Personality is shining through!
Dominic's personality is now truly shining through. What a character he is!!! Wed, last week is the first day I noticed him shaking his head in a no response, like "no I don't want that". On Fri. we went to Grandma Mo and Pupo's house for dinner. As we were getting ready to leave Pupo was holding Dominic as Matt and I got our coats on. We said to Dominic "want to go bye-bye, go home, go nite-nite?" He closes his eyes, pinches his lips together and shakes his head side to side "no". It was hysterical!!!
On Sat. we went to visit Grandma Cindy and Grandpa Ron. Grandma Cindy was holding Dominic and Grandpa Ron said "come on, want to come and see me?" Dominic again closes his eyes, pinches his lips together and shakes his head no, while holding on even tighter then he had before. It was very funny and even repeated three times to see if there would be a change. I guess he is just like his mother in that he knows what he does and does not want and is not willing to compromise that.
Today our day has been filled with Dominic helping me do the wash. He practices going up and down the steps, as we live on the second floor and the washer is in the basement. He holds onto my hand and the wall with the other hand and steps down the stairs just like I do, only with little tiny feet. On the way back up he finds it easier to do it his own way on hands and knees. Next, we finger-paint. He loves to get messy and messy he gets. Luckily I had some forethought today and decided that I was going to wash the floor anyhow, so we finger-painted on the kitchen floor. However, the paint ended up all over the floor, his smock, jeans, hands and everything he got his hands on before I scooped him up to wash his own hands in the sink. (He loves washing his hands in the sink. Actually, he loves to play with the water and the bubbles.) After all of this mess making it is time to clean up. I sweep the floor while my little buddy watches my every move. Then I prepare the bucket to mop the floor. I tell him "hot' and he backs away. Once I am moping the floor, I look over and see him swaying just like I am and the hands moving like he is moping on his own with an imaginary mop. I couldn't help but laugh. After cleaning Dominic sat down on the floor and began to read books, my sign that he is ready for his afternoon nap.
I find that I really love the age that he is at. He can hug and cuddle back, plus he is making faces, noises, and imitations like crazy, which is very funny. I love that I can set him down when my arms are full and know that he can stand there. I love when I walk into his room first thing in the morning when he is just an ear to ear grin of happiness. There are so many things that I love, like when I ask for a hug and he gives one, followed by a kiss noise. :-)
I have also found him to be a walking sponge lately. He looks at objects and wants to know about them. I can see him processing the information and storing it for later. He recently, (yesterday) began to say "cracker" although it is not perfectly pronounced correctly, I can make it out. He also says "woof" for dog, ish- for fish.
Finally for today I will end with a cute little situation of last night. I was getting Dominic ready for bed and generally when he is ready I take him in with Matt while I get his sippy cup of milk ready. Well he was walking around the floor of our bedroom last night when Matt went to the computer. Dominic followed, wanted up and was looking at the computer. I said to Matt "he wants to watch the fish". See, every night for the last week and a half the two of them watch a fish movie (just fish and music) together for a few minutes each night (maybe 5-10). Sure enough Dominic climbs into his lap and says "ish" while pointing his little finger to the monitor. :-) Creatures of habit we are from even an early age!
On Sat. we went to visit Grandma Cindy and Grandpa Ron. Grandma Cindy was holding Dominic and Grandpa Ron said "come on, want to come and see me?" Dominic again closes his eyes, pinches his lips together and shakes his head no, while holding on even tighter then he had before. It was very funny and even repeated three times to see if there would be a change. I guess he is just like his mother in that he knows what he does and does not want and is not willing to compromise that.
Today our day has been filled with Dominic helping me do the wash. He practices going up and down the steps, as we live on the second floor and the washer is in the basement. He holds onto my hand and the wall with the other hand and steps down the stairs just like I do, only with little tiny feet. On the way back up he finds it easier to do it his own way on hands and knees. Next, we finger-paint. He loves to get messy and messy he gets. Luckily I had some forethought today and decided that I was going to wash the floor anyhow, so we finger-painted on the kitchen floor. However, the paint ended up all over the floor, his smock, jeans, hands and everything he got his hands on before I scooped him up to wash his own hands in the sink. (He loves washing his hands in the sink. Actually, he loves to play with the water and the bubbles.) After all of this mess making it is time to clean up. I sweep the floor while my little buddy watches my every move. Then I prepare the bucket to mop the floor. I tell him "hot' and he backs away. Once I am moping the floor, I look over and see him swaying just like I am and the hands moving like he is moping on his own with an imaginary mop. I couldn't help but laugh. After cleaning Dominic sat down on the floor and began to read books, my sign that he is ready for his afternoon nap.
I find that I really love the age that he is at. He can hug and cuddle back, plus he is making faces, noises, and imitations like crazy, which is very funny. I love that I can set him down when my arms are full and know that he can stand there. I love when I walk into his room first thing in the morning when he is just an ear to ear grin of happiness. There are so many things that I love, like when I ask for a hug and he gives one, followed by a kiss noise. :-)
I have also found him to be a walking sponge lately. He looks at objects and wants to know about them. I can see him processing the information and storing it for later. He recently, (yesterday) began to say "cracker" although it is not perfectly pronounced correctly, I can make it out. He also says "woof" for dog, ish- for fish.
Finally for today I will end with a cute little situation of last night. I was getting Dominic ready for bed and generally when he is ready I take him in with Matt while I get his sippy cup of milk ready. Well he was walking around the floor of our bedroom last night when Matt went to the computer. Dominic followed, wanted up and was looking at the computer. I said to Matt "he wants to watch the fish". See, every night for the last week and a half the two of them watch a fish movie (just fish and music) together for a few minutes each night (maybe 5-10). Sure enough Dominic climbs into his lap and says "ish" while pointing his little finger to the monitor. :-) Creatures of habit we are from even an early age!
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