What a fun age this is for the most part. Micah seems to learn so much each day and is (in my humble mommy opinion) a smart little guy! He catches on quick and keeps up with sister. He loves to play with Abby and will play "pretend" with her. He's got a lot more imagination because of that that I remember Abby having at this age. He loves dogs of all sorts and 90% of the time he picks out a dog to sleep with at night. We moved him to his big boy bed early this summer. Most nights he starts out there and wanders into our room in the wee hours of the morning. He did stay in his room all night a couple nights and I was so impressed! There are of course some nights he doesn't want to go to sleep though and those he usually doesn't make it to his bed at all. He's constantly asking for "nacks." It's usually one of the very first things I hear out of his mouth in the morning indicating he's ready for breakfast and he'll kept it up throughout the day. After naptime is usually when he's the hungriest and he'll eat one snack and ask for another. I hope this means he's having a growth spurt! He loves to help when I'm cooking, which did result in a chair getting broken as he tried to push it over to the counter to help. If he's really cranky (usually while having to wait for food - breakfast, lunch or dinner) helping cook will almost always calm him down. At 27 months he got his very first haircut. I was very sad to say bye the precious baby curls. He looks like such a big boy with his new haircut.
24 months:
Mastered Skills
Names at least six body parts
Half of speech is understandable
Makes two- to three-word sentences
Half of speech is understandable
Makes two- to three-word sentences
At 2 Micah could definitely name at least 6 body parts: He can name/say - eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, belly, hair, feet, toes and he can point out even more but maybe doesn't say the word. I think half his speech is pretty understandable but I do have to translate his 2 year old speech to anyone who doesn't hear him talk often. After you've been around him for a little while you can usually start to understand him better. He does make 2-3 word sentences.
Emerging Skills
Talks about self
Arranges things in categories
Can walk down stairs
Arranges things in categories
Can walk down stairs
He does love to talk about himself. If Abby says something that she is going to do like that she is going to a party, he chimes in "me party!" He doesn't want to be left out! Mmm... arranging things in categories.... not so sure of that one? He can walk down the stairs and has been doing it for a while before he turned 2.
Advanced Skills
Begins to understand abstract concepts (e.g., sooner and later)
Becomes attuned to gender differences
Learns to jump
Becomes attuned to gender differences
Learns to jump
He is getting the concepts of before/after. When we would head to the gym he'd ask for a snack so I'd grab one but tell him he had to wait until Abby climbed the rock wall to eat it and he is able to understand that he will get it soon and quits whining for it for the moment. He has learned to jump. It was really quite fun to watch him learn as I could see he was really trying to get both feet up at the same time and jump for a while and he's finally gotten it!
27 months
Mastered Skills:
Jumps with both feet
Opens doors
Opens doors
He totally jumps with both feet (see above!) He can open a door if it has a lever style knob that he can reach but he can't open the round door knobs. He's actually still a little short to get a good grasp to turn the knob. For that I'm pretty thankful for because I can contain him if I need to!
Emerging Skills:
Understandsdescriptions (e.g., big, soft)
Draws a vertical line
Draws a vertical line
He is starting to understand descriptions - especially big and small or wet and dry. While we were on the plan to Virginia we practiced drawing lines in a Kumon tracing book that I have and he actually did really well drawing a vertical line after a few practices! I was very impressed!
Advanced Skills:
We haven't worked too much on ABCs yet. He will repeat the letter if I say it, or if we are watching a show with letters (like watching Super Why with Abby.) When Abby's in school we'll probably do more crafts and start to play/work on letters and counting. He's not quite at the balancing yet. He can do it with help - like when I am putting on shoes - he can stand up and I can lift his foot/help him balance and put his shoe on that way but he isn't doing it by himself yet.
