Climbing

I officially have a climbing monkey on my hands. As of a couple days ago he figured out how to climb up onto things. He can climb onto the chairs at the kitchen table, the ottoman in our bedroom, he could already get into the little chairs on in the playroom but now he uses those as a step to get on the little table. Eeek! 

And tonight he's decided to practice his skills about an hour past his normal bedtime because he decided he wasn't quite ready for bed. He was fussing with my trying to put him to bed but now he's happy as a clam to empty the drawers of my night stand and play with some toys on the floor. He's currently playing with a toy while lounging on his boppy pillow.

Duck

As of last week we can add another word to Micah's vocabulary list. His list so far is: 

Mama

Dada

Hi 

Bye bye 

Dog

bssspt (helicopter noises) 

and now: 

Duck 

This little duck has become his favorite carry around toy. He's been clutching it almost all the time for 3 days now. It started with him seeing sister with it. The next day he woke up, found it, said proudly "duck!" and I let him keep it for the day after that. 

He even made us some duck soup with it. 

14 months

Mastered Skills 

• Eats with fingers
• Empties containers of contents
• Imitates others


All good here. He's gotten all of these well mastered. He not only loves emptying containers but also really loves filling them back up as well. Does that mean he's advanced? He also does really well imitating others and it's so cute to see him do it. 

Emerging Skills

• Toddles well
• Initiates games
• Points to one body part when asked

• Responds to instructions (e.g., "give me a kiss") 


Pretty good here as well. He walks practically runs so he does more than just toddle well, he loves to initiate a game of peek-a-boo and responds really well to instructions. He will give you a kiss, high five, tell you where a toy he was playing with it and go get that toy. The only thing he doesn't do so well yet is his body parts. We've been working on them but he doesn't know them well yet. 

Advanced Skills 

• Uses a spoon or fork
• Matches lids with appropriate containers
• Pushes and pullstoys while walking


Micah does well using a spoon and can usually get some beans, applesauce or yogurt up to his mouth. He gets the idea of how to use a fork but can't stab the food yet to get it up to his mouth. He's also been pushing/pulling toys while walking for quite a while. He started using his push toy around 11 months soon after he started walking and shortly after started pulling his string duck around.