Whew, this boy is busy! The past couple of months Reed has reached a new level of busy-ness and daring antics. He loves climbing to the very top of anything he possibly can: chairs, tables, the outside of the stairs, stools, etc. It's not totally unusual to find him sitting on top of our kitchen or school tables.
He has added many new words to his vocabulary and is easily up to 10+ words now. The include dada (still the favorite in every way), mama (only when asked to repeat. He still has yet to really call me this.), nana, baba (papa- just learned this one), gah (ball), muh (more), nah (again or I want), ha (hot- probably his first word), gaga (animal), puh puh (poo poo), hi. He's also really solidified his signing and it's so cute. He mostly signs more and please. His please includes a cute little shimmy.
He enjoys music and has a signature dance move which is to shake one floppy wrist. It's my favorite thing to turn on a song in the car and look in his car seat mirror to find him nonchalantly shaking his wrist to the music.
He's gotten pickier about eating. He doesn't eat nearly the variety and meal time seems to make him pretty cranky these days.
He is still fairly clingy and needy a lot of the days. This past week I've seen some glimpses of independent/somewhat happy moments at home, but not a ton. He seems to want to hang on my legs or be held while whining often. I'm pretty sure this has happened with the others at this age and I know he'll come out of it, but it can be pretty exhausting a lot of days.
Reed still loves every ball he finds and knows what to do with each one. He loved shooting baskets at the Grants' house and will hold a glove in his hand while throwing his soft baseball. He's also learned to catch in the past couple weeks.
He loves Diego and lovingly abuses him often. I'm amazed what this cat puts up with.
Despite his frequent clinginess, he has the best smile and happiest little face. He's been able to learn to be gentle after some aggressive tendencies of hitting and biting. Now if we tell him to "be gentle" he'll catch himself and start gently stroking someone and giving kisses. He also loves to give kisses any time and it's so sweet!
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