"No Mommy, no", "No Daddy...no no no!"
Phrases commonly heard now. Colin seems to transform into Mr No and not snap out of it until he's had time to calm down. It doesn't matter what is said or asked, the answer will be a 'no'. Also depending on the severity of the transformation, he may also include hitting and biting. Everything and everyone is at risk, Hobie, crayons, blankets and Colin himself has been subject to Mr No's brutality. I think his alter ego Mr Independent is to blame. Something as simple as helping him remove his jacket or opening a door he wanted to open will trigger an onslaught of 'no'.
On the positive side he is able to do a lot more things on his own. He can get himself unclothed put his boots on and take them off, put his dishes away after eating and spend time on his own playing. We are still waiting to walk in one morning finding a diaper mess in one corner, a naked boy in another and the walls colored on. So far we've only had to worry about where he decided to hide himself upon waking (hint: it's always under his blue table).
He focuses on emphasis in words. We helped him with the "l" sound by
emphasizing, now if we don't emphasize the "l" we get corrected. That
goes for a lot of words and letter sounds.
Colin is getting smarter. He can recognize all the letters in the alphabet and numbers 1-10. He came over to say he spelled our names with refrigerator magnets. There was a C for Colin and an M, D and H for mommy, daddy and Hobie. He's getting more confident and trying to explain things to us and ask more questions. He's getting so smart.
With that confidence comes bossiness.
"No no daddy, go that way"
"No mommy, that's hot"
"No do this"
