Ben's milestones (May 2004)

Daddy was playing the “name that body part” game with you. You pointed to his eye and said May 2, 2004
“eye” and then you pointed to the other eye and said “other eye.”
You slept in your big boy bed at bedtime. Mommy & daddy have gotten you in the habit of May 3, 2004
waking up in the middle of the night and coming into our bed – so you woke up at
3:00 a.m. to come to our bed, but you slept in your big boy bed until then. That’s my
big boy! : )
You got your first tri-cycle today. You and daddy put it together. It’s fisher-price, and it’s a May 3, 2004
Rocker, you can push it and then it’s a tri-cycle. You loved it.
We tried to get you into big boy bed tonight – not so lucky. We’ll keep trying. May 4, 2004

Today is May 4, 2004. You are 22 ½ months. I can’t believe how much you have changed. You are so smart and developing so quickly.

Some of the cute/funny things you do are: (1) You have become fond of Daddy’s small green golf pillow. And when we lay you down in your bed if the pillow isn’t words side up – you’ll turn it around so it is. It’s so funny to watch you do that. (2) You love to give treats to the dogs. You love Katy so much. You call her name to give her the treat. She’s a little scared, but lets you chase her. It’s so sweet to watch you interact with the dogs (Kuma, Katy, Tony). (3) If Daddy is wearing a hat, you have to have a hat also. (4) In the car, you love to play the “where is Benjamin” game. You’re so cute. You’ll hide behind daddy’s hat or hide behind your hands. (5) You’ll put something behind your back or hide it behind your legs and say “go?” We’ll ask you where it is and you’ll bring it out. You love to do that over and over. It makes you smile so big. (6)

Things you aren’t so fond of: (1) You are totally into mommy right now. You hate being away from mommy. Everything is about mommy. (2) You hate sitting at the dinner table to eat any meal. Feeding you a meal is so tough. Now mommy has gotten you use to sitting on your blue couch in front of the TV and using the blue basket as your table. Anytime there’s food to eat – you go straight to that position. (3) You love to play in the dirt or mud, but you hate for you hands and feet to be dirty. Immediately after you get them dirty, you run over to mommy for me to clean them off. You go right back to the mud, and then come back when they get dirty again. It’s so cute how you don’t like to be dirty! (4)

Signs you know are: milk, hot, cold, gentle, play (which you made up yourself), tired, bath, swim (the same as bath), diaper change, drink, no, all done, hear, head, hurt, thank you, I love you, more, eat, water, hat, screwdriver (which you made up yourself), book

Talking: You know a lot of words. You will pretty much say whatever we ask you to. You repeat everything. You’ve only said two words together a few times – you love to jabber. You said “other eye” the other day with daddy. It won’t be long before your really talking. We’ve been able to understand you pretty well thanks to the sign language. You communicate well too. It amazes us of how much you know and how much you can figure out.

Your favorite people & pets are: Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Bubba, Gran Gran, Fluffy and Katy_____________________