Kung Fu fighting

"One two... Do the Kung Fu"
"Three four... On the dance floor"
Eddie... (somewhat later)... "tree foor!"

Today

Today two dramatic events have happened.

Firstly, Eddie ate dinner with us for the first time. He had the same thing as us (spaghetti bolognese). This was possible because (a) it's a weekend so we could start cooking early enough and (b) he's currently going through a 'good patch' in terms of fussiness.

Having said that, our nice new dining room walls are now caked in mince and basil. He ate quite a lot, and on balance it was no more effort than feeding him dinner separately, so on the whole a success.

Secondly, Eddie made his first model. For months now he's been building towers from Duplo, but this time he actually made something. He made a car. It consisted of a big block with wheels, with another red block on top, and a man driving it. He not only proclaimed 'car!' but made some suitable vroom-vroom noises as he pushed it around. I'm not sure if he set out to make a car, or just recognised it when he built one, but it's definitely a big step forward in Duplo-land!

More numbers

"Eddie, one, two... What comes after two?"
"Five."
"No; one, two... what comes after two?"
"FIVE!"
"No. Two. What comes after two?"
"Ba-da-ba-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da...."

Location:Mill Rd,Cambridge,United Kingdom

Counting

Since he was born, we've been trying to teach Eddie the best traditions of counting in Blackadder.
"Eddie, I have one peach and one peach. How many peaches have I got?"
"Some peaches"

Sadly that hasn't quite worked. Eddie has now actually started counting - sort of - having apparently been taught by nursery.

Right now he can spot "one" and responds by putting two fingers pointing out of the top of his nose and saying "two".

Holding up a hand in front of him with any number of fingers up results in Eddie insistently saying "faaaiiive" and unpeeling your fingers until you have five fingers held up. At which point you are expected to give him a high-five.

Oh, and on another point, the latest parents' evening at nursery declared that Eddie's main area of skill was "creative". When pressed on the matter, the nursery staff revealed that actually this just meant he was messy. Sounds more realistic.

Location:Mill Rd,Cambridge,United Kingdom

Aeroplanes

Eddie somehow thinks that "bye bye" means aeroplanes. Planes are now just "baaiiie!"

He's quite obsessed with both "aeeiiies" and also "does!" (i.e. toes).

He says there's a baby in Mummy's tummy. He also now points at my tummy and says the same thing. Harrumph.

Location:Hobart Rd,Cambridge,United Kingdom

Da-da

Me: Eddie, what's my name?
E: Da-da
Me: No, Ma-ma
E: Da-da
Me: Ma-ma
E: Da-da
Me: Say Ma-ma
E: Da-da
Me: Say Ma-ma or you won't get any milk
E: WAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
Me: Oh I was only joking. What's my name?
E: DA-DA!

Just back from holiday

Eddie is learning words at quite a rate. The day before yesterday, we had "toes", "thank you" and "bubbles" all for the first time. None of them have been heard since, but there's always new stuff.

He also seems to be going through a temporary non-fussy phase. Yesterday he willingly ate chicken for the first time, and also strawberries. Today he went a bit further and ate raspberries, and even some fish pie.

E-munch, aged 16.5 months

Can say reliably:
Gog-gog (yoghurt)
Bananananan (banana)
Caaaaaa (Car, aka Wheel)
Gar (Garden)
Moor (MORE!)
No (say no more)
Uh-oh (=I have deliberately dropped something on the floor, and am pretending I didn't do it on purpose)
Ball
SSSSSS (accompanied by snake signs) - there are snakes around somewhere, oh no there aren't
Ooh-ooh-ooh (accompanied by monkey signs) - there are monkeys around somewhere, oh no there aren't
Da-da (which means daddy but also generally I Am Excited, and also mummy)

Can say sometimes:
Birdie
Dog-dog
Flower
Poo poo (doesn't know what this means though)
Duck duck

Can point to:
Ceiling
Floor
Nose
Mouth
Ears
Hair
Tummy
Feet
Teeth