Mattie's New Communication

As many of you know, Mattie is pretty slow at everything. He rolled late, crawled late, walked late, and as expected at 17.5 months, still no words. Even "ma ma" may be a stretch since he calls anyone that if he wants something from them.

Since I have been home with him, we started to sign more words. Before we moved here, he could only do "milk" consistently. This last week, he has been signing, "done", "more", "juice", "shoes", and today he learned "light." Everything is a little Mattiefied. Mattie can't make a fist so he uses open palm and he can't use his pinky so he uses his index finger instead.

He also learned his body parts better. We started on our car ride to Toronto. Now he knows nose, eyes, mouth, tummy, stinky feet, and hands. I think part of the problem with Mattie is he isn't very coordinated. He had a really hard time pointing to his eyes. He has to start with his nose and slowly slide it up. It's pretty funny.

Now we are trying to potty train full time again. He is right about 50% of the time. I think the problem is he tells me too early and when he sits on the toilet and nothing comes out he tells me he is done and wants to come off. So we have been trying to adjust our time. BUT he is also a tricky boy. He doesn't like nap time so he will tell me he wants milk, go to potty, read... whatever to delay the inevitable.

Well, these are Mattie's latest tricks.. stay tune for next episode of Mattie Tricks.