16 months

16 month milestones:

What the boys should be doing:

• walking well (a)


• bend over a pick up an object ( a)


• use at least 3 word (mama, dada, ball, pawpaw, tata [touchdown] -- Alex says nono, Aiden says wawa [Wesley]. (a)


• point to one body part when asked (a)


• point to a desired object (somewhat)

Looks like they are definately catching up here. Of course, these are the bare minimals they should be doing at this time, but it is wonderful to see checks in all the way down.

We actually met to update their IFSP which is the plan for therapy. We are decreasing their therapy time by half. They were receiving 2 hours of therapy a week up until now.

Things that many 16 month olds are doing and we will begin working on:

• running


• using 6 words (a)


• kick a ball forward


• walk up steps (definately starting to climb as you can see in the pictures below)


• remove an article of clothing


• feed a "doll"

Aiden did figure out to use the stool right after I took the picture. He just wanted to do it the hard way I guess. They were so pround of themselves that they could climb up and down by themselves. Going down still needed a little help, espcially Aiden who just wanted to walk off.