If I could only share one aspect of what is normal for Jonah right now, it would be how much I feel like his knowledge is exploding. He still asks "washish?" about many things. The obvious connections he is making astound me. Again, I know this is normal, almost all babies do it, and if he were an adult learning the same information, no one would be impressed. I've said it before, but it is the fact that I am watching the learning happen that amazes me. One day he might not know what a closet is called, and the next day he will point to his closet when I say the word. There are so many objects that he has learned recently. Maybe he's known them for a while and is only now able to express his knowledge through pointing. I love that he is soaking up his world!
In regards to his crazy (not) sleeping that has been going on for 4 weeks, it's still happening. He has been going to sleep for naps more easily the past few days. But he's still not sleeping well at night, waking up 2-3 times and taking an hour-ish to get back to sleep, with lots of help. We're almost done weaning, and I'm hoping (perhaps for no good reason) that it will get better when we're done in a week or two. He has been really cute lately snuggling his bear when we're trying to put him to sleep. I don't know if it helps him sleep, but it's adorable. He's still clingy with me during the day, though maybe not quite as bad. It's difficult to get ready in the morning when he won't let me out of his sight or sometimes out of his reach.
We pulled our Easter eggs out a week ago and Jonah was instantly intrigued by them. He has loved playing with them, and is able to find them when Peter hides them. He also "hides" them himself sometimes, putting them in random places. Speaking of hiding, the other night he hid some of his corn in his high chair. He likes corn, but I think he had had enough on that occasion, and I watched him stuff it down in his high chair. It was hilarious.
One of Jonah's current favorite activities is to push vehicles around. It started with his concrete truck. He crawls around on the floor, holding the truck with one hand, pushing it along so that it is facing him (so the truck is going backwards). He pushes it back and forth across the house. He has even figured out to "steer" it by redirecting it before it runs into something. He has branched out and started doing this with a recycling truck and a small truck known as "Mark's truck." I believe I have seen him do it with a school bus too. He is very focused when he does this, clearly on a mission. Maybe he is concentrating on not falling down, because I would think it would be difficult to crawl while holding onto something with wheels.
Lastly, Jonah still doesn't seem interested in walking on his own. He is a pro at walking while holding our hands/fingers, and has taken a couple more steps on his own this week, but mostly he seems content not to be more independent than that. He can get anywhere he needs to by crawling, so he just doesn't have much incentive to walk. I know it will come eventually though and I'm not worried about it. For now, I have fun trying to get him to walk to me because he laughs at me when I try.
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