My son will be 3 May 17th, but for now he is 1,010 days old. Its been a while sense I have gushed about my baby boy in a post. It's time.
Y:ou won't believe it, because I think he is brilliant and I couldn't believe it myself. My baby can count to 10 and we didn't even teach him. We have only ever workd on 1,2 & 3. However we discovered he can count to ten the other night.
Phil said, "ONE"
Remi said, "Toh"
"THREE"
"FOH"
"FIVE"
"Sik"
"SEVEN"
"eh"
"NINE"
"Teh"
Phil began with the intention of getting Remi to repeat what he said, but Remi continued with the next number. He did this over and over again knowing exactly what number followed the one Phil said, even when Phil starts with Zero. How amazing is that?
I admit I dont have any other children nor do I have much experience with other children, but I think the ability to count to ten not having been formerly taught or pushed to memorize in any way is pretty fucking amazing, right!? Do you know any kids that arn't even three and can count to 10?
He has started talking a lot more (if you couldn't tell from his ability to count outloud) It just sorta clicked and he has been jabbering away intelligibly. It's hard to believe that he was almost mute, just making grunting noises not even 2 months ago, and now he is counting, and telling me about his day, what he wants for dinner.
I had a mattress on the floor in the family room to be moved upstairs, but when I saw how much fun my baby had on it, I left it there and we got a different mattress. I dont know how long ill leave it, but its been there about 6 months now. We play on it in the evenings, its wonderful in the winter when we can't really go outside, the mattress really burns off his energy.
He was jumping on it really high and I was sitting next to it and when he was in the air I would knock his feet out from under him and he would land on his back and fall over, sound mean to type it out but it was absolutly hilarious and just in good fun. Remington would get back up and say "No mama, NOT Nice".
When he would do a swan dive off the Lazy boy and belly flop onto the mattress you would leap off and mid flight say "BONZAI!", when he landed, he stood up and put his hands in the air like a V and say, "TA DUH" Phil and I would clap and applaud wildly and he would bow and say "Tank you".
I frequently ask for hugs and kisses whenever I see Remi with empty arms, after he was done bouncing around on the mattress I said, "Give me a big squeeze!" (our term for hug), he did and I said, "Oh thank you, mommy just loves your hugs", he patted my back, gave me a kiss, "nuff mama, yo welcome"...
He is getting to be such a big guy, before when we snuggle on the couch at night before bed he would argue about going upstairs to sleep. Phil would say, "Your ready to go night night buddy?" and Remi would say "NO" and shake his head. Well now when we snuggle and Phil asks, "You ready to go night night buddy?", he nods his head "yes."...Phil picks him up and I kiss his forhead and Phil says, "Tell mommy night night", Remi looks and me and sleepily waves his hand at me and says, "Bye bye mama".
So amazing how much he has picked up. He is so gosh damn adorable and sweet and sensitive and smart and just perfect in every single way. I really could not imagine a more awesome little boy. I am so greatful for him. Not a single moment I have with him is taken for granted. Love him so much.
Big part of me agrees with you ,been there done that and i wont take a skerrick of your excitment away, then i think wouldn't it be nice for all those littlies who don't get that enviroment that Remi gets to have it too. And the difference between you and some other mothers are how you are playing the game. Blue.