Jack celebrated 1 year and 1 month on Saturday! He is learning all kinds of new things:
- he is walking...almost! He has made huge progress in the last week and is definitely getting more confident and excited to try out his new skills. He can go a good 5-7 steps no problem and is getting better at controlled falls vs face plants. Though we've already had a few face plants :( Another week or so and he'll be 100% there I'll bet.
- he has a ton of new "words." Banana is still a good one, but there is also cookie (cook cook) choo choo (cook cook), hot (haaaa), mama, dada. He also has animal sounds down for sheep, rooster, leopard, monkey and cow according to Grandma Paulette. All of his animal sounds are variations of a throat clearing growl, but he and his audience know what he's doing.
- he consistently waves bye bye when leaving or going upstairs to bed, and is very good pointing to his ears when asked. He can also point to someone else's nose, just not his own yet. Still working on clapping (he just shakes his hands or bangs them something when he tries to clap).
- he has started sharing things with others when asked and giving wide open mouth kisses and some hugs.
- he still loves to be chased, scared and tickled more than anything. He also now loves to hide himself behind the couch or ottoman and pop up over and over again to "scare" us. It's too cute and he gets so proud of himself.
- we still struggle to get meals down him on most days. He is very particular and his tastes vary from day to day. Ravioli that got rave reviews one day will get spit out and chucked on the floor in seconds. Grandpa Jim has nicknamed him Chuck because of this habit. But fruit, bread, mac n cheese and puffs remain to be sure fire go tos. We're on all whole milk and sippy cups (except for the bedtime bottle that Mommy can't seem to break yet b/c she likes the snuggles). We'll see if I can report on that being done by month 14 :)
- he is starting to be very interested in using the spoon himself at meal time and is getting really good at it. He'll dip the spoon into his applesauce or yogurt and then goes straight to his mouth pretty easily.
- he is still taking 2 naps a day, though Saturday he refused to take his afternoon nap which was interesting...and 2 naps are still necessary in our house.
- 12 teeth still, but the next 2 are just about to break through on the top next to the middle 4. I think we've had a couple mid night cuddle sessions as a result of those pesky little things.
we had a WONDERFUL birthday party for Jack on Jan 12th at the Maple Brook Clubhouse. Jack did great playing with his friends and opening his gifts and got very into his owl smash cake. Such a fun day celebrating our little man. Thank you to everyone would made the long trip out and for all of the generous gifts! Jack is very lucky boy and he promises the thank you cards are in the mail soon :)
pics to follow soon, prom prom.
- he is walking...almost! He has made huge progress in the last week and is definitely getting more confident and excited to try out his new skills. He can go a good 5-7 steps no problem and is getting better at controlled falls vs face plants. Though we've already had a few face plants :( Another week or so and he'll be 100% there I'll bet.
- he has a ton of new "words." Banana is still a good one, but there is also cookie (cook cook) choo choo (cook cook), hot (haaaa), mama, dada. He also has animal sounds down for sheep, rooster, leopard, monkey and cow according to Grandma Paulette. All of his animal sounds are variations of a throat clearing growl, but he and his audience know what he's doing.
- he consistently waves bye bye when leaving or going upstairs to bed, and is very good pointing to his ears when asked. He can also point to someone else's nose, just not his own yet. Still working on clapping (he just shakes his hands or bangs them something when he tries to clap).
- he has started sharing things with others when asked and giving wide open mouth kisses and some hugs.
- he still loves to be chased, scared and tickled more than anything. He also now loves to hide himself behind the couch or ottoman and pop up over and over again to "scare" us. It's too cute and he gets so proud of himself.
- we still struggle to get meals down him on most days. He is very particular and his tastes vary from day to day. Ravioli that got rave reviews one day will get spit out and chucked on the floor in seconds. Grandpa Jim has nicknamed him Chuck because of this habit. But fruit, bread, mac n cheese and puffs remain to be sure fire go tos. We're on all whole milk and sippy cups (except for the bedtime bottle that Mommy can't seem to break yet b/c she likes the snuggles). We'll see if I can report on that being done by month 14 :)
- he is starting to be very interested in using the spoon himself at meal time and is getting really good at it. He'll dip the spoon into his applesauce or yogurt and then goes straight to his mouth pretty easily.
- he is still taking 2 naps a day, though Saturday he refused to take his afternoon nap which was interesting...and 2 naps are still necessary in our house.
- 12 teeth still, but the next 2 are just about to break through on the top next to the middle 4. I think we've had a couple mid night cuddle sessions as a result of those pesky little things.
we had a WONDERFUL birthday party for Jack on Jan 12th at the Maple Brook Clubhouse. Jack did great playing with his friends and opening his gifts and got very into his owl smash cake. Such a fun day celebrating our little man. Thank you to everyone would made the long trip out and for all of the generous gifts! Jack is very lucky boy and he promises the thank you cards are in the mail soon :)
pics to follow soon, prom prom.
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