1 1/4 Years Old!
Ezra is a little person now. He guides us where he wants to go. He listens. He’s throwing tantrums for things that he wants. He’s an addict (for nursing and his pacifier). He’s speaking his own language. He’s watching other people to learn. He’s repeating acts that we find funny or that we thank him for. He’s beginning to create art with crayons. He’s beginning to have preferences with his toys, which usually have wheels. He’s curious and wants to play with everything including with the knobs on the stove and knows he shouldn’t play with the knobs on the stove, but tries to play with them anyway because we say no, which shows us he is beginning to rebel. He’s demanding and is beginning to manipulate. He can communicate his needs. He’s beginning to be able to spend some time alone and play. He’s more fun to be around because all these new things happen everyday. Like today when he woke up and we were in his room, and he was walking around his room playing with his basketball and hoop, and then he began to take the dirty cloths in the dirty cloths basket and put the dirty cloths in the clean cloths drawers just like we have told him to do with his clean cloths after he pulls the clean cloths out of the drawers. I explained that he didn’t need to put his dirty cloths in the clean cloths drawers because they were dirty and dirty cloths should remain in the dirty cloths basket. He looked at me. And he walked to the door of his bedroom, reached to touch the door handle and pointed out. I turned the handle. He pulled open the door. We left his room to continue the day.