Claire, aged (almost) 2

[pyat]

Claire is the most energetic and fearless 23-month-old toddler I know. On Thursday evening we dropped Elizabeth off at her music class, and Claire and I explored Burlington's Central Park.





Claire flings herself down slides that Elizabeth is afraid of, and boldly tries to climb ladders and poles intended for much older children. One of her favorite games is leaping off the back of the couch. She's small for her age. Her one-year-old cousin is the same height as she is, so watching Claire is a bit like watching an animated doll.

When Elizabeth was this age, she was talking in complete sentences. Claire has trouble forming words, but her Ewok-babble is consistent and purposeful, and she understands just about everything we say to her.

Comments

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

It's getting a lot more frequent that I listen to her babble and suddenly an entire sentence pops out at me, complete with more-or-less accurate pronouns. She's talking, and she's talking in whole sentences, beyond what is expected for a child her age - but her diction is behind other kids her age so we don't usually understand her.

Over the summer I'm going to take her to the local Early Years centre and see about talking to their speech pathologist, but I suspect a lot of it will just be time and growth. She's smart as a whip and stings about as much, that's for sure. :)

[zorinlynx.livejournal.com]

Awesome :) Claire has not yet learned fear. Hopefully this doesn't bring you undue burden as you try to keep her from hurting herself on a constant basis!

Nice photos, by the way. Using flash properly is something many people fail utterly at, including myself sometimes!

[foomf.livejournal.com]

She already speaks Ewok? Coool! Proto-geek! :)

[ladyringo.livejournal.com]

Your daughter is absolutely beautiful. <3

[mrs-dm.livejournal.com]

Yes, she does sound very much like an Ewok. Perhaps you could dress her up as one for Halloween.

[koogrr.livejournal.com]

She is amazingly cute.

[mar2nee.livejournal.com]

She's so cute.

Adam has always been like that, as well. He could climb before he could crawl, and always scared the crap out of people. Drove him crazy if I tried to stop him, though, so my usual phrase became "I don't recommend that." Hard to believe, now, but at 2 he was climbing to the top of backstops, or walking along the highest bleacher, just because he could climb up it.

He still likes to be at the top of trees, and he and his friend Eric, well, I don't even want to know why they come back from the conservation area covered in mud and soaked through.

About talking - kids who are advanced with motor skills often fall behind verbally, and vice versa, during their second year. Won't hurt to have Speech and Language have a listen to her, but doesn't sound worrying at this point.