Joseph did it!! Well, actually, he did LOTS today. For starters he took three steps, unassisted, from the couch to me. He stood up in the middle of the room unassisted today and did this many times throughout the day. He bonked his noggie today while rising to the standing position under the dining room table......and he giggled when he did it! He also stood to rise from a squatted position and toddled three or four steps over to me.
He ate three fish sticks all by himself and even dipped them in ketchup on his own, off of his plate, AND did not throw his plate on the floor. Then he ate velveeta shells and cheese and would ask for "muh bite-bite" and say "yes" when I would ask, "More"?
Now, I realize this is not a big deal to many parents out there.......but lemme tell ya, when your child who is delayed does even something so minute as asking for more when eating and NOT tossing his plate on the floor. This is BIG business!! LOL Oh, ya, he also did not throw his sippy on the floor tonight.
Yes, my middle child, my smallest boy is plugging right along. And I am sure his brothers and cousins have a lot to do with his progress. If only they all knew how great they are for him. Someday they will know, but for now, I am just happy they are here and loving him, playing with him and encouraging him.
It is funny, my nephew, Joshua, will encourage Jackson to say new words. And Jackie is more than happy to oblige. Funny thing? Joshua, the child who attends speech therapy weekly, is so in love with my boys that he encourages them to speak. Unbeknownst to him, even in his difficulties with announciation, he is making my boys stronger in their verbal abilities. What a blessing he is to them.
Janae, my niece, spent the day outside with Jackson today and they had a blast. Nae-Nae would push him around the yard in the Cozy Coupe and they would "yammer" back and forth at one another. Then it was time to just push empty "vehicles" around the yard. Nae-Nae took the empty coupe and Jackie was pushing an old army type dune buggy that used to be my ex-stepsons. They did this for nearly an hour and a half today, just rambling about the back acre having a ball together.
Today was a good day...
Good night all.