By OpalCat

tags: childhood, children

I used to post Dominic’s new achievements on my site when he was a baby and toddler. I don’t have an archive of these, but I did find this one report in an archive of old pages, and thought it was interesting:

updated: July 30, 1998 (Dominic is 2 1/2)
Height: 34+ inches
Weight: 29+ lbs
Achievements: Peepee in the Potty!!! Talks in short sentences, helps mommy clean up…
Favorite Songs: “John Jacob Jingleheimer Shmidt,” “Clean up,” “We just got a letter” (these last two are from “Blues’s Clues”)
Favorite Games: “Ring Around the Rosie,” “Monsters,” baseball and basketball, tickling mommy and daddy
Favorite Toys: Coco (gorilla puppet at Grammy’s house), cars, balls, monsters
Favorite TV shows: “Blue’s Clues,” “Scooby Doo,” “Dexter’s Laboratory”
Most Ticklish Spots: tummy and sides

Past “First” Milestones:
First Tooth
06-02-96 (bottom front left)

First Foods
January 6, 1996. Sweet potatoes. Thought they are very yummy.
February 11, 1996 (Mommy’s birthday) PANCAKES!! Oh boy!!! Something to CHEW!!!

First Christmas
Christmas 1995. Boulder, Colorado….saw snow, met many relatives, had thousands of pictures taken, and got lots of neat stuff!!! Reaction: little to none. Smiled at people, didn’t “get” the whole gift concept. Was a very good boy on the plane.

First Easter
Easter 1996. Tucson, Arizona….don’t think he noticed.

First Word
“No” (…figures.)

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