Repeat after me
Braden is getting better at repeating and pronouncing words. For example, he can say “I” then “love” then “you,” though he has some trouble stringing it all together. His “please” is more like “psshh” and his “xie xie” (Mandarin for thanks) is “shh shh.”
But he does know the meaning of the words he can say. He says “more” when he wants a food refill (quite often), “bow wow” when he wants to watch the Wiggles (it’s the name of one of their songs; he also knows how to say “wiggles”), “Elmo” when he wants to watch an Elmo DVD or Sesame Street and “ball” when he wants to play catch.
Brian and Braden were searching for something in Braden’s bedroom the other day, and Braden was so cute in looking under and in everything (drawers, closets, his crib, etc.), and each time he came up empty-handed, he would declare “nope!”
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Braden is way ahead of us technology-wise. One of our computers is a touch screen, and he knows how to operate it, especially when he’s picking videos to watch on YouTube. A few days ago, Braden opened the protective case to Brian’s iPod Touch, then turned it on and swiped the screen to unlock it. It was unbelievable (we never taught him this).
Apparently, he can work Kristin’s dad’s iPad as well. We’ve been considering buying him one of those cheap tablets (~$100) to play with.
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Braden is getting closer to dressing and undressing himself. For instance, he can unzip his one-piece pajamas and take it off (this is actually quite impressive). We’ve seen him put on/take off pants and shirts before, too.
He’s getting to the point in which he picks out his clothes in the morning. Once, Brian dressed Braden in something he did not choose, and he was SO mad.
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Braden has an allergy appointment this week. We’re hoping it brings us some good news that he’s grown out of some of his allergies (peanuts, dairy, eggs).