An incomplete list of things Jordan is going to learn. 🙂
Jordan is standing on the chair next to me bouncing. He is a happy little fella in the morning. I’m happy to have another morning person in the family! We continue to make gentle progress with Jordan. He definitely is getting more and more at home here with us.
I’m going to list the things we’re working on with him:
Games he’s learned since being adopted: making ba-ba-ba noise while somebody pats his mouth. And he anticipates tickles… which is so much fun!
Reciprocal play and communication: that is, we keep mimicking him to encourage him to mimic us, to teach him that we can be communicated with and that it’s fun!
Patty cake: Along with mimicking him, we’re teaching him to clap. Sometimes we slap our legs or the floor instead. He’s not copying us yet, but all this play makes him smile!
Finger feeding himself: Not sure how to teach this, but if smearing sweet stuff on his fingers isn’t a good place to start, then I don’t know what is.
Spoon-feeding himself: He actually seems to want to try spoon feeding himself a little where finger-feeding isn’t even on his radar of things he ought to try.
Playing with toys: He has games he already knows and loves that involve rattles. Bang them on your face, your chin, your ear, the floor… but other games and other toys are all new territory to him.
Following people around: Seems like a good idea, right?
Getting into stuff: I thought this came naturally… but we’ll give him time.
Moving into new rooms: He moves around the house a little, but isn’t really exploring yet. He hasn’t tried to go many places. Funny that I”m looking forward to him getting into things!
I’ll add more pictures if I can find the camera cable…