words, words, words

Hello!
The words are ever increasing from this little boy! He repeats, he says them on his own, new ones everyday, all day. Empty, Elmo, nose, eyes, bath, banana, keys, open, door, help me, go swimming, etc. Two word phrases, full sentences even. At this rate we are going to be kicked out of speech therapy! His latest and greatest, "Anna eating tacos." and "Help me open door". Or a cute one, "hold it" in manner of whatever is in my hands from the store and he wants it. :) Also, he is doing much better on the receptive side of language, able to recognize objects and pick them out of a crowd. He is doing great!

He is also working on walking! He is so close... probably my next post will be about that. He is, of course, cruising - holding everything around him to aid in his walking; using walls, pulling up on things with no handles, which is great for his balance. He loves to walk with the shopping cart (and refused to use a walker) He has actually taken, at most, 5-6 steps on his own! Can you believe it? I honestly didn't know when he would walk... of course I would love it to be as soon as possible for a variety of reasons. But I wasn't expecting so soon! He is not so confident yet but we are gaining ground every few weeks.

We are taking a new medication to help with his tight muscles and at even a small dose it has seemed to help a lot! He relaxes his left arm much more and therefore has more range of motion. I was a little leery about starting meds for him but this has proven to be beneficial.

Otherwise, we are doing our thing, lots of appointments... work one day a week at the hospital, lots of playdates with friends, swimming, and anticipating the joyous arrival of daddy!!!