Penny's Bark: Oliver

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Oliver - Month 14

Oliver is 14 months and 1 week today. He is such a toddler! I can't believe how much he as grown since his birthday, and how independent he has become. At the park he can now climb up to the slide on the play structure and slide down, all by himself. He loves to help Nick downstairs, by collecting small screws and other choking hazards and handing them to Nick when he needs them. He has really impressed us by having several days in a row with ZERO potty accidents :) He continues to learn more signs, and has well over 30 now. He can point to several body parts too. He is really into looking in the mirror if he is wearing something unusual, like a hat or headband. He likes to have us put them on him, then he'll walk in his room to the mirror to see what it looks like! He loves to put shoes on, his feet and ours. Sometimes he'll even pick up our feet and try to put them in the shoe himself. He walks several blocks to the park and back with me, without wandering into the street or other people's driveways every few steps. I also have been letting him watch (gasp!) a few short educational videos on YouTube, like this and this. He's really cute and will climb into my chair every morning, signing "music" and hoping to watch them. I've been trying to plan more activities out of the house for him, because he needs run around. We've been hanging out at the Children's Museum, community centers, playgrounds, parks and shopping centers (with play structures, fountains, and toy stores), and try to go somewhere each day. It also seems that he has been spending too much time with Jim Baer lately because if there is wine on the table at dinner, he will sign for a drink, and point at the wine glass!