This was taken forever ago but he stills has this weird monkey crawl.
Here is Max dancing...
Friday, February 19, 2010
Max's Walker
Max has invented his own walker. He pushes around my kitchen chairs as a walker. So I got him a nice new truck walker from Toys R Us. But what does he still use as a walker?? My kitchen chairs.
Mr. Balloon
During the BYU football game against Utah. Let me remind you that we won. Mikey and I brought home a gift for Max a BYU balloon. It had had great big Y on it. We knew he would love it. But unfortunately the string broke and it floated to our high, high ceiling. Since we do not own a ladder we were not able to get it down. We had no other choice but to let nature take it course. 79 days later on February 15th it finally decided to come down to earth. It then became Max's favorite new toy because it was a ball that floated just to his level. He looked like a cat chasing a butterfly.
I took this picture after is was starting to come down to our level.
I took this picture after is was starting to come down to our level.
Couponing
I don't know if I am insane or not but I decided it is about time that I learn the art of couponing. I even took a class on it last Tuesday. The teacher said that her monthly budget is $100-$150 a month and that most of the paper goods that she buys is either free of cost her .25 cents. I ordered the Sunday newspaper actually 3 to be honest so that I get 3 coupons. I am going to try this out. I am hoping to save at least $100 dollars of our food budget each month. So this has been my latest project.
Book Babies
Every Friday at the Provo library they have a little program called Book Babies. I have been taking Max since he was around 3 months old. It is a fun program they have all sorts of songs that are interacted with the babies. They also will bring out wooden sticks so that babies can learn rhythm, they have puppet shows, today they even brought out bubbles for the babies. Max loves this little program. I think that is because he is a social baby and he loves people and it is chance that he gets out of the house and he gets to play with other babies.
Baby Signing
During the summer Mikey mentioned that one of his co-worker was teaching his kids sign language. I thought that was interesting so I looked more into it. I found a lot of people who loved baby signing. They claimed all these amazing things...
*That babies learn how to speak more words earlier.
*They are able to speak in complete sentences earlier.
*By 47 months they can speak up to 1500 words
*They score 12 points higher on their IQ test at the age of 8 years old.
*They have less temper tantrums because they are able to communicate what they want.
I also heard from some people that it slow down their speaking because they are learning sign. I don't know if that is true because you are saying the word as you sign. I also don't know if signing is the reason why your baby can do all those things. I think a big part of it is because you are playing with them and working with them one on one and most importantly you are spending time with them that helps improve their abilities.
Mikey and I did attended a 3 week class of baby signing. It has been a lot fun. We have learned fun games to play with little Max teaching him sign language. I do believe that Max is figuring out that we are trying to communicate with him through sign. It is hard to know if he is signing or not because he seems to clap when we are signing with him. For example the sign for "more" you put your fingers together. He claps because I don't know if he has the abilities with his fingers to put them together. Another example is "ball" you make an imaginary ball with your hands and he also claps. But with car he does makes driving motions and he can sign Dad.
In the end I think it is just has been a lot of fun signing with Max. We have now have a new way to communicate and play with each other.
*That babies learn how to speak more words earlier.
*They are able to speak in complete sentences earlier.
*By 47 months they can speak up to 1500 words
*They score 12 points higher on their IQ test at the age of 8 years old.
*They have less temper tantrums because they are able to communicate what they want.
I also heard from some people that it slow down their speaking because they are learning sign. I don't know if that is true because you are saying the word as you sign. I also don't know if signing is the reason why your baby can do all those things. I think a big part of it is because you are playing with them and working with them one on one and most importantly you are spending time with them that helps improve their abilities.
Mikey and I did attended a 3 week class of baby signing. It has been a lot fun. We have learned fun games to play with little Max teaching him sign language. I do believe that Max is figuring out that we are trying to communicate with him through sign. It is hard to know if he is signing or not because he seems to clap when we are signing with him. For example the sign for "more" you put your fingers together. He claps because I don't know if he has the abilities with his fingers to put them together. Another example is "ball" you make an imaginary ball with your hands and he also claps. But with car he does makes driving motions and he can sign Dad.
In the end I think it is just has been a lot of fun signing with Max. We have now have a new way to communicate and play with each other.
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