So apparently my son is a pirate. Javi was diagnosed yesterday w/ amblyopia. So far, he doesn’t seem to mind wearing his eye patch. We find out in about two weeks if he’ll need glasses (my cousin’s daughter wears glasses for the same reason). It’s certainly not the worst thing that could befall a toddler. And all things considered, he’s doing amazingly well.
Here’s a rundown of Javi’s current vocabulary (things he says; he understands quite a bit more) as he nears 16 months:
- agua: (Spanish for “water”) which seems to cover every drinkable liquid, but also water in bathtubs, rain, on television, and pictures of lakes
- la-la-la: the word for pig (I blame the book Moo Baa La La La; btw, this word is also specifically used for that book)
- car(s): this covers a host of vehicles/machines (and toys that look like them), as well as the noise of vehicles/machines as heard outside the apartment
- bus: this specifically covers schoolbuses (though I’ve noticed him using it for public transportation & yellow taxis as well)
- guys: these are his various toys, specifically his Playmobil figures
- down: obviously, for when he wants to get down
- cat/s: his word for cats (both alive & in pictures)
- dog: his word for dogs (both alive & in pictures)
- oh-oh: pretty self explanatory
- all done: when he’s done eating (followed swiftly w/ dropping food onto the floor)
- bye-bye: always done w/ a waving motion, but it also applies to putting things away and/or out of sight
- cheese: another self-explanatory
- ¿que?: (Spanish for “what?”) used to ask question when pointing to things
- hot?: now a perpetual question before eating; food must be tested and/or blowed upon
- mumum: his word for K8
- dada: his word for me (no matter how hard I try to get him to use “papi”
He’s obviously very clever. He can use a spoon. He expects to wash his hands/face after eating. He puts his chair away (and draws it out when he wants to eat). He can get in/out of the bathtub on his own (scary!), as well as up/down couches (scary!). We’ve had to move a couch because he would in 15 seconds go from floor to couch to top of the radiator (so he could press up on the window to look at his beloved cars that pass along the road below our 5th floor apartment).
So that’s a pretty good update on Javi’s development. We head to DC for a weekend w/ extended family this afternoon. He’ll be the center of attention of course.
