What is your kid doing/not doing?

[nessness]

Brag about what your kid is doing; fret about what they're not.


DD (15 months) is learning a new word every other day. She's up to like 27 words and starting to put together some 2-word phrases. She loves to pick up DH's shoes, say "dada shoe!" and bring them to him.

She will not do puzzles or shape sorters. She loses interest in puzzles after approximately 6 seconds, and she just opens the lid of her shape sorter and puts in socks, play food, etc. I can't really tell if she can't do these things or just isn't interested.

She also seems to be the only kid in daycare who won't sit on the rug to listen to a story. I've picked her up 2 or 3 times when the other kids are all listening to a story and she's off doing her own thing.

[pooh8402]

6.5 months

He is sitting up really well, and stands pretty well with light assistance for balance. He is now sleeping much better and rolls to his tummy to sleep.

He is not rolling to his tummy to play or rolling for locomotion. He is not even attempting to crawl or army crawl or go to all fours or whatever. Eh, he still has lots of time. I do know of babies younger than him that are crawling.

[countthestars]

DD (2.5) - talks up a storm and writes the letter T. Learning to drink out of an open cup still. Can identify many youtube video stars by their voice "that's Amy Jo from DCTC!".

Does not use the potty.

DS (4 months) - is finding his feet and taking a bottle!

Does not sleep.

[sewf]

DS is three. He is very active, has very good hand/eye coordination. He (usually) listens pretty well, has has very few tantrums. At bedtime, he pretty much puts himself to sleep. He helps clean up when asked.

He still is behind on talking, but in the past couple of months has gained lots of words and phrases. It's just taking longer than I had hoped. He also is pretty picky with foods he'll eat, although I guess that is to be expected from a toddler. He's not really ready to potty train. If we asked him if he wants to sit on the potty, he says no and runs away. I think we have decided to wait until the summer when it is warmer.

[nextbigthing]

He's 11 months

Great crawler and can cruise really fast, but WILL NOT stand on his own or try to walk with us holding his hands, he immediately sits down. I really would like him to walk before he moves up to the next class at school, but I know developmentally it's fine

He says mama, dada, is working on cat, and babbles and says made up words a lot. Looking forward to more 'real' words, but he seems to be plenty vocal.

Great magical unicorn sleeper

I wish he would eat better. He LOVES his bottles most of the time and loves breakfast, but lunch and dinner are very hit or miss. I worry about how hard it will be to lose that AM bottle especially and lately, he's gone back to being more interested in the bedtime bottle than dinner itself.

[Susie]

11 weeks

Hobbes STTN with some frequency, and always sleeps in her crib at night. She switches between bottles of BM and nursing seamlessly.

But napping and falling asleep at night are huge struggles, and I'm not sure we're even making progress. I don't do well sleep deprived, and it's rough on me.

[babyrn]

She'll be three in about 3 weeks.

She does not use the potty.
She does not eat any veggies or meat and is super picky about everything else.
She does not listen.

She has a huge vocabulary
She is great at memorization
She is getting better at coloring and drawing things that actually look like things.

[bluelikejazz]

DD is 14 months.

She is above and beyond on gross motor skills. Walked at 10 months, been standing up in the middle of the room since 11.5 months, Climbing on furniture in the last couple of weeks.

But she won't talk! She babbles all day, but nothing that makes sense. She can say "ni ni" (night night) and that is it. She maybe says "dog" and can say "mama" and "dada" but never intentionally, or in our general direction.

[Deleted]

DS1 - 3 years old in May:

He's potty trained during the day!

But he pees in his pullup at night (wilted)

Counts to 30 (high5)

Prefers to eat with his hands (huh)

DS2 - 7 months:

Apparently loves cereal at daycare :Y:

Spits out all solids at home :N:

Can hold his own bottle (star)

Demands a bottle in the MOTN </3

[Deleted]

P is 1 year old. She has about 6 words, a few signs, and totally understands certain phrases. She'll nod yes to 'do you want water/food/milk/to take a nap" when she wants those things.

She does not walk. She can take a few steps but gets too excited then trips and falls into me. I think she thinks it's a game. I know she's just barely in the learning-to-walk window but it feels like all the kids born near her are walking like champs so it's bugging me.

[thebreakfastclub]

DS will be 3 in 2 weeks!

He is 100% day/night potty trained, speaks in full sentences, tells lame jokes, likes to sing. He is the self-appointed leader and helper in his classroom when new little kids show up. He is super excited to move up to the 3s room in a few weeks.

Alas, the boy has inherited my clumsy genes. Daycare now offers a weekly gymnastics class, so he's doing that. We continue to struggle with bathroom humor and general three year old attitude.

[dulcemariamar]

DD is 3. She is starting to talk a lot more and is getting better with speaking Spanish. She will mostly use Spanish with DH and English with me.

She can do 100 + piece puzzles.

And is very independent with dressing and going to the potty.

She still gets shapes mixed up

She is not really great at counting.

[noodleoo]

DD is 8.5 months.

She's such a happy, smiley baby! She's starting to babble and says ma ma ma and ba ba ba! It is so cute. Also learned how to clap this week! Adorable! She's also a great eater and sleeper, so we hit the jackpot there.

I think she's going to be slow in gross motor skills. she was a late roller and still doesn't go belly to back unless I help her. She's not crawling and can't really get her belly off the floor. All the other babies her age are crawling already. Oh well, more time to baby proof! I was worried but I'm sure she'll catch up and honestly, it is nice not having to chase after her yet. She's a good stander, who knows maybe she will walk first!

[Brie]

P is 1. He is not standing independently, cruising, or walking. He isn't eating most foods and he has no words. However, he excels at cuteness and pasta-eating.

C is 3y4m and is PTed, very verbal, and a pretty great eater. He is terribly clumsy and not great at skipping, jumping, etc.

[krystee]

J is 10 months. He has a few words and loves to cruise on furniture. He wants to walk, but can't figure out balance. Our PT won't let him use push toys to walk, which I am bummed about because I think he would love that.

He is not crawling regularly. He starts up on all fours but goes right into army crawl. Also, he has one single tooth at 10 months old! That said, I think the others are coming in because my unicorn sleeper has been a nightmare sleeper three nights this week.

[caidan]

DD2: 13 months old. Walks really well. Likes to stack toys and play with shape sorter. Thinks she can do her older sister's puzzles.

Does not have many if any words.


DD1: 5 years old. She loves to dance a. Not a good listener.

[badtzmaru22]

DS, 18mo: says a lot of words, but no real sentences. Actually, I'm pretty sure his only two word combo is, "show's over!" He's super cute, so sweet, and just wants to do everything his sister is doing. I don't think he's ever tried a puzzle, for all the people with younger babies who mentioned this. He can make a basket on a little tikes hoop though! He's also 35 inches tall, which helps. I hope he stays tall.

DD, almost 4: is not doing anything unless she's made up her own mind to do it. So, yeah. Fun.

[polarbearfans]

6 months - she is crawling and pulling up well, but still doesn't roll :/

[ebeth]

At 5 months old she's sitting for short periods unassisted and propping herself up on all fours and trying (unsuccessfully) to move forward.

She seems to be getting some separation anxiety which is equal parts heart wrenching and heart warming.

She's not a great napper. We're lucky to get a 45 min nap out of her. She's a cranky mess when she doesn't nap and she's not sleeping enough total hours per day, so I know she needs the sleep but I'm not sure how to help her

[scribellesam]

DS1 is 3.5. He's great at building Duplos, being hilarious, and most things involving coordination. He doesn't talk much and is often difficult to engage in conversation. He completely refuses to poop in the toilet.

DS2 is 16mo. He's a good runner and climber. He only has a few words and bonks his head a lot.

[genet313]

Feb 3, 2016 10:47:54 GMT -5 nextbigthing said:

He's 11 months

Great crawler and can cruise really fast, but WILL NOT stand on his own or try to walk with us holding his hands, he immediately sits down. 

Exactly this, except DD is 12 months.  :/   Complete refusal.  I bought her a baby push cart thing and she'll push it for 2 steps, act like it's killing her, and sit down and crawl.   She's now learned to say "up" (loosely) and hold her arms up when she wants us to carry her to what she wants to see....lazy bones!   

She babbles a ton and can definitely say "words" but I'm still waiting for her to really start speaking.   I can see the wheels moving in her head, she just needs to articulate a little better.  

LOVES books.  Turns the pages by herself, so fast.  Remembers books, gets excited when you show her a book she likes, will often skip to  her favorite "pages" in a book.  Hopeful she'll be a voracious reader like me!    

Amazing eater - eats foods many adults wouldn't eat, which is great.  

[niq]

V (29 months) is incredibly verbal, knows most of his letters most of the times, will on rare occasions spell words he sees.

He can't quite jump, he always goes down stairs left foot first, and when he starts to run he ends up galloping with his left foot forward all the time. He also doesn't really sit still at all.

[glitzy07]

C is 2.5.

He's a great sleeper and eater. He even requested broccoli with dinner last night. He's polite and empathetic. He has so much energy and is generally always happy. He's great at puzzles and has an impressive memory.

He doesn't know his colors or letters. He's not very good at counting. He's not potty trained.

[nessness]

Feb 3, 2016 11:07:25 GMT -5 @bunnybean said:

She has no chill.

I emphathize with this one! DH calls DD "no-chill [lastname]" lol.

[Deleted]

J - (3.5) Can add, subtract, count forwards and backwards by 2s, 3s, 5, and 10s etc. And can count and name numbers into the thousands. He is also getting good at writing his name and is starting to sound out words. He cannot catch a ball, at all. Cannot skip. Cannot use scissors well (at all?). He is also a very picky eater lately

E (22mos) speaks in full sentences. Builds well with blocks and does puzzles well. Still working on mastering a full run and stairs. Cannot dress herself.

K (22mos) speaks in full sentences. Draws circles. Builds well with blocks and does puzzles. Still mastering a full run and stairs. Cannot dress herself.

It's funny watching the girls develop because much of what they are mastering now has to do with what J is into because they want to be just like him. K can draw circles because J loves the magnadoodle and is always drawing and used to tell me "I made a circle" all the time. So now K does this. J was 3 before he could draw a circle lol! Same with blocks. J loves building with wooden blocks and duplos so the girls have mastered them. They are memorizing and reciting books left and right because that's what J has always done.

[halfpint]

B will be 2.5 at the end of this month.

His memorization of his books amazes me. He can finish the sentences in many of his books after reading them just a couple of times. He knows book titles after one reading. He can also recognize most of his letters by sight, and is getting good at some of the more "advanced" shapes, like hexagon, crescent and diamond.

He hates preschool in the morning, and drop off is still a screaming/crying production. He still inverts "you" and "I/me", and statements are often in the form of questions. I'm hoping he just figures this out - like, "I would like to go play in the basement" is "Do you wanna go play in the basement?". He doesn't really sing, which I think is odd - I'm fairly musical, and we listen to songs a lot, I sing along, we did a lot of music classes, but he's not really down with singing and dancing. I'll be sad if he's not at least a little into band or choir or something when he's older.

[osulori]

AJ is 2.5. He's pretty verbal, and a great eater (for now). He loves all things gross motor-running, jumping, throwing, kicking. He also loves to love on his stuffed animals which is damn adorable

He has very minimal interest in using the potty. Like maybe a few times a week before bed. He also has little to no interest in puzzles, or really anything that involves sitting still.

[rbp]

18mo:

He is super into books. He would listen to me read books all day. I have to get us out of his room on weekends to make the madness stop after 10 or so!

He loves giving kisses.

He can blow his nose...like actually blow into a tissue and stuff comes out. The downside of this is this morning he pointed at the roll of tp while I was in another room, said "nose," and proceeded to unroll all of the tp in hopes of blowing his nose. 

BUT...

He will not eat a damn vegetable.  (wilted)

He is getting very clingy and does not like to be alone.

[vtdiamond]

DD and DS are 15 months old today!

They are both walking now, DD is more balanced then DS but he's getting better. They say a few words but don't really identify very consistently.

[miamigirl]

Sienna just turned 5 months.

She can sit unassisted, she rolls both ways and prefers to sleep on her tummy now.
She giggles all the time, which is absolutely adorable to me.
She's showing interest in starting to crawl, but hasn't figured it out yet.
She wants to grab everything and EVERYTHING ends up in her mouth.
She "calls" the dog by yelling at him when she sees him walk by and grabs him.

She's so much fun