Milestones are funny things. I remember when Abdullah started coming into the "stacks blocks" phase of milestones. He didn't have any blocks. He has blocks now. Our Afghani friends came over one day and it took about 15 minutes to explain what the point was to having them. Strange to think that something so ingrained in the fabric of American childhood is completely foreign to the rest of the world. I'd love to see what milestones are like in other parts of the world. 12 months old, your child may begin to make pretend rotis and can now push food around with a chopstick.
Nevertheless, KC's appointment went well. Aside from her new word(s?), they also checked off the following milestones for her:
* Tries to hug. (Still working on her aim)
* Says mama and dada/imitates you. (She's said Umi, Dijah, and Jeddah and a host of objects so far, but all only as imitations)
* Says one word, (See last post)
* Bangs two objects together. (Whatever you got)
* Helps/messes up around the house. (More of the latter, but she did toddle over to the shoe shelf last week and put back one of the 12 shoes she had pulled down. I think after seeing Abdullah clean them up so many times she realized, what goes down, must go back up.)
* Plays patty cake. (See last post, she's not ready for the big leagues)
* Walks/cruises. (They need a word for walking and then falling over and over again)
* Understands simple commands like come here, sit down (Yes, when she wants to, or she'll try to smile her way out of it)
* Gives you a toy. (She likes her toys too much. She did try to feed me some cheerios one day, but she quickly realized that she wasn't getting them back. Now she just fakes like she's going to give them to me.)
* Drinks whole milk.
They asked again about her waving, but since her 9 month check up, she's given that up. Instead, she prefers to flail her arms wildly. I'm not sure if she's waving or just reminding me that she hasn't disappeared.
She hasn't hit the "says mama and dada correctly" point. There were a couple others that I can't remember. I'm also adding :
* Gets down out of a chair carefully. (Mind you, Abdullah's chair, which she loves to commandeer, is only 12 inches high, but she is very careful in getting down.)
* Plays with toys without mouthing them. (She seems to understand that every toy is not, necessarily, a chew toy. She still sneaks bites of most things, but she likes to play with Abdullah's blocks, Lego's, and puzzles imitating his motions with very serious focus.)
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Friday, March 22, 2013
It's Official....
KC's first word.
KC likes "social play" a lot more than Abdullah who treated any attempt to stop him from moving as a punishment. So it's no surprise that her first word is game related.
First, a brief history of Abdullah's first words since the world has missed out on his feats.
It all started with some word I don't exactly remember sometime shortly after his first birthday, so for those of you who are counting, KC wins again.
By around 15 months, he had a few words such as book, ball, up, go, orange, khubs (bread), dog, cat, in, some animal sounds, and goot (cookie). There may have been more, but whose counting (except grandparents). Nose came in somewhere around then too thanks to some drills with GS. It was around this time, as his walking improved, that he began to be able to obey commands related to items not in the room, such as going to throw something in the trash.
After that, he added words from his daily life including shoe(which meant shoe and sock), head, toy, and the like. His comprehension increased rapidly and he could soon perform common household tasks such as cleaning up toys and emptying the dishwasher.
At 23 months, he said his first sentence "some more water please." This, of course, was just a cheat sentence since he was actually just saying all the words he could think of that might lead to him getting some water. He kind of has this mentality towards talking today although now he puts whole sentences together to make often awkward "paragraphs."
He kid of added words one at a time until he started asking what things were and remembering the names of things he found. At around 27 months, he decided that, much in man fashion, he didn't need to ask anymore and started to tell me what everything was, holding it out to make sure that he was correct. It was around this time also that his comprehension improved to the point that he could complete most requests without spinning around in a circle to see what you were talking about.
To this day, Abdullah continues to spin in cricles for fun.
But, I greatly digress.
KC's first word is: TAP TAP!
Definition
TAP TAP
noun: the act of tapping one's hand on an object, usually one's own stomach.
verb: the act of requesting a parent or sibling to tap on one's stomach.
She makes a lot of sounds that seem like they might be words and has a few hand motions that she taught herself, but it's sometimes hard to pick out which of her sounds are words in a string of baby talk gibberish.
In other news, Abdullah has started taking after his father and greatly enjoys all forms of cooking, both real and imaginary. He's been cooking for awhile, but lately, he's begun instructing KC in the culinary arts. So far, his lessons have focused heavily on mixing and tasting. Fortunately for him, KC is a wonderful study and has a strong passion for tasting and banging two objects together.
KC likes "social play" a lot more than Abdullah who treated any attempt to stop him from moving as a punishment. So it's no surprise that her first word is game related.
First, a brief history of Abdullah's first words since the world has missed out on his feats.
It all started with some word I don't exactly remember sometime shortly after his first birthday, so for those of you who are counting, KC wins again.
By around 15 months, he had a few words such as book, ball, up, go, orange, khubs (bread), dog, cat, in, some animal sounds, and goot (cookie). There may have been more, but whose counting (except grandparents). Nose came in somewhere around then too thanks to some drills with GS. It was around this time, as his walking improved, that he began to be able to obey commands related to items not in the room, such as going to throw something in the trash.
After that, he added words from his daily life including shoe(which meant shoe and sock), head, toy, and the like. His comprehension increased rapidly and he could soon perform common household tasks such as cleaning up toys and emptying the dishwasher.
At 23 months, he said his first sentence "some more water please." This, of course, was just a cheat sentence since he was actually just saying all the words he could think of that might lead to him getting some water. He kind of has this mentality towards talking today although now he puts whole sentences together to make often awkward "paragraphs."
He kid of added words one at a time until he started asking what things were and remembering the names of things he found. At around 27 months, he decided that, much in man fashion, he didn't need to ask anymore and started to tell me what everything was, holding it out to make sure that he was correct. It was around this time also that his comprehension improved to the point that he could complete most requests without spinning around in a circle to see what you were talking about.
To this day, Abdullah continues to spin in cricles for fun.
But, I greatly digress.
KC's first word is: TAP TAP!
Definition
TAP TAP
noun: the act of tapping one's hand on an object, usually one's own stomach.
verb: the act of requesting a parent or sibling to tap on one's stomach.
She makes a lot of sounds that seem like they might be words and has a few hand motions that she taught herself, but it's sometimes hard to pick out which of her sounds are words in a string of baby talk gibberish.
In other news, Abdullah has started taking after his father and greatly enjoys all forms of cooking, both real and imaginary. He's been cooking for awhile, but lately, he's begun instructing KC in the culinary arts. So far, his lessons have focused heavily on mixing and tasting. Fortunately for him, KC is a wonderful study and has a strong passion for tasting and banging two objects together.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Bagles
Just a recipe box post.
These are the best bagles I've ever tasted outside of NYC. I'm tempted to never go back to NYC to get bagles because I may discover that the bagles there actually pale in comparison and my memorises will be ruined.
For some reason, I got 15 bagles (and I did weigh them too), but who'se complaining. None of my carb loving crew for sure. I know KC was happy she had that tooth to help her out with these. The crust was unbelievable.
Thanks to the local Europa market, we were able to accet these with smoked trout salad and smoked sausage. I think that's my bagle calories quota for the year.
These are the best bagles I've ever tasted outside of NYC. I'm tempted to never go back to NYC to get bagles because I may discover that the bagles there actually pale in comparison and my memorises will be ruined.
For some reason, I got 15 bagles (and I did weigh them too), but who'se complaining. None of my carb loving crew for sure. I know KC was happy she had that tooth to help her out with these. The crust was unbelievable.
Thanks to the local Europa market, we were able to accet these with smoked trout salad and smoked sausage. I think that's my bagle calories quota for the year.
Just Wait
Abdullah got Play Doh this weekend. I've given up on play dough, the slightly overly gooey amalgam of flour, water, salt, and whatever else the latest mommy blogger said would make best "best play dough" recipe. After having to throw out the latest batch after it started to separate in the cabinet, I turned to the professionals.
But I digress. Abdullah was extremely excited about his new acquisition of "orange." He happily placed his two new containers into his cup holders for the long ride home undoubtedly imagining the moment he'd be able to crack open his new delicacies. After some errands and a play place run, Abdullah's anticipation was clearly growing.
Once we finally arrived home and got the week's groceries unpacked, he sat down to finally get a peek at the vittles that had been eluding him all day. Much to my surprise and his, however, we found that Play Doh is not easy to open. Perhaps that's intentional since I'm sure more than a few carpets have been ruined by the stuff.
Nevertheless, Abdullah pulled and tugged at the container from every angle offering a few "uff"s just to make sure that I knew he was having trouble. I let him try for about a minute or so. After informing me that it was hard for him to open it and asking for help a few times he placed the container on the table, looked at both cans squarely and calmly said "Just wait." Then he sat. Staring blankly at the cans for about 30 seconds before he picked one up and started to try again.
The incident made me think of this hadith:
Narrated Thabit Al-Bunani: Anas bin Malik said to a woman of his family, "Do you know such-and-such a woman?" She replied, "Yes." He said, "The Prophet passed by her while she was weeping over a grave, and he said to her, 'Be afraid of Allah and be patient.' The woman said (to the Prophet). 'Go away from me, for you do not know my calamity.'" Anas added, "The Prophet left her and proceeded. A man passed by her and asked her, 'What has Allah's Apostle said to you?' She replied, 'I did not recognize him.' The man said, 'He was Allah's Apostle."' Anas added, "So that woman came to the gate of the Prophet and she did not find a gate-keeper there, and she said, 'O Allah's Apostle! By Allah. I did not recognize you!' The Prophet said, 'No doubt, patience is at the first stroke of a calamity.'"
I don't know if being unable to get at your Play Doh counts as a calamity for most, but I'm pretty proud that Abdullah's got the wherewithal to remind himself to have patience when things are tough.
In general, I think he's crossed the milestones tracking mark since he can do pretty much anything that he needs to do aside from ride his bike long periods in a straight line, but that's probably more of a want than a need anyway.
KC has put a few more notches in her belt this month as she rounds the final turn to 1. Her first tooth finally came through and she started walking. I suppose stumbling would be a better word. She's got Abdullah beat again on that milestone.
But I digress. Abdullah was extremely excited about his new acquisition of "orange." He happily placed his two new containers into his cup holders for the long ride home undoubtedly imagining the moment he'd be able to crack open his new delicacies. After some errands and a play place run, Abdullah's anticipation was clearly growing.
Once we finally arrived home and got the week's groceries unpacked, he sat down to finally get a peek at the vittles that had been eluding him all day. Much to my surprise and his, however, we found that Play Doh is not easy to open. Perhaps that's intentional since I'm sure more than a few carpets have been ruined by the stuff.
Nevertheless, Abdullah pulled and tugged at the container from every angle offering a few "uff"s just to make sure that I knew he was having trouble. I let him try for about a minute or so. After informing me that it was hard for him to open it and asking for help a few times he placed the container on the table, looked at both cans squarely and calmly said "Just wait." Then he sat. Staring blankly at the cans for about 30 seconds before he picked one up and started to try again.
The incident made me think of this hadith:
Narrated Thabit Al-Bunani: Anas bin Malik said to a woman of his family, "Do you know such-and-such a woman?" She replied, "Yes." He said, "The Prophet passed by her while she was weeping over a grave, and he said to her, 'Be afraid of Allah and be patient.' The woman said (to the Prophet). 'Go away from me, for you do not know my calamity.'" Anas added, "The Prophet left her and proceeded. A man passed by her and asked her, 'What has Allah's Apostle said to you?' She replied, 'I did not recognize him.' The man said, 'He was Allah's Apostle."' Anas added, "So that woman came to the gate of the Prophet and she did not find a gate-keeper there, and she said, 'O Allah's Apostle! By Allah. I did not recognize you!' The Prophet said, 'No doubt, patience is at the first stroke of a calamity.'"
I don't know if being unable to get at your Play Doh counts as a calamity for most, but I'm pretty proud that Abdullah's got the wherewithal to remind himself to have patience when things are tough.
In general, I think he's crossed the milestones tracking mark since he can do pretty much anything that he needs to do aside from ride his bike long periods in a straight line, but that's probably more of a want than a need anyway.
KC has put a few more notches in her belt this month as she rounds the final turn to 1. Her first tooth finally came through and she started walking. I suppose stumbling would be a better word. She's got Abdullah beat again on that milestone.
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