Stretch and Bounce

Ella takes advantage of her small size and toddler's flexiblity to do something like this, which looks painful and probably would be for you and I. For her, it's a way to relax believe it or not. She was doing this while she was lounging in front of the TV.

Ella seems to be learning a lot at her new school. She can count from 1 to 20, but always skips the number 15. We thought it was just unique mistake to her as she masters her numbers, but apparently it's very common for toddlers to skip this number. How did we find this out? On Sesame Street the number of the day was 15, and they had song about "the number 15, don't forget me," so it's common enough that the millions of kids who watch the program can relate. It's very curious, and I've been trying to do some research into why this is, but have so far have had no luck.

Felix is bouncing in his chair he got from his Oma lala. He loves it.



Felix just turned 8 months today. We think he has started to sign a bit - this morning I was holding him and feeding him O's cereal, and when he had finished one he clapped his hands together until I put another one in his mouth, close to the sign for "more". Usually the sign is either pointing one finger to the palm of your hand, or putting the thumb and fingers together on both hands, then touching the ends of the fingers, but he's got it pretty close. We've caught him doing it a few times, especially when he's eating. If he really is signing, that would be pretty advanced. Most kids don't start until between 10 and 14 months.