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17 months goes by quick!

N2Advnture

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Brandon just turned 17 months and good god, what a trip.

It's really fun (and exhausting) right now.

It's great seeing him discover new things and say new words each day - it's awesome.

His personality and temperament is also great. He's laid back, gets the jokes, likes doing grown up stuff like drinking out of real cups instead of sippy cups, using a fork.

Yesterday, we went to lunch at a Tex-Mex place and he saw us dipping our chips in the salsa. He wanted to dip it in the salsa so we said "we'll do it buddy" and tried the fake dip. He immediately knew that there was nothing different about the taste of the chip and got pissed - LOL! (BTW - He now digs salsa)


He also understands more Spanish than I do - HA!

We have a Bolivian nanny that speaks nothing but Spanish to him all day. She doesn't slow it down for him at all and he knows as much as she is saying in Spanish as he understands us in English. Amazing.

Sometimes he says stuff in Spanish and I don't know it's Spanish until I "clicks - Hey, that's Spanish" or until the nanny tells me. When he was about 13 months old, he was in the Kitchen saying "meduh, meduh, meduh". I thought it was baby talk. Apparently, he was saying "Mi da, mi da, mi da" which means "give me" - LOL!

Too great right now

Thanks for letting me share, I know how people don't really care when they ask how your kid is doing and don't tolerate more than a "Good".

~Mark

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Great stuff Mark, thanks for sharing. Many great times ahead I'm sure.
 
Thanks for sharing, yes they do have a great ability to pick up languages at that age!
 
Thats great Mark. Amazing how he is already bilingual.

In another few years he will be reaching into your cabinet grabbing the 1492's and vintage Dunhill's, Davidoff's, and Don Candido's
 
That is a wonderful story. I became a father, for the first time, at 45. If I have learned one thing, it is that these little ones brains are
absolutely amazing. It is wonderful that he is learning two languages.

It's only going to get more fun, Mark.
 
Yes Mark, Brandon is growing alot. It's just like yesterday you posted his baby pictures. He's a good lookin' boy, must be taking after his mom...... LOL

J/K!!! Thanks for sharing brother and keep em' coming........ :) :thumbs: :cool:
 
Cherish and remember these days, my two boys are 20 and 18 years old now, it seems like yesterday they were totally dependant on me for everything, now all they want is my Money ha ha.
 
Thanks for the well wishes everyone!

Last night he discovered that fact that both he AND I have belly buttons - LOL! After I pointed it out, he kept lifting up my shirt to stick his finger in mine - ROFLMAO
 
What a good looking kid. I have an 19 month girl, just wait the next two months are going to get interesting!! :laugh:
 
Thanks for the well wishes everyone!

Last night he discovered that fact that both he AND I have belly buttons - LOL! After I pointed it out, he kept lifting up my shirt to stick his finger in mine - ROFLMAO

Thats funny, but wait till he finds your nose. Sleeping will become a little more hazardous :D

Good stuff, mines 2[sup]1/2 [/sup] and the things she comes up with amaze me.

Enjoy it bro,
Brandon
 
Thanks for the well wishes everyone!

Last night he discovered that fact that both he AND I have belly buttons - LOL! After I pointed it out, he kept lifting up my shirt to stick his finger in mine - ROFLMAO

Thats funny, but wait till he finds your nose. Sleeping will become a little more hazardous :D

Good stuff, mines 2[sup]1/2 [/sup] and the things she comes up with amaze me.

Enjoy it bro,
Brandon

LOL! He found it a few months ago. Every once in a while, when I'm changing his clothes for bed, he jams his finger up my nose and giggles :)
 
That's outstanding!!

The exposure to both Spanish and English as he becomes more and more lingual is very stimulating for him. Actually this will help the development of VERY important neurons as he grows!! It has been studied that children having this type of exposure will learn both languages much easier as life goes on. The development of these will also keep these "passages" in his brain from losing the ability to function which in turn which give him a better chance of building his intellect. What a very nurturing environment!! Kudos to you!!

Mike
 
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