19 Months

Today Joshua turned 19 months.

There have been many changes over the last month, the most important change has been his coordination. Now, he is still quite clumsy, however, he is much more steady when he walks, and he runs much faster.

He is learning new things much more quickly now and he is starting to mimic the things that I do. For example yesterday he say me tapping my feet on the ground, since he was standing he started to to stomp his feet and laugh.

This weekend alone he learned quite a few new things, he now says "oh dear" and if he hurts him self or someone else he says "ow." Speaking of hurting others, Joshua has started hitting, thankfully I suppose he only hits me, I am trying to deter him from this, but I am not seeing any improvements. He will hit me and as soon as I say "ow" he puts his head on my should and hugs me. It's cute, but it hurts and I don't want him to continue to do this.

Finally after months of prompting Joshua will finally point to his nose when you ask him where his nose is, he will also lift up his shirt and show you his tummy when you ask to see it. I have been working on these basic body parts for months and he has finally picked them out. It's very cute when he points to his noce, because he doesn't just point to his nose, he pushes down right in the middle of it so his nose goes flat!