun age.

Weekly albums will be back soon! :)

Album: Week 44

20071219 - Joshua Week 44

Album: Week 43

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20071212 - Joshua Week 43

Album: Week 42

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20071205 - Joshua Week 42

Grunty Video - Learning to Crawl

Crawling

Joshua can crawl! It's more of an army crawl, but he can definitely move... time to baby-proof the house.

10 months Stats

Joshua is 10 months (in another 3 days)!!!! Time really does fly when you're having fun.

Weight: 21lbs even
Height: 30.5in

He's well onto his babbling now, and can say babababa (first sign of "daddy"?), mamamama (although he doesn't associate this with me), rarararara, gooooooooooo and a whole bunch of other sounds only to be deciphered by him. He's still on the slow side in terms of motor skills. He can sit up, schooch on his bum, rotate 360 on his tummy, and sometimes push himself backwards. That's about it. We're now working on crawling, and being able to pull himself up to a standing position from a sitting position. (And to practice falling down on his bum.) Foodwise, he is doing very well with table foods and has perfected his pincer grasp. He will be starting cow's milk soon.

Album: Week 41

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20071128 - Joshua Week 41

Album: Week 40

20071121 - Joshua Week 40