Hi Emmy,
Wow, good for you! So much activity with your little one. You're inspiring me to get some apps, we haven't delved too much into that yet.
My little guy is almost 11months old now. There's a few of us who have posted intro's recently. We should start a group thread for updates on our little one's. It would be nice to have some regular contact with parents with similar aged kids to see what is working, what's not, etc...
Do you have any tricks up your sleeve to get your little one walking? My guy stands a lot, but doesn't show much interest in walking. He's only tried to balance himself a handful of times. If I hold his hands he will typically only take one or two steps before sitting down (although he looks very happy and proud before he does). We play YBCR every night for him before bed. We have a radio flyer walker wagon and he slowly walks it towards the TV, then I back him up to the start again. He does this over and over.
This is the only time he will attempt walking, HA! If he's tired he sits down, but that doesn't happen often. He will usually walk the whole time. It is so cute. I think he doesn't want to walk because he is a very cautious little guy...
He is starting to say words though! Just in the last two weeks or so he is expanding beyond Mama/Dada/milk to ball, bye, more. I'm pretty sure he's said "numbers" and "four" a few times. He will also say Moo whenever he sees a cow, and Boo (thanks to the peeka-who book). Not sure if Moo and Boo count as words though.
I've been using Fowler methods and I'm pretty sure they are working well. Basically just repeating a lot and paraphrasing what they are doing and what you are doing. "you're touching the ball, you picked up the ball, you put the ball in your mouth". Also, narrating all your regular routines (bath, diaper change, feeding). It's pretty simple stuff, but even though I am making a very conscious effort I often still forget to do it.
Best of luck with everything. Thanks for sharing your story and let's keep in touch!
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