Weight: 18.9 lbs (4%) - he's always been my little peanut. But he's happy and healthy and that's all that matters.
Length: 29" (23%)
Loves: He loves to push around anything he can get his hands on. Max and I always joke that if you push hard enough anything can be a walker ;). You go to the bathroom for 5 seconds and you come out to dinning room chairs in the kitchen, a push walker over the dog bowls, and a baby play table acting as a door stop. He also loves to turn the TV on and off. Our direct tv box is touch screen so he stands up against the tv stand and pushes his little finger against the blue lights and turns it off and on. He also accidentally records shows. There's nothing better than sitting down and looking through your DVR list to find that Doc McStuffins, PJ Masks, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse have been recorded. You start to wonder if it's by accident or if he's smarter than you think :)
Hates: He has started to throw teeny tiny tantrums. When I pull him away from playing with the robot vacuum he arches his back and screams and whines for a few seconds and then moves on. It's a small glimpse into my future and it doesn't look bright ;). He also hates when we take him out of his swing in the back yard. He loves to swing, which isn't surprising seeing as we had him in his baby swing all the time. But as soon as you stop it and start to unbuckle him he starts crying until you cuddle him, which I guess isn't so bad.
Milestones: Not too much has changed. He isn't walking by himself yet but he could if he wanted to. He needs some baby confidence to let go. He has taken 1-3 steps from me to Max but that's really it. When we stand him up to practice he either immediately sits down and crawls, or just falls forward in hopes of someone catching him. It's like watching a tiny terrifying trust exercise. And of course he thinks falling and us catching him is funny now so he does it over and over. I'm hoping we can keep building his confidence so he can start walking on his own. He pushes his toys around and walks while only holding onto one hand so he could totally do it if he wanted to which is so frustrating, but we're getting there!
I've officially bought him shoes so now when we go places he can "walk" around. I make him walk into the store and down a few isles and stand against the car while I load everything up. That way he learns that this is just a natural part of things, instead of having mommy carry him around everywhere. Right now he doesn't go too far mostly because it's slow going but I want to make it as much a part of our routine as possible so it becomes no big thing and hopefully he'll learn to do it himself soon.
His speech changes daily so it's hard to keep up on. He was saying "UH-OH" really well last month but this month he's moved into grunts. I know that sounds backwards but it really isn't. Instead of saying "uh-oh" he says "uh-go" in a low full body grunt, cave man style. And he really listens and tries to repeat what you say. He loves to point so when he points at something I say whatever it is he's pointing at so he can learn. Usually it's the dogs so I say "dog" and I emphasize each letter sound. He responds either with "dada" or "doo?" or "guh?" Everything always sounds like a question and it's adorable. He does ask for food but not so much "Hi mom, can I have a snack" but more like "nom-nom-nom". He sounds like a little cookie-monster and it's the best!
He's still pretty good with his high-fives, but now since he loves to point at everything sometimes it's a one finger high-five :). He's also finally picked up on clapping! He claps all the time, I feel like I have my very own personal cheerleader. He also hasn't quite picked up on sayine "bye-bye" or "hi" he only smiles and giggles when we say it to him. He knows what you're saying and what you want him to do but it must be more fun to see our reaction after he refuses to do it.
Sleep: He's still amazing in this department. We had a few weeks where he would wake up at night but that seems to have passed for the most part now.
Eating: We have officially made the switch to whole milk. No more bottles! That's when it really hit me that he's not a baby anymore. He now has breakfast, a snack around 10:30-11:00, then warm milk before nap, then lunch when he wakes up, then dinner, and more warm milk before bed. He gets cold milk with each meal and cold water that he carry's around throughout the day. I'm also finally out of the baby food factory! I haven't made a puree in about a month and it's been amazing! We started weaning him off around 10 months and we are finally completely done. I loved making our own food for him but it took it's toll on me and I'm glad to be over it. Until the next one ;)
Teething: He finally has a pretty good mouth of teeth! He has his two top, two bottom and one on the top left.
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