James's vocabulary is coming on leaps and bounds at the moment - he's at the stage I have been looking forward to of picking up new words every day. Particular favourites include 'bus', 'bike', 'nana', 'wee', 'dog', 'digger', 'puddle', 'car', 'train', 'plane', 'ball', and of course 'no'. He'll make a good attempt at any word we say to him but has also come up with his own words for some things, such as 'maam' meaning washing machine, 'miaow' for cat and 'bee' for TV.
We had a lovely holiday in Kos this month. Where we stayed was very safe, far from pools or roads, and with plenty of garden toys, so we were able to relax with coffee/beer and let James play happily. He enjoyed having a fuss made of him by all the waiters and waitresses, and we appreciated the many bars and restaurants that had indoor and outdoor play areas. If only taking him out was so easy here. We got him into a nice routine of going to bed at 10.30 or so and sleeping through to 8.30, then sleeping for two hours or more in the afternoons. During the holiday James developed his obsession with bikes, motorbikes, dogs and buses. Whenever he sees one he exclaims 'Bus!' or whatever, and as it goes he says 'Bye-bye bus!'. The accompanying adult has to agree 'Bye-bye, bus' or else he repeats it more and more insistently. The novelty of this game soon wore off, especially when travelling around the island on public transport, but the game continues...
James managed to sleep through every night we were on holiday, and continued to do so every night bar one for the next three weeks after we came home. Unfortunately he has now woken in the night every night for the last three nights and has become totally hysterical and screaming until I breastfeed him. This seems crazy considering he is now nearly two, but I don't quite know what to do. Hopefully he will go back to sleeping through very soon.
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