Day 227

Packing Mom's Bag

Adeline has recently stated this really cute thing...rather than only taking things out, she can now also put them in. Randomly throughout the day I'll see her putting things in. Today she was putting her sorting blocks in my bag...maybe she wanted them to come to the store with us ;) She will also now put her own toys away, with prompting, put the books back onto the shelf and help me fold the laundry. She gives me the clothes and I fold them, it is a great system for now...much better than the I grab them and fold them and she unfolds them!

Day 147

Almost Crawling

It looks like I'd been using the wrong motivation all along...apparently Adeline is into technology already. It seems that the whip has not been working...therefore I'll have to turn to the carrot. The MacBook is going to have to be making an appearance within Adeline's proximity, but out of her reach each and every day until she finally gets this whole crawling thing down.

Some other exciting news...

Adeline independently signed for more today!!! Without any visual or verbal prompting. We were both having some watermelon on the living room floor while watching Babies - a movie about 4 babies all from different parts of the world. Well, I was a little distracted by the TV when I was supposed to be feeding Adeline (something she surprisingly lets me do quite often, for being such an independent baby) and apparently Adeline wanted more watermelon and I did not get her arm and leg flailing or hip thrusting signals that she wanted more, so she touched the tips of her fingers together to indicate that she wanted more...and boy, oh boy did I ever give her more!!! We have been working on the sign for more for about a week, but usually I have to either move her hands, show her with my hands or ask her more, Adeline do you want more? But not this time!!! YAY it's so nice to know this whole sign language thing is clicking.