Update on Little E

I know I don't talk much about Little E and his development and wanted to take a moment to. It may not be too long. He'll be 3 years old come April 22nd.

Since moving in December he has begun to talk a ton. We were worried about his speech back then, but recently he's been surprising us. He'll say full sentences (even a couple more than 4 words long). 

The other night he found a picture and was describing that the baby was drinking and its mommy was holding it. He does this a lot where he'll describe things in pictures. 

He's showing a lot of interest in things like raising the turkeys, fishing (even though we just put a lure on without any hooks), being outside and just acting like a kid. I really enjoy letting him outside and explore too. 

Plus, I think he's finally realizing a baby is coming. Though I don't think he knows exactly what a baby entails. He does, however, notice emotions. When a baby is crying he'll tell us the baby is sad. 

He's learning his counting and ABC's. He sings songs (though the lyrics aren't really correct). He knows most his colors. He's shown more enthusiasm with cleaning up and helping out. 

Potty training he's probably have down but we've kind of slacked with it. So he knows to go in the potty and will most of the time but he's not 100% trained. Plus he's not into pooping on the potty. I hope when Squirt comes I can really focus on getting him completely trained. Since I'll hopefully be feeling better. 

He will let us know he's poopy and then lay down to be changed. That's how I know he's definitely ready to be fully potty trained. 

And by this summer I plan to start doing some home schooling with him. Even if it's 30 minutes to an hour 5 days a week. I'll make lesson plans for the day and everything. I'm hoping to add those to this blog too. But I figure by summer I'll be adjusted to a new one and hopefully we'll be in our own place. I'd send him to preschool but the free one for low income is full and every other one costs $450 or more a month. We don't have the money for that. Plus they need to be fully potty trained, which he isn't. They won't even accept him if he's mostly trained and wearing a pull-up.

So looks like I'll be doing the next best thing and doing some homeschooling until he can go to preschool maybe.

That's about all I have to talk about. I'll try to at least do a monthly update on him from now on. 

Jalee 

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