New Words

Sophie has been a little chatterbox these days and keeps coming out with new words and new ways to express herself.

New words include, ta (taught to her by Claire her childminder), please, cheese, Bunny (her special stuffed animal), Daisy (her little doll from her favourite TV show - In the Night Garden), cup, cat, kitty and yes.

Ways of expressing herself include blowing a kiss to say please, thank you or bye-bye (the signs for please and thank you are very similar to the motion of blowing kisses), waving her hands in front of herself to say 'no', putting her hands out palms up to say 'What is it?' 'Where?' 'How?' Or any other question, pointing at things and saying 'this', and screaming tantrums when she isn't getting what she wants.

We have been going through a rough month since returning from Canada in terms of sleep and tantrums (due to a lack of sleep), but slowly as the sleep issue is sorting itself out she is returning to the happy Sophie once again.

Sophie loves singing and dancing at the moment. When she wants you to sing to her she opens and closes her hands (the signs for Twinkle, twinkle little star) and starts singing. Her favourite songs are Twinkle, Twinkle, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Incy Wincy Spider, and Slowly Creeps the Snail. When she wants to dance she either makes her signs for you to sing so she can dance to the music, sings to herself while dancing or turns on one of her musical toys. She also likes listening to music to go to sleep.

Another thing that Sophie loves is going outside. She will find her shoes or boots, bring them to me so I can put them on, find her coat and bang on the door saying 'Aaah aah aah' until you let her out into the back garden. She loves going for walks and hates having to leave the park.

Stephen has been taken Sophie swimming on a Sunday before church. She really likes it but ends up swallowing so much water that she has thrown up a couple times in the pool! Gross.

What an exciting journey life (and parenthood) is! It felt as though there were a few months where everything stayed the same but right now it feels as though every day something new is happening and she can do something different. We feel so priveledged to be part of it.