First things first, Zander continues to amaze us with his speech and language progress. He's truly "taking off." At home he is speaking in 2-3 sometimes 4 word combos instead of just one word at a time. He's also counting to 20 all by himself! He continues to repeat EVERYTHING which is only helping in his learning process. This is also teaching us the valuable lesson of 'watch out what you say' because you'll hear it again. And again. And again. The good news is he's starting to understand how to take certain words/phrases and use them on his own, in the correct contexts. This is VERY encouraging. For example, the other day I went to put something in the garbage outside and wasn't wearing any shoes. When I came back he told me "outside - barefeet - not good!" (I'm always telling him he can't go outside in barefeet). Apparently he's listening. He's also demonstrating a strong understanding of plurals and possession, which is a few steps ahead of where's he's at in his speech development (interesting!).
We've been working on potty training. Having not had much luck with the mini-potty, we got him an Elmo potty seat (the kind that you put on the "big" potty) and he enjoys sitting on it. One thing at a time, right? The other afternoon we had been working on potty training in his bathroom. I left the bathroom for a while to see if maybe my constant presence was holding him back. A few minutes later he emerged from the bathroom (with no pants on, mind you) with the Elmo potty seat wedged snugly on his HEAD and declared "Happy Easter!"
He's truly one of a kind and we wouldn't have it any other way...
More pictures to come. Stay tuned.
