I've made a few good discoveries this week. I'm happy to report that I can now reach up to the light switches! I celebrated yesterday by turning on all the lights in every room. Oskar followed me around saying, 'Mum, Jazzie's turning on the lights!' I was very happy with myself. Turning them off again is a bit harder - I really have to stretch to do that, so I just leave them all on.

I've also worked out how to make a 'k' sound. I started off by repeating, 'ak, uk, uk,...' lots of times to remember how to do it, then I said, 'Ukar,' and pointed to Oskar's picture on the wall. Another big plus that I'm happy with.

Last week when I was lolling around the house with Mum I realised that if I point to the top of the bookshelf and say, 'up', then Mum will lift me up to see what I'm pointing at. I've also been holding both hands up high towards the kitchen bench and saying, 'up', so that Mum knows that I want something on the bench. I'm gradually working out how to make them understand me.

Another plus this morning happened when I was playing around with Mum and she asked me if I'd had a poo. I got straight up, walked into the laundry and pointed to the change mat. I had had a poo and it was good to get my nappy changed straight away for a change. Mind you, lately I've been protesting during nappy changes and have been doing my darndest to kick Mum in the tummy while she wipes my bottom. It's a bit of a challenge but I often succeed. But it is kind of nice to have a clean, dry nappy, so maybe I'd better back off on the kicking.

I went to Gymbaroo on Monday and we all sang, 'Three Little Ducks' and held up our fingers to be the ducks. Oskar even joined in with the singing, which was really cute. Yesterday at home I'd been pottering around when I decided to try singing the song. I held up my hand and hummed out a tune and waggled my fingers about. I didn't sound anything like the song, but Mum and Dad knew what I was singing and were very impressed. That was fun.