Communication Advances
The boys have begun the transfer of learning. Forest is starting to pick up colors and Logan is starting to get some letters. But it’s irregular and still in the very early stages. On the other hand, Forest knows almost the entire alphabet now and Logan has added “purple” to his color knowledge so I think we are ready to work on shades of colors.
Logan seems to be going through a communication stretch as his words are becoming more and more well pronounced. Some are so clear that even a stranger would probably be able to decipher them at a first listen.
Forest has started saying “no” and no longer just shakes his head. He’s starting to speak a lot more then before and they both are picking up new words daily. Words like “dump” as they dump the entire bin of legos onto the floor (my favorite sound from across the house).
At almost 22 months old their communications skills are starting to make a big jump that is really exciting. They can tell me what they want more and more. At the same time, we are experiencing more and more of the forewarned tantrums because they have times when they can’t explain what they want. I read some good advice lately to give them choices and not just demand that they find the word. That’s helping. But honestly, they aren’t that bad. Usually a few moments of hugs and some time spent walking around the house pointing at things and asking if it’s what they want and we usually have a calm boy again.
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Now you need to begin teaching them the Texas version, ‘tumpted’, as in “Forest tumpted over Logan’s legos.”