I feel that Monkey is learning so much all of the time lately, that I need somewhere to record these little milestones (the lovely ones … and the less lovely ones). So I have created Monkey’s Mini Milestones – so every now and again there will be posts like this! Mainly a way of charting Monkey’s development, and his likes and dislikes!
Words
Monkey is being very chatty lately, most of it is still undecipherable but he is really trying to talk to us! Some of the words we do understand are:
Yum yum
Go
Two
Shoes
Oh dear – after yum yum this is his favourite phrase, very cute as sometimes it sounds more like oh doo or oh doh but when it is accompanied by his hands to his mouth it is very lovely!
Skills
Last week, while enjoying the sun with my neighbour he managed to make his first bubbles! He doesn’t really understand blowing yet but he after a little experimentation he learnt to dip a ring in a bowl and wave it around to create bubbles! Simple thing I know but I was a proud mama watching him figure out how to do it!
He loves giving high fives and now sticks his thumbs up (previously he held up 1 finger instead). He tries to count on his fingers, at a birthday party during the games, daddy was telling him so and so had ‘won’ and Monkey kept holding his finger up, as if to say ‘one?’ He loves numbers and likes pretending to count. He basically points at things in a row making lovely noises like ah, noo, mah, buh etc, so cute! He loves clocks and things too and is just fascinated by clocks and numbers.
Whenever we are out and about and he hears an aeroplane, his hand goes over his hear to indicate he has heard it, and then he HAS to find where it is in the sky. He very often spots them way before I do, even when they are tiny and far away! Clever monkey!
He is such a good climber, and has been for a while but we are proud that he now finally understanding how to climb backwards down something, rather than essentially leaping off hoping to be caught!
Music
He still loves Wind the Bobbin, of course, but he has a couple of other new favourites too:
Row Row the boat – he can be seen standing by himself rocking backwards and forwards, which is v cute, and at every opportunity he commandeers Mummy to do it together! He’s getting very good at the Lion roar too hehe
The Wheels on the Bus is another favourite – he has always loved buses and now whenever we see one his arms go round and round until I sing it to him hehe
Books
Monkey loves books, always has done and we have loads, and it is funny seeing some go in and out of favour! His favourites at the moment are:
Zaza’s Baby Brother – we’ve had this for ages and he was never interested before, but at the moment he is obsessed with it – I wonder how much he understands about me being pregnant, it does seem like quite a coincidence though!
Pig in the Air – This was one of daddy’s books as a child and Monkey adores it! He giggles his head off at the clumsy piggy falling over while trying to fly, says ‘go’ when he takes off, and ‘Oh dooo’ when he crashes into a tree he he. It is funny, I confess to being a bad mummy though and trying to hide it after reading it about 5 times in a row – I love how much he loves books, I do, but it’s exhausting re-reading them over and over!
Food
He’s been increasingly fussy again lately so we have been reevaluating snacks etc to see if we can get back on track a bit. He’s so stubborn though and knows where all the snacks are in the cupboards and of course wants them all the time instead of his meals. Joy! We need to look at what we are doing too and try and get back to following the rules that helped us before!
Playtime
Cars, train, helicopters, BUSES, basically anything transport related is a big fave at the moment, particularly his Postman Pat cars!
He loves dens at the moment, particularly with my Granny Square Blanket as the roof (which I love!). He is so good at building with Duplo now and he also made a fantastic tower with his blocks the other day, clever little builder!
Colours
Monkey has two very definite favourite colours at the moment – red and yellow! He is getting good at matching colours in general but red and yellow are definitley the faves. When we are playing with multicoloured things he always finds the red and yellow ones and holds them up for us to label. Even in a craft shop last week he suddenly produced a red pen and a yellow pen from a display behind us! Seriously obsessed – not sure but maybe it comes from his love of Postman Pat?
Less nice things
He has taken to picking things at the moment – picking his nose, picking the wax out of his ears, picking at his bathy crayons, picking, picking picking! Yuck!
He is extremely stubborn. This isn’t a particularly new thing but he is insanely stubborn at times and gets himself so worked up when we say no to things but he does not give in. For example if we say he will get pudding if he eats one more bite, there is no way he will take that bite. None. Absolutely zero. So he doesn’t get pudding but it makes for some miserable stand-offs!
So that is some of the things I can think of that sum up Monkey’s development right now! I love seeing him grow into his own person with his own mind – even though he drives me crazy sometimes! How do you keep track of your mini milestones?
This is a lovely way of keeping track of milestones. It is amazing how much they’re learning at the moment and how quickly they develop. I love the little den there 🙂
Thank you, I wish I’d started it earlier TBH, i think so much has passed me by! haha thanks, we are lovers of dens at the moment!!xx
We never really kept track of our kids milestones but it would have been great to do so as you forget so much as the years roll on…. Nowadays I can only just remember to take them to swimming lessons, Cubs, tennis etc let alone remember how they were when they were toddlers! #letkidsbekids
Yeah I kind of already feel like I have missed loads, so I hope I can keep this up! My memory is useless at the best of times so I can totally understand how hard it is to keep track when you have so many other things to keep track of! xx
I LOVE that age 🙂 Such fun and so cute.
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Lol, thanks, me too! xx
Nice to hear about his developments! One busy bee! #Letkidsbekids
oooh yes, he is always on the go!! x
I love the den. It will be nice for you to have these milestones to look back on. It is impossible to remember your milestones!
haha thanks Mama, my memory is terrible so hopefully this will help! xx
It is so lovely to write all these things down to remember as we forget so much.
Well done Monkey!
Thanks for linking #LetKidsBeKids
Yep my memory is rubbish so I am hoping that this helps, wish I had started this earlier! xx
I really need to do this for the wee girl, I’ve written a couple of language based ones, but not for ages! It’s lovely to look back on 🙂
I wish i had started these posts earlier, my memory is appalling and I already struggle to remember what age he did things! xx
I haven’t done anything like this but I did write down little 2’s first 100 words in the back of my baby book as she learnt then, I wish I had done it for Little 1, it is lovely to look back on.
Aww well that’s lovely too, i wish I had sr=tarted this earlier, just f=don;t want to forget all the lovely little things he says and does! xx
They are like little sponges at this age aren’t they? Monkey sounds like a wonderful little chap x #letkidsbekids
aww thank you, they really are sponges! xx
Ahhh he is growing up so fast. I love the den. He looks like he does too. So sweet. Look at all that bubble making tools you have. I am so very jealous! Looks amazing. I also love a good sidewalk chalk time. I really need to get some. Thanks for linking up to Share With Me linky and for the continual support each week. I am ever so grateful! #sharewithme
They grow up so quickly! It’s amazing watching them discover how to do new things. #MMWBH
It really is fascinating watching them learn things that we just totally take for granted! love it! xx
He really is, it’s so scary! Haha the bubble making stuff is my neighbour’s she got it all for £1, bargain!! Chalk is a must though, kids love it and it so simple! Pleasure, love your linky 🙂 xx
Its lovely when they start to learn new things, especially when its them that has discovered it! I LOVE your crochet blanket!!!
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i know, makes me sooo proud! Aww thanks, it was a labour of love so I am very happy he likes it!! xx
That’s fab- a great record of all the milestones.
I think that dens and chalk outside are two of lifes greats and, what child doesn’t love bubbles!
Have a lovely Easter!
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Thank you, I am pleased I finally sat down and got them all out of my head and into a post! Lol I totally agree! You too! xx
What a lovely post! I love the den 🙂 #sharewithme x
thank you! I love dens too – so simple yet he finds them so entertaining!! xx
Aww I love the den its lovely to have somewhere to record all the important bits isn’t it lovely post #sharewithme
Thank you, it is fab, I think I would just forget all of these small steps if I didn’t blog them! xx
What a lovely round up post, and some great milestones there. I love the bubble blowing, and the playing in the den pics! #MMWBH
thank you! xx
How lovely keeping track of milestones like this, will be great to look back on. I love the den building 🙂
Thanks, i wish i had started it earlier tbh, my memory is useless but hopefully I will be able to look back at this when he is older to jog my memory! Dens are fab aren’t they? xx
I never had my blog when i was expecting Carson but bump is due in 3 weeks and I will defo be taking a leaf out of your book with regards to noting milestones – lovely stuff thanks!
Popped over for #sharewithme, would love if you came and said hi back @ carsonsmummy.blogspot.co.uk xx
Aww glad to have inspired you, I wish I had started this earlier tbh! So easy to forget things, hopefully I will do better with no.2 Good luck with bump!! Will pop over and say hi! 🙂 xx
Lovely idea for a post! What a clever little boy…
My son also loves Wheels on the Bus – his little arm movements are precious! Especially the swishy wipers… 🙂
Thank you, hopefully I keep it up as it’s a nice way to keep track of all these little developments! Aww I know what you mean, it’s so cute isn’t it? Monkey is dead uncoordinated though bless him so his arms are everywhere haha xx
What a lovely post 🙂 Especially love that you’ve included the not so nice bits at the end as we all know toddlers aren’t sweetness and light all the time hey x
Thank you, oh yes, got to inlcude the less nice habits as they do like to keep us on our toes 😉 xx
Such a lovely blog and a great idea! I’ve been keeping a daily diary for a while now but don’t often get the chance to look back at it and record milestones in the same way-I think I’ll give it a go! Love your blog x
Thank you that’s lovely! I hope I can keep it up to be honest as it is nice getting all these little things down in one place! xx
Love the den – I’m forever draping blankets over chairs. Such a easy way to keep them entertained. #letkidsbekids
They are great aren’t they, also a good distraction from tantrums i find lol!
It’s nice to read how he is doing and what he is up to. I believe that developmental my Ethan is roughly two and your post confirms this to me. I love that he spots planes and his love of books. I think I need to invest in that baby book for Ethan.
Thanks for linking up with Small Steps Amazing Achievements :0)
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Thank you, aww bless him, I’ve thought they sounded at similar stages at times reading your posts. It is a cute book, I saw another at the library a while back that was lovely, if I find it I will let you know, anything that helps are little men prepare to be big brothers! xx
Your wee man is just the cutest! His den looked like so much fun! Tempted to go make one right now and there’s no kids at home at the moment, lol! Thanks for linking up! #MMWBH x
Aww thank you! lol, do it, why not, they’ll love it when they get home and you can make it cosy in the meantime! 😉 xx
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