Please avoid reading if you are severely annoyed with parents that brag about their kids!
This summer, if you were to ask me if my toddler was excelling physically...I would have said absolutely....if you would have asked me if my toddler was excelling mentally I would have changed the subject. BUT, since Riley has turned 2 and we found out we were expecting baby #2....our lives have been swtiched upside down. And Riley has become a little person. So much has changed with his abilities (I'm not sure what is normal) but we sure are proud!
Riley is...
Potty Trained during the day (he can even pee standing up) (9/2010)
sleeping in a toddler bed and stays in it (8/2010)
eating what mommy and daddy eat for supper or gets nothing :)
sleeping in a toddler bed and stays in it (8/2010)
eating what mommy and daddy eat for supper or gets nothing :)
Riley can...
jump with both feet
alternate feet walking up stairs
balance on either foot
Stack blocks until they are too tall to stand!
Wash and dry hands
Brush his own teeth
Open doors
Draw a vertical line
Use pronouns; my, I, you
Recites his own name "R is for Riley!"
Uses adjectives: green horse, cold milk, and his favorite "Riley's a big boy!"
Carry on a simple conversation...the other day we had one about a Big green horse outside...I just kept asking questions and he kept making up this tall tale!
Following commands like: "take your blankie upstairs and bring down a book to read" or "throw this paper in the trash and bring back a tissue"
Imitate sad and happy
Stack blocks until they are too tall to stand!
Wash and dry hands
Brush his own teeth
Open doors
Draw a vertical line
Use pronouns; my, I, you
Recites his own name "R is for Riley!"
Uses adjectives: green horse, cold milk, and his favorite "Riley's a big boy!"
Carry on a simple conversation...the other day we had one about a Big green horse outside...I just kept asking questions and he kept making up this tall tale!
Following commands like: "take your blankie upstairs and bring down a book to read" or "throw this paper in the trash and bring back a tissue"
Imitate sad and happy
Understands descriptions like big and small "Riley bring mommy the big truck"
Riley Knows...
All the letters in the alphabet and recognizes them in books, signs and everywhere else letters are
The following colors (purple, blue, pink, green, yellow, red, brown, orange) again recognizes them everywhere
The following shapes (heart, diamond, triangle, circle, square, oval, rectangle)
It's just so exciting to see how much toddlers learn and to FINALLY be able to hear their thoughts is amazing to me! We are to the point where we can calm a hissy fit and ask..."tell mommy what is wrong..." and we get an answer! So rewarding and it will be nice to have a little helper around when baby #2 comes!
It's just so exciting to see how much toddlers learn and to FINALLY be able to hear their thoughts is amazing to me! We are to the point where we can calm a hissy fit and ask..."tell mommy what is wrong..." and we get an answer! So rewarding and it will be nice to have a little helper around when baby #2 comes!
