I may have skipped a monthly update, but that just means little man is full of 2 months worth of tricks to report on today. So, let's get to it:
- as of a week after my 13 month post, Jack started full on walking and is now practically running all around the house. He has 2 pairs of shoes that he is still getting used to, especially outside, but he's getting the hang of them.
- speaking of outside, Jack is obsessed with the outdoors. Thanks to a few days of decent weather the past week, we have started to venture outside and explore our new surroundings. As soon as we come back inside, he is grunting and reaching for the door to go back out. Our yard is in need of some serious repairs and currently is extremely uneven, and coupled with the shoes - poor Jack is like a brand new walker outside stumbling all over the place.
- he is in the nap transition phase where some days are 2 naps, others 1. Sometimes it the am nap, sometimes it's just the pm nap. BUT, no matter what he doesn't fight to go down for naps hardly ever anymore which is the best part. Even if he goes down in a nap attempt but doesn't fall asleep, for the most part he'll just play and roll around in his crib for a bit before he starts to become unhappy and want out.
- Also as of my 13 month post, we have stopped bedtime bottles and we read many stories before bedtime now.
- he loves books. He can point out items/characters in several books such as the mouse in "Goodnight moon", almost all of the animals in "Brown Bear", and the butterfly in "Thumper's Fluffy Tail." He can also be very particular about his books. He will push a book out of the way if it's not the one he wants to read, and tonight while reading a baby animals book, I realized he was saying "quack quack" because I had accidentally missed the first page of the book with the baby duck.
- animal noises are about the same since my last post, but we've maybe added a few like "quack" (cack) and my personal favorite "meow" (maaaa).
- other words he is attempting: we've been getting more ma ma and da da lately, more so if we ask him "who's that?" vs him calling us on his own, but I'll take it. He starting to say hi more (haaaaah) which is super cute. If you ask him to sing he'll do some sing song jabber, and will from time to time mimic me when I say "ay yi yi"
- he has figured out how to clap and blink. The blinking is hysterical as he does these long slow blinks, and you can sometimes see his eyes rolling back into his head too. He also knows that he's cute when he does it, as he purposefully started doing it at dinner tonight for Grandma Susan because she gets a kick out of it.
- he can point out his ears, nose, belly and sometimes his eyes. Andrew has taught him how to slap his belly and make muscles.
- Grandma Paulette has taught him to raise his hand and he's starting to do it more often. The other day after he pooped I said "raise your hand if you're stinky" and up went his arm. Tonight I was trying teach him to say Jack and he would raise his hand when I said "raise your hand if you're name is Jack."
- he is starting to have some slight toddler fits when he doesn't get what he wants. Mostly at night when he is tired. Tonight trying to change him and put his jammies on at bedtime was the closest thing to a tantrum we've experienced so far.
- He is obsessed with Sesame street. He was in love with his Elmo dolls before he ever saw the show, but now he is all about Grover "go go". The Easter bunnies brought all kinds of new Sesame street cups, bowls, dolls, books, bibs, DVDs, etc. About the only time he sits still is for the few minutes we'll put it on for him. Hmmmm, that sounds familiar :)
- He dances aka squats and bounces to music. His favorite song is Kesha's Die Young. If Andrew plays songs for him on his phone, he was repeatedly hand the phone back until Kesha comes on.
- He got his first haircut a few weeks ago courtesy of Dad. He used clippers all around and did a pretty good job for a first attempt. That was about 3 weeks ago and he's about ready for another trim.
- can still wear 12 month stuff, though pants are a bit short. 18 month stuff fits him nicely.
We go to the doctor on Friday for a check up, so I will post updated stats then.
- as of a week after my 13 month post, Jack started full on walking and is now practically running all around the house. He has 2 pairs of shoes that he is still getting used to, especially outside, but he's getting the hang of them.
- speaking of outside, Jack is obsessed with the outdoors. Thanks to a few days of decent weather the past week, we have started to venture outside and explore our new surroundings. As soon as we come back inside, he is grunting and reaching for the door to go back out. Our yard is in need of some serious repairs and currently is extremely uneven, and coupled with the shoes - poor Jack is like a brand new walker outside stumbling all over the place.
- he is in the nap transition phase where some days are 2 naps, others 1. Sometimes it the am nap, sometimes it's just the pm nap. BUT, no matter what he doesn't fight to go down for naps hardly ever anymore which is the best part. Even if he goes down in a nap attempt but doesn't fall asleep, for the most part he'll just play and roll around in his crib for a bit before he starts to become unhappy and want out.
- Also as of my 13 month post, we have stopped bedtime bottles and we read many stories before bedtime now.
- he loves books. He can point out items/characters in several books such as the mouse in "Goodnight moon", almost all of the animals in "Brown Bear", and the butterfly in "Thumper's Fluffy Tail." He can also be very particular about his books. He will push a book out of the way if it's not the one he wants to read, and tonight while reading a baby animals book, I realized he was saying "quack quack" because I had accidentally missed the first page of the book with the baby duck.
- animal noises are about the same since my last post, but we've maybe added a few like "quack" (cack) and my personal favorite "meow" (maaaa).
- other words he is attempting: we've been getting more ma ma and da da lately, more so if we ask him "who's that?" vs him calling us on his own, but I'll take it. He starting to say hi more (haaaaah) which is super cute. If you ask him to sing he'll do some sing song jabber, and will from time to time mimic me when I say "ay yi yi"
- he has figured out how to clap and blink. The blinking is hysterical as he does these long slow blinks, and you can sometimes see his eyes rolling back into his head too. He also knows that he's cute when he does it, as he purposefully started doing it at dinner tonight for Grandma Susan because she gets a kick out of it.
- he can point out his ears, nose, belly and sometimes his eyes. Andrew has taught him how to slap his belly and make muscles.
- Grandma Paulette has taught him to raise his hand and he's starting to do it more often. The other day after he pooped I said "raise your hand if you're stinky" and up went his arm. Tonight I was trying teach him to say Jack and he would raise his hand when I said "raise your hand if you're name is Jack."
- he is starting to have some slight toddler fits when he doesn't get what he wants. Mostly at night when he is tired. Tonight trying to change him and put his jammies on at bedtime was the closest thing to a tantrum we've experienced so far.
- He is obsessed with Sesame street. He was in love with his Elmo dolls before he ever saw the show, but now he is all about Grover "go go". The Easter bunnies brought all kinds of new Sesame street cups, bowls, dolls, books, bibs, DVDs, etc. About the only time he sits still is for the few minutes we'll put it on for him. Hmmmm, that sounds familiar :)
- He dances aka squats and bounces to music. His favorite song is Kesha's Die Young. If Andrew plays songs for him on his phone, he was repeatedly hand the phone back until Kesha comes on.
- He got his first haircut a few weeks ago courtesy of Dad. He used clippers all around and did a pretty good job for a first attempt. That was about 3 weeks ago and he's about ready for another trim.
- can still wear 12 month stuff, though pants are a bit short. 18 month stuff fits him nicely.
We go to the doctor on Friday for a check up, so I will post updated stats then.
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