Happy Twenty-Seventh Month, Fabi!

Fabi keeps surprising me with new words:

"Lasagna" (he says "sania")
"hambre" (hunger)
"besito" (little kiss)
"pinta" (to paint, to draw...he likes to scribble)
"´miso" (as in.."con permiso"=excuse me, when he wants space)
"sleeping"
"down"
"open"
"take"
"Oh Gott!"
"Oh nein!"
"Oh no!"
"Ja!"
"Papa. China. Bus." ("Dad went to China in a bus.")
"Zapatos. Mio?" ("Where are my shoes?")

He tells me "Danke" "Bitte" "Please"...but doesn´t say those words to other people...yet.
He´s increasing his vocabulary by pointing at things/people and asking ("What´s this?"-"Esto es...?") and sometimes repeating my answer.

A few days ago, MasalaDad comes home from work and starts tickling Fabi. To our surprise, between his laughter, Fabi shouts: "Ishan! No!" - The three of us laughed so hard! Fabi (sometimes) calls his Dad by his own name!

His Sesame Street puppets sometimes feel what Fabi is feeling too: "Elmo tiene hambre" (Elmo´s hungry); "Bert´s sleeping."

Fabi also likes to pretend he´s asleep - snoring sounds included (he learned that from a snoring teddy bear MasalaDad got for him).

He´s at the stage where he.MUST!.have whatever toy he sees...but a micro second later he changes his mind and he.DOESN´T!.want.it anymore! It can be frustrating and tiring not to know what you want/don´t want and it certainly is frustrating not to be able to express yourself correctly. He still needs to learn how to SHARE! But he loves to play with other kids (as long as they don´t take his toys).

His potty training is going on very slowly...some days are good...others are not.

When we moved to this apartment I thought it was the perfect opportunity for him to learn how to sleep by himself, in his own bed, in his own bedroom. Unfortunately, due to the noise our downstairs neighbours hear, I have been sleeping with him in order to prevent him from crying. Now he just loves to fall asleep with me next to him, holding my face between his two hands. ("Mamá. Aquí!", as he points the spot on his bed next to him.) I just wait for him to fall in a deep sleep so I can sneak out. But I love to watch him sleep so closely and especially to catch him smiling in his sleep.

The only milestone he´s still quite far from achieving is preparing me a complete healthy meal. I wonder how long must I keep waiting?