Isaac has so many words now. Only a few multi-syllable words though so most “words” are just part of the actual word (eg. dial = crocodile). He still loves the wiggles and even does some actions now. We were driving in the car listening to “hot potato” and he started singing the chorus bit. He’s getting better at eating but he still makes a mess. He throws tantrums when things happen that he doesn’t like. Being tired or hungry makes it very likely that he’ll tantrum at you when you tell him to do something. When we get him up after a weekend sleep-in he tends to walk around all morning whinging at us. We weaned him off of the Losec and we have occasionally heard him refluxing but I don’t think it’s what’s making him grumpy all the time.
Emily had a language assessment the other day. Bree’s been concerned about it and the kindy staff even commented on it. We all thought Emily was a bit behind just before she moved into her current room at kindy but she gained so much language when she started hanging around the older kids that I thought she was ok. We haven’t had a formal assessment yet (that’s coming after her hearing test) but the preliminary test revealed her vocal sounds were fine for her age. Where she had problems is in information content, grammar and attention. The attention thing is strange because she was always good at focussing on one task when she was younger. The doctor’s office was full of distraction but Emily couldn’t seem to go more than 30 seconds before she’d try to move onto something else.
I’ve been trying to get Emily to ask for things for a while now and that’s something the doctor was surprised by. She just tells us the things she wants and the things she wants to do. When prompted she’ll say “please” but it’s very rare for her to say “can I” rather than “I want”.
The two of them were role playing and Emily said “come on sweetie”. Emily and Isaac play really well together. Emily is still a bit rough at times, especially when she wants Isaac to do something but he doesn’t want to do it.
Update 29 July 2007
Emily just walked into the room with a baby wrap over her head and said “Mummy I’m getting married!” Muriel’s Wedding was playing on TV… I guess she saw it and wanted to join in.
Update 3 August 2007
Emily had her hearing test and she can hear.
