Maddox Milestones- 20 Months

Maddox's vocabulary has really started to take off in the past few weeks. Since he has babbled for so long I think it took us a little longer actually start "listening" to what he was saying.

What can I say, the kid can talk!

We've been working on animal sounds and he has some of the basics mastered: lamb, cow, dog, duck, and my favorite, the pig.... for some reason he doesn't actually make the oink noise, he does the funniest thing with his tongue. My goal is to get a video of it soon but so far I can't get him to "perform" while being taped- shocker! Some other favorite words are Mom/Mama, Dad, Bear, Bonnie (a friend's dog) Maddox, Nana, Papa, Grandma, Cody, cup, foot, nose, tub, bed, dog, cow, outside, coat, shoe, truck, tractor, yay (while clapping) and several others I can't seem to remember at this time.

He repeats everything and gets so excited when we clap and give him praise. I am really working on please and thank you but he is absolutely resistant to both of those for some reason.  Maddox is starting to put words together and says things like "sit, Bear" which gets old (especially for Bear when he is ALREADY sitting or even better, sleeping!)

We sing lots of songs and though he isn't really singing along he dances and knows which songs he wants to hear. He will clap if I "guess" the right one. (our repertoire isn't that large, Mommy needs to start playing more kid music) A favorite is "Wheels on the Bus" by far. the actions are coming but "swish, swish, swish" for the wipers gets him pumped every time!

Ever the busy body we cannot sit down when Maddox is awake. He will jump around the house- hopping from place to place, running if hopping isn't fast enough and when he's tired he MIGHT walk.

The kid LOVES the outdoors. I sometimes wonder if it would be better if we didn't have a full pane glass door out to our backyard because Maddox will just stand there and whine if we don't go outside. I think he plots with Bear to see who's turn it is to whine more so we can go outside. I have been known to leave the park down the street with one ticked off, screaming kid who is fighting my every move as I try to get him back in the wagon... Those days are not fun. I guess you could say we have an independant child! :)

Something new is always coming up and he is growing and changing every day. Hope this update finds you well!