No No JoJo!

As the title of the blog suggets, I am quite often saying 'no' to Jordan these days! I should rephrase that - I say "that is not for you", "you may not touch the curtain", "Jordan, the cat's toy does not belong in your mouth" and yesterday, "Jordan, it is not okay to poke Liam in the eye".  My goal is to only use the word "no" when he's in a dangerous situation and needs to be stopped immediately.  At first, I thought it would be difficult since "no" is the first thing that comes to mind.  With practice, it has become second nature to use alternative ways of saying no ... and I've been having a lot of practice lately :) At 10 1/2 months, Jordan is increasingly finding new things that he really should be staying away from.  Lately, the only way to get him to stop doing something is to remove him from the situation.  Sometimes he'll crawl back with a grin on his face, but most times he's easy to distract and stays away (for a while).

Quick Updates:

Jordan is crawling "normal" and my goodness, does he go everywhere (and fast!)! I tell people I look forward to him walking, but most days I wish to retract that statement since I have a hard time keeping up with him already! 

Lesson learned: always go into a room before Jordan, otherwise he'll close the door on you then proceed to wiggle and get himself stuck between the door and the frame when you try to open the door.  

Jordan is saying "da da" all the time now and even does the sign (close enough) for 'daddy'.  Saying 'ma ma' and signing 'mommy' are not even on the agenda.  If I ask Jordan to say 'ma ma', he looks at me, smiles a big grin and triumphantly goes "da da! da da!".  little stinker.  Lucky for him he's adorable and I love hearing him say/sign da da.  

The teeth are a-coming! Jordan has two bottom teeth, one top tooth, and 3 emerging teeth on top.  Just in case I forget, he likes to put my finger in his mouth and chomp down.  Looks like "Jordan, you may not bite" will be yet another frequent saying :) 

I had to get creative when it came to giving Jordan his bottle.  My little guy is so active that he rarely drinks a bottle in one sitting and it became quite frustrating for me.  Thank you PBS kids and Curious George!! For a half hour, Jordan will sit on the couch and drink his bottle while watching Curious George.  I have no guilt about this and guess what, I enjoy watching the show as well!