Happy Twenty Months!

Still a bit late, but not as bad as last month's update.

Peter is absolutely a little chatterbox and has greatly increased the number of English words that he says. He still points out his "gock"s when getting dressed, but can now name his shirt, pants and shoes as well as saying "dwess". When we are getting ready to go outside, he'll run over to the coat rack, asking for his "coke". He knows the difference between "walk" and "dwive", and will sometimes avoid having to get into the stroller. He now asks for "mik", which does not bode well for me stopping nursing anytime soon, and can almost sign "juice" as well as say it. Planes are now "p", trains are "choochoo"s, and he says "vroom vroom" when playing with his cars. He can tell me when he wants me to change his "diap", and that he "pee"ed or "poop"ed, although I'm not sure he knows which is which yet.

He finished swim class, and by the ended really seemed to enjoy it. We have now started a new school program, and we are learning lots of new things. So far, Peter has ridden on a school bus, collected leaves, made puppets, played with different textures and tried lots of art projects.

Finally, from BabyCenter.com

At twenty months, most children:
Feed doll - He hasn't done this, possibly because he doesn't have a doll to feed, but he feeds people all the time.
Takes off own clothes - He will do this, most noticeably with his pants. He will also try to put them back on.
Dumps an object in imitation - He does this as well.

At twenty months, half the children:
Learn words at a rate of ten or more a day - If this means speaking new words, he isn't going quite this fast, but he is saying so much more than he even was last month.
Can walk up stairs - Yes he can, and down them too, for at least six months now.

At twenty months, a few children:
May start exploring genitals - Again, been happening for a while now.
Draws a straight line - Not so much, still very much in the scribble phase.
Names several body parts - He can definitely point out a lot of parts, but can't quite say too many names yet.

There are more pictures in our December album on Picasa, which I will continue to update throughout the month.