Weight:23 lbs
Height:31.25"
Eyes: blue (mix up at the lab??)
Hair: light brown. Getting long now with some curls.
Wearing 12 month pants. 12 or 18 month onesies and shirts. I keep stuffing him in 12 month jammies but need to accept the fact that he should be in 18 month ones.
Diapers: again, keep stuffing him in size 3s but he is starting to pee through them so should be in a size 4. (Wears size 4 overnights).
Food: basically he eats anything! Loves pasta and toast. Any kind of fruit but especially blueberries and watermelon. Veggies he doesnt like as much unless its in soup or sauce so occasionally I will feed him a pureed one just so he gets some. Regularly eats: meatballs, ham, soup, pasta, rice, eggs, avocados, yogurt, all fruits, and some veggies. Seems to lately really like peas. Need to work on coming up with more foods to try though. Gave him quinoa today and he gobbled it up.
Bottles: he still has 4 formula bottles of about 7 oz. he usually will drink all of them. Waiting on his 12 month appointment to find out when to switch to homo. I guess i should also be encouraging him to drink formula/milk from a sippy.
He loves his water :).
Sleep: has been fantastic. Since he started to sleep on his own, we rarely hear a peep from him. He was doing great going from like 6-6:30 to 7. It was amazing! But lately he has been waking up at 5:30. Not so nice. Later bedtime isnt helping that. So hoping this is just a short phase and he will go back to sleeping until 7. It is just a long day when he gets up that early. Especially because naps still suck. He fights sleeping in our bed with us. He constantly just rolls over and sits up. Sometimes that takes 45 min-1 hr. all for a 30 minute nap :(. So we have resorted again to rocking him. Bad I know! But this only takes 10-20 min and then we put him in his own bed so I can finally start getting things done around here. ( or laze around!!). But I am working on getting him to fall asleep on his own in his own bed. Every once in a while he will. So he does get it. Anyway. He still takes 2 naps a day. Usually 30 min but occasionally 1 hr. breaking news: he has been sleeping in his own bed for naps! It takes a while with a little bit of crying (and a diaper change for morning nap) but woo hoo!! Even if they are only 30 min!!
Still crawling like crazy! Getting pretty fast. Loves stairs. Pulls himself up on things. Often crawls a step or two on his feet. He will sometimes let go of the table for a few seconds. I dont think he is anywhere near walking though. When we practice he just doesnt seem to have the balance at all. It seems like he doesnt get it yet.
Still no real words. We hear dadadada but i dont count that yet :) he does babble a lot tho.
He is starting to get angry when he doesnt get what he wants. Little temper tantrums! It actually makes me laugh sometimes because he often doesnt know what he is upset about.
He is really beginning to understand what we say and follow directions. Ie come into the kitchen. He knows what 'no' means. He just doesnt often listen. Especially when it comes to things going in his mouth. He will look at me and smile. And do it again. And laugh! Monkey.
Loves: water-to drink or to splash in. Being outside. Stairs. Doors (favourite). Bouncing on the blow up mattress. Baths (visits the bathtub 20 times a day).
Books: the karen katz books, Dog, but not the hippopotumus. He loves reading! Working on getting him interested in richard scary.
Toys: shape sorter, ball dinosaurs, the farm, balls, cars.
He makes 'oooohing' noises when he sees something he likes. Especially fans! He also still makes his sheep like sound quite often.
Still loves grampa B and gramma M.
Still a big flirt and loves being out in public. Wants all the attention and doesnt understand when some stranger isnt looking at him!
He loves giving kisses. I can ask for a kiss and he will give me one! Best thing ever!!
He is so funny and is really developing quite the personality. He is go go go from the minute he wakes up. Cant wait for warmer weather so we can get outside.
Happy Birthday William!!
(Posted a day late)
