Don't Say...

February 25, 2011

...bath, pee-pee, vacuum, or outside in front of Noah or you will pay! Especially bath. If you don't intend to immediately put in him the bathtub he will let you know he is NOT happy. This includes even saying bathroom. Like "I'm going to the bathroom" - that is a big no-no at our house right now. He loves to take a bath and will stay in there until he is forced out. It's nice that he likes it so much but it's always a fight trying to get him out and back into some clothes.

Pee-pee --- like I said in a previous blog we are working on getting Noah familiar with using the toilet so I have always said "Do you need to pee-pee?" So now pee-pee is an automatic command to go...no matter where he is. If he doesn't have a diaper on, you better watch what you say. I made that mistake while he was laying on the bed naked. I ask him if he needed to go pee-pee and apparently he did. He immediately peed all over the bed. Like I said, it's a slow process.

Vacuum --- this is the worst obsession he has right now. All we do all day is go back and forth about getting the vacuum out for him to play with. The problem is that he cries most of the time it's out anyway so it's really a no win situation. He wants to take it here or there or plug it in or pour something on the floor to clean it up. Lots of stuff he's not allowed to do. So we've banned the word. Noah says a version of vacuum that sounds a lot like bath. I don't know.. but I DO know which one he means so I have to be careful. Both are dangerous words!

Outside --- this wouldn't be so much of a problem if it would just get warm and stay warm. If we have a nice day I let Noah spend most of it playing outside. However, he wants to go out all the time. At night, when it's freezing, just whatever is fine with him. He doesn't even notice the cold. However, I notice it and I don't like it. I say no Noah it's cold outside. And he says, "burrrr" and shivers. It's pretty cute but then he stills wants to go out. I have to be careful about saying outside because if I do he thinks we are going out and gets mad if we don't.

He's also all about saying uh-oh and yes right now. He answers everything with a very enthusiastic "yes". I'll say, "Noah, do you want to go to time out?" I get, "YES!" with a head nod and big smile. It's funny. The uh-oh is out of control though. If he sees anything, and I mean ANYTHING, out of place he sets there, points at it, and yells "uh-oh!" over and over and over until I either fix it or convince him that it's okay. Matt and I moved a few things around in the living room and he about lost it. He also does it when his videos are over and he sees words on the screen and he doesn't stop until you either start it over or turn it off. Also when he drops (throws) anything on the floor.

Other new things that he's doing are pointing and labeling everything he sees...this is mostly when he is watching a video. He points at the screens and says the name of whatever happens to be on it. Most of the time he gets it right, a few times he has no idea what it is but makes up a name anyway. He has also started doing a few new animal sounds on his own. The best is elephant. He puts his arm up in front of his face and makes it go up and down like a trunk and makes this high pitched squealing sound. He also does tiger, bear, and duck pretty well now.

He also loves to wave at everyone, everywhere we go. He's always been super friendly and now that he can say "hi" and "bye" and wave, he does. He waves at every car that drives by our house if we are outside. He waves at every person and car that we pass walking into Wal-Mart or where ever. He waves to everything - TV's, dogs, cats, himself in the mirror, and he waves night-night to daddy, Zoe, and Max. He also says either hi or bye to everyone along with the wave. We meet a lot of new people everywhere we go thanks to Noah.

Making a huge mess with his noodles

Trying to decide what to watch - he knows exactly what to do.

Video of Noah picking out a DVD, putting in it, and starting it: