4/27
Donovan is standing! He can just stand up from anywhere, without even pulling up on things. And he stands for long periods of time too. Sometimes he'll take a tiny little step, but then he almost immediately drops to his hands and knees to crawl like lightning. It's just faster that way, and who can blame him? He sometimes walks just holding one hand, off to my side now, which is SO nice. Sometimes he doesn't like that, but he doesn't really need the help for anything but speed.
He's added more words to his vocabulary! Donovan said touch very clearly when we were doing one of his texture board books and hat when he picked up Serenity's princess crown. Two more words to the list.
Which starts with 1.) Ball 2.) Roll 3.) Baf (bath) and 4.) Vrooom
Plus Mama and Dada. Although half the time when he sees Eric he says Ball. He's said Papa a few times too =)
He's pretty happy to go to Papa whenever he sees him. And the other day Jen and I were chatting in the parking lot. He didn't want to go to her at first, but then he didn't want to come back to Mama! It was too funny, he really pushed my hands away when I tried to take him. Jen said he was being so sweet to her, and then he cried when she left.
He's started vrooming cars around the room. I got it on video, it's so cute!
4/29
So, this is one story Donovan may be embarrassed about having in his book. When Little Casey was a toddler, he used to want to hold Jen's nose whenever she was carrying him. I thought at the time that it was probably a little awkward. Well, Donovan likes to have his hand in my cleavage. Yeah, may have issues weaning him, we'll see. =)
5/1
I feel like he's really trying to talk the last few days. He repeats so many sounds we say. Yesterday I swear he was trying to say Serenity. It sounded like "ssssss tee" but he said it several times as his sister was jumping around trying to get his attention, so it was obvious he was trying to say her name. Or I guess sister. Today Eric asked if he wanted a drink and he piped right back with "dink!" He's also getting fluent in dog, as his says "Daw!" for dog and repeats sounds that sound like "woof," and "bow wow" when we're reading those animal books. It's so much fun! He'll say all done and more now, which is a relief as mealtime is still an ongoing issue.
5/9
I think I've finally figured out why Donovan has turned into such a wiggle monster when I'm trying to change his diaper. He sits still and calm while I take off the old diaper and then wipe him. And then suddenly, wham! He flips and starts crawling like lightning. Today he was so deceptive I wasn't even trying to hold onto him, and he made it all the way into the bathroom chanting "Baf baf baf!" Evidently anytime he's naked it's time to get in the tub.
He is walking more every day! Today he made it all the way across the living room all by himself. He's still toddling and unstable, but he's getting secure enough that he tries to walk without fear. He has no problems walking holding just one hand, which is awesome. It's so much easier to walk around with him holding one hand to the side than two hands right in front of you.
I'm starting to work on his birthday party, and I think it's going to be fun! Water and sprinklers, (since he loves the bath) and lots and lots of balls!
We've turned a corner with eating solid foods. Now he'll eat pretty much any chunk of fruit I put in front of him. He adores grapes, strawberries, and bananas. He loves pretty much any bread product, especially crackers and pizza crusts. He'll take small tastes of protein, like hamburger if we're eating it, spaghetti sauce, and bits of chicken. I still haven't managed to find a vegetable he'll eat! And he still has almost zero tolerance for purees. He'll let me do a spoonful or two and then he wants control of the spoon. So far he won't do peas, edamame, carrot chunks, green beans, or broccoli. He will do sweet potato fries but that doesn't really count. So I have a feeling I'm going to have to start researching ways to sneak vegetables and different ways to prepare them. In the meantime I'll just keep offering them and sweeping them up off the floor.
