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A month in the life of Harry Tobias

Harry has had a growing spurt, and suddenly he can reach things previously out of his range. He and sister Jasmine enjoy running around the house together holding on to the ends of a long scarf, Jasmine always leading, Harry following the best he can. Harry often trips and falls, bumps into and over things, but never seems to let go of his end of the scarf. This game causes much hilarity. Harry also loves to play peep-bo, pulling his T-shirts up over his face, often getting them stuck and needing rescuing. He always finds this funny too.

He always finds this funny too.

On a couple of occasions this month Harry has shown signs of frustration emerging when things go wrong. He runs on the spot, making an 'urgent'

vocal sound. He is easily distracted from this.

Harry's parents occasionally use 'time out' for unacceptable behaviour.

Harry sits on the bottom stair without hesitation when asked to, and seems to understand the process. Jasmine sometimes sends him too, but his mummy soon intervenes and asks Jasmine to call him back to play again.

Harry loves cake of any description, and when carrying cake on a plate at a family tea party he seemed able to defy gravity with the angle he held it at. 'Cake' is one of Harry's clearest words!

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