A Week with Chippy

Chippy had a pretty good week this week.  His speech is getting really good - he's stringing a lot more words together when he speaks and he can understand a lot of what is said.  He still gets frustrated a lot and throws himself on the ground in disgust at the smallest of things ... sometimes at nothing at all ... but we're all learning to cope!  We keep reminding him to 'use his words' which he is getting better at doing. 

Chippy and daddy have a good bedtime routine where he has his bath, they read some books, then Daddy tells Chippy stories in the dark.  Chippy likes to contribute to the stories, frequently asking for stories about airplanes, 10 pigs (because 3 pigs just won't do), motorcycles, Daddy story and a Chippy story.  He has been pretty hyper the past few nights when going to sleep but he eventually settles down after banging his feet on his bed and jibber jabbering to himself for a while.  The hyperness may be a result of the baking Chippy and Mommy did on Monday and Tuesday afternoons.  Chippy likes to start by sticking his finger in the batter of whatever we're making and then sticks his whole fist in when I'm not looking!  Tonight we celebrated the nice weather by going for ice cream!

The past few weekends Daddy and Chippy have had some man to man time at the Bun House.  They share a bun and sit outside watching people go by.

Chippy has been really gentle with Mayonnaise recently (and really has always been).  He recognizes when she's upset and will hug and kiss her.  He finds her binky and will pop it back in for her, rocks her car seat when she starts to cry, and loves to climb up into the crib to help change her.  He loves to ask for 'couch' time where he will hold onto her.

He's still eating really well. It's hard to keep him at the table as he keeps running back into the living room to play, but generally by the end of the meal he's eaten most of his food. Tomatos are about the only thing that he consistently says 'no like it'. Breakfast remains his favourite meal.