Milestones

I realized I haven't talked about any milestones in a while. Now that Cameron is 3 I will do an overview of where he is.

Cameron now weighs 32 pounds (actually has for quite some time).

Things he knows:

• ABC's - He knows each capital letter by sight. We are still working on the lowercase letters, but he knows majority of them. Gets stuck mostly on b and d. Also, working on what each letter sounds like. He probably knows about 1/3 of the sounds. He is so excited to get these down because we bought flash cards to help start reading. I told him as soon as he learns what sound each letter makes we can play with those more.


• Colors - He knows his colors. May get stuck from time to time on things that are more aqua or different shades like that.


• Counting - He can count up to 20 (sometimes still loses 14 and says 18 in it's place...then 18 again where it belongs). He knows his numbers by sight up to 9. Then knows which fingers correspond to each number up to 5.


• Drawing - He loves to color/draw. Can draw lines and circles. He has also figured out how to use scissors. Not really coloring inside the lines yet.


• Speaking - He speaks very clearly and has always done well with talking. Using full sentences including pronouns (almost always correct). I love how "yours" is used for everything right now. Example - Close yours eyes.


• Self Care - He can completely dress himself. We are not tieing shoes, but if they are velcro or sandals he can put them on himself. He is also brushing his teeth - though we are still helping him. He gets to go first and then we go.


• Social - He is still pretty quiet with people. At home he talks like his tongue is loose at both ends. Takes him a while to warm up to people. He will always tell me when he has spoken to a stranger like it's a big deal..."Mom, I said hi to that lady". He tends to be a watcher and a thinker. Will play with his friends and share for the most part. I think he really prefers kids that are younger than him or older. He seems to get intimidated by kids his own age...definitely doesn't know how to stick up for himself.

We are fully potty trained during the day - still not focusing on night time. However, he has asked to not use his potty seat quite a few times just in the last couple of weeks. I would love to get a point where we don't need to carry it with us anymore.

He still loves reading. However, I can't tell you the last time we actually read a book. Lately he just likes to look at books with lots of pictures and our reading becomes "which one do you like? which one do I like? which one does dad like? which one does Melia like?" and any other names you want to insert depending on who he has seen or talked to.