Saturday, February 20, 2010

Sam: problem solver

Thank you Stephanie for the super cute, incredibly well-made hat!!

Now, could I please have more cookie? (that is what Sam is signing here)

Things are very fun in Sam land. Still efforts to talk, but not a lot, and it is still sporadic. I have been feeling less concerned though.

I'm so impressed with his thought process, logic, and problem-solving ability. He just amazes me. A story...

Sam loves ladybugs. We get a lot of them in our house, so that's extra cool, for Sam anyway. So he and his dad found one in the bathroom yesterday. Aaron ended up getting the lady bug to crawl onto this rubber duck bath traction thing we have for the bathtub, and then the bug crawled from that to Sam's hand. With the ladybug on his hand, Sam ran to the kitchen to show me. But, on his way, the bug fell onto the floor. Sam and his dad were having trouble convincing the lady bug to crawl onto their fingers. While Aaron was trying to pick up the little bug, Sam ran off with a determined air about him. He came back with the duck bath thing!

THEN

After they got the bug again and it was crawling on Sam's arms and he was giggling, the lady bug flew up to the ceiling. Sam really wanted it back and kept trying to jump up to get it. We told him that the bug was ok up there. But he was determined. He got a yard stick and held it up towards the ceiling, hoping that he could reach the bug and convince it to crawl onto the stick.

I dunno. Seems pretty cool that a 19 month old can problem solve like that. He's amazing.

3 comments:

Amy E. said...

That's great! Sounds like he's really interested in his surroundings and figuring things out. Love that hat too!

sadie said...

I'm really impressed by it, but I don't know much about 19 month old human development. Awww, Sam!

Liz said...

Yeah. EVERY 19 month old might do that, but I'm still impressed ;-)