We decided that the giant red word cars are too big and inconvenient. This is really causing the lessons to be sporadic.... And really making all the errors doman advises against.
I am happy that Winston will have no trouble with 200pt comic sans on hAlf a4 sheets... Since yesterday he wAs spotting babies coming from a good 200m away.
I have more card on order (400 sheets)
Winston is enjoying choosing 1 of2 number cards.
Sunday 24 April 2011
Tuesday 19 April 2011
Friday 15 April 2011
toilet
The last few days it has become tricky to get Winston to use potty.
However he has used the mini toilet seat on the real toilet twice so far today and once yesterday. Perhaps hes just had enough of the potty and wants to be more like mummy and daddy now.
However he has used the mini toilet seat on the real toilet twice so far today and once yesterday. Perhaps hes just had enough of the potty and wants to be more like mummy and daddy now.
Tuesday 12 April 2011
Swimming
This week we have swimming (re-swims) everyday as we have missedd all the previous wednesdays through illness. The cold arises on Wednesdays.
WInston is so relaxed in the water. no proiblems going underwater or hanging on to my back.
He doesnt kick! We need to train him to kick - by only moving him forwards when he kicks or moving his legs at the same time as moving him forwards.
WInston is so relaxed in the water. no proiblems going underwater or hanging on to my back.
He doesnt kick! We need to train him to kick - by only moving him forwards when he kicks or moving his legs at the same time as moving him forwards.
Monday 11 April 2011
Sunday 10 April 2011
1st post
Winston is eleven and a half months old.
He can say:
Mama ..and variations .. mamamamaamama muu ma me .. he does a good growly voice mama which is quite well pronounced
Dada .. and variations .. dadadadadeedapadpdaa
Ba .... for banana
Ömer .... for Elmer (as in the elephant books) .. but he uses it generally to mean books.. and more excitedly when he sees an Elmer book or the word Elmer
mmmmm .. for each mouthful of food - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVM5q4oMQXM
He can read .. or has previously been able to read (Doman says that one shouldnt go back to old words and test him)
mamma - I know because he looked at the word and said it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5qE9F42Hbc
squeeze - i know because he smiles when he sees the word because he knows a big squeeze is coming
skratta - laugh in swedish .. he laughs when he sees it
laugh - he laughs when he sees it
I am also teaching Winston numbers using the Doman method ... no idea if he understands any numbers yet but he seems quite interested in them.
He can understand ..
Today he understood "give mummy the sock" (said by daddy) . I would say that is the most complex sentence he has clearly understood .
Toilet (Elimination communication - elimination as in eliminating the waste from the body... strange phrase)
He usually tells us when he wants a wee .. often he will crawl up to me grab my trousers and say "ah ah ah" or something. Today was a bad day and most wees were in his training pants, however usually its only 1 or 2 wees in the training pants each day, and poos are outside the toilet/potty/sink (yuk) only once every two weeks. http://www.diaperfreebaby.org/
Eating
I reckon about 85% of his calories still comes from breast milk. At (non-boob) mealtimes about 90% of the food goes on the floor. He loves sweetcorn. Quite likes curry. He enjoys sucking a lemon. He mainly seems to suck on stuff then spit it out. I suppose because he has no back teeth yet, so chewing doesnt work. However enough food seesm to find its way in to his poo.. so he must be swallowing quite a bit. http://www.babyledweaning.com/
Transport
We are selling our pram.. as we use slings..its so much more convenient... he gets to see more.. he can sleep better.. its good for the relationship... and carrying 10kg of Winston on the back is quite healthy too.
He can say:
Mama ..and variations .. mamamamaamama muu ma me .. he does a good growly voice mama which is quite well pronounced
Dada .. and variations .. dadadadadeedapadpdaa
Ba .... for banana
Ömer .... for Elmer (as in the elephant books) .. but he uses it generally to mean books.. and more excitedly when he sees an Elmer book or the word Elmer
mmmmm .. for each mouthful of food - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVM5q4oMQXM
He can read .. or has previously been able to read (Doman says that one shouldnt go back to old words and test him)
mamma - I know because he looked at the word and said it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5qE9F42Hbc
squeeze - i know because he smiles when he sees the word because he knows a big squeeze is coming
skratta - laugh in swedish .. he laughs when he sees it
laugh - he laughs when he sees it
I am also teaching Winston numbers using the Doman method ... no idea if he understands any numbers yet but he seems quite interested in them.
He can understand ..
Today he understood "give mummy the sock" (said by daddy) . I would say that is the most complex sentence he has clearly understood .
Toilet (Elimination communication - elimination as in eliminating the waste from the body... strange phrase)
He usually tells us when he wants a wee .. often he will crawl up to me grab my trousers and say "ah ah ah" or something. Today was a bad day and most wees were in his training pants, however usually its only 1 or 2 wees in the training pants each day, and poos are outside the toilet/potty/sink (yuk) only once every two weeks. http://www.diaperfreebaby.org/
Eating
I reckon about 85% of his calories still comes from breast milk. At (non-boob) mealtimes about 90% of the food goes on the floor. He loves sweetcorn. Quite likes curry. He enjoys sucking a lemon. He mainly seems to suck on stuff then spit it out. I suppose because he has no back teeth yet, so chewing doesnt work. However enough food seesm to find its way in to his poo.. so he must be swallowing quite a bit. http://www.babyledweaning.com/
Transport
We are selling our pram.. as we use slings..its so much more convenient... he gets to see more.. he can sleep better.. its good for the relationship... and carrying 10kg of Winston on the back is quite healthy too.
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