- His interest in cars and other vehicles has now escalated into a full scale obsession/love affair with them! Benjamin is car/digger/tractor/lorry/fire engine crazy!!! Whether they be large or small he doesn't care! Cars are now required to keep little man amused on car or pushchair journeys and when we left Great Grandpa's house earlier this week, we had a great big tantrum because he had to leave behind Grandpa's collection of model cars, buses and lorries.
- He is also book-mad and constantly asks to sit on my lap for a book to be read to him! Even visitors and other family members have to suffer this haha....
- He still enjoys quite a few programmes on the Cbeebies channel but his favourite programme by far is Mr Tumble.....! We have a morning ritual....I have a bath while he plays with toys in his room then we go downstairs again in time for Mr Tumble to start and he has a drink and snack whilst he gives Mr Tumble his undivided attention for a whole 20 minutes!
- He is a huge fan of music and anything by Psi seems to get him moving, every time, without fail (groan!).....
- He has become very sociable, more so than usual, waving at anybody who just even looks at him. Most people wave back :) If we leave a shop after having paid for my goods, he will always wave goodbye to the shop assistant.
- He is fascinated by toilets! The lids, the flush...in fact the more powerful the flush, the better! I am actually pleased about this as I was frightened of toilets other than my own as a young child. Whilst he really is not ready for full on potty training yet, I have got him a toddler toilet seat adaptor which sits on the toilet, which he enjoys sitting on for about a minute just before he gets in the bath. We have not seen anything in the toilet yet ha!
- After months and months of refusing to eat porridge....he suddenly likes it again!?! In fact his appetite has really increased lately and he is really enjoying his food and makes approving sounds when eating my homemade meals and desserts :)
- He went through a phase of slapping heads/faces quite a bit....sometimes due to over excitement when somebody played with him, sometimes when I said 'no' to him or during a tantrum. We have been consistent with discipline and soon discovered what technique worked for him. He soon stopped this behaviour and the amount of slapping has dramatically reduced I am pleased to say. Although it got to me a bit, I was really glad to have learnt something new for myself about parenting and now look at it in a positive light.
- A couple of months ago he began saying 'yeah' in response to questions we asked him....this month he has mastered the art of shaking his head to say 'no' and he does this A LOT haha!
- He is becoming interested in his own body....as well as mine ha! He can point out his own ears, eyes, nose, hair, mouth, hands, feet and belly button when I ask him and can point those features out on me too....as well as one or two other features ha! ;)
- He does a few animal impressions on request such as a crocodile, snake, dog. lion and monkey.
- He makes a point of greeting Ben home from work every day by going to the front door for a kiss and cuddle :)
- He says 'uh ohhhhhh....', sometimes when it's appropriate ha!
- If I tell him we're going out he gets his own shoes out of the cupboard and hands me mine as if to say 'get a move on, love'!
Benjamin is not the best at posing and keeping still for photos (just like Dad!) but here a few I managed to catch today....
We love this boy so very much, he is the best! :) xxxxxxxx
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