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Created 2012-10-15

At a garage sale at a friends house last month, their daughter and friends were selling brownies.

Teddy toddled up to their table and ask politely for a brownie, so we fetched Teddy a quarter, and he handed it over in exchange for a brownie.

Upon finishing his brownie, he asked for another, so we found him another quarter, and he purchased another brownie.

A couple weeks later, Joanna made brownies in the oven at home. Teddy was very excited waiting for them to cook, hanging around the kitchen. But when the brownies were done, Teddy took off out of the kitchen. He returned a few moments later with a dime that he had stashed near the washing machine, and offered it in exchange for a brownie.

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Created 2012-10-12

Teddy started dancing on the bed a few weeks ago, so I grabbed him and hugged him tight. I told him, ‘I have to keep you safe!’, and then started singing to him ‘Five little monkeys jumping on a bed, one fell off and bumped his head, Daddy called the doctor and the doctor said, No more monkeys jumping on the bed.’

A few days later, Teddy gathered his stuffed monkeys (including the monkey from when Daddy was a little boy) and put them on the bed. Then Teddy shouts Uh-oh! and tosses them off the bed. Then he says ‘Bump!’ and gathers them up and gives them kisses. Then he gathers them up and does it again.

Created 2012-10-12

i got in the car today at lunch and teddy asked me ‘money?’.

so i dug a quarter out of our toll/parking change and gave it to him.

he replied ‘thank you money!’

i told joanna it was a quarter, and teddy started saying practicing the word quarter.

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Created 2012-09-10

I am very proud of Ted-Ted, he did…

Good job, Ted-Ted.

Thank you!

We will be done now, and we will go do . We will do again later.

Keywords that we have focused on using:

Please

Good job

Yes (we will)

Thank you for helping me.

Ready-ready-go (putting arms through shirt sleeves – Teddy was a very clever infant in this regard)

Stop (and look both ways before crossing streets)

Can you say what you want with words?

Fit (comparing Teddy sized shoes to Daddy sized shoes)

Fresh (diaper, shirt, pants)

We will then we will then we will . (Typically two things he does not want to do and then the thing he wants to do right now.)

Words that he has learned because we use them a lot:

Be careful!!

Stop (and wait, that is dangerous!)

Nice!

Thank you!

(I have a ) Hug/kiss (so you may feel better)

(Mc)Double

Words he learned so he can use them a lot:

(Roughly in order adopted for heavy use)

Drive

Ice cream

Please

Help

Cookie

Milk (he signed it long before he said it)

Down (from chair or cart)

(I want to) walk!

Up/Down

On/off

Help

Up/Down

On/off

Fries!

Created 2012-09-10

Teddy counted to six on Friday, and counted to seven today.

We haven’t been teaching him or practicing together or anything, he just likes to count.

Counting is emotionally significant to Teddy because on weekends and other days off, I count the hours that we will spend together … all the way to twelve.