Flattery

H has found a new form of entertainment. He loves to imitate and they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but well....

H has recently found his tongue and loves to stick it out and if you stick yours out, he'll stick his tongue out and if you blow noises he'll try to blow noises, too. We encourage this behavior because of what we've learned in speech over the years. It's a great way for him to explore how his mouth moves and how his tongue works to produce sounds albeit very wet sounds. Yet, this imitation has moved up a notch. If Steve is sitting at the island programming, H likes to have his chair right next to Steve's and he'll sit and watch and be happy doing something that Steve is doing. If M has decided to get dressed out of her pajamas, H starts taking off his pajamas. If someone gets their shoes on, H will run and get his shoes on. If E and T are taking their laundry downstairs and putting them away, then H will take his laundry down the stairs and try to put his clothes in E's and T's dressers even though his dresser is upstairs. He simply wants to be like you. His latest imitation might not be the flattery that some seek or want because if someone passes gas and H hears, H will start letting out gases and smile really big after each one and because it is just too funny, it's hard not to laugh after this and so he laughs which continues to make H try to pass more gas. Really we need to learn not to laugh but for right now we just let it pass...