Noah 18 Months as of May 14, 2014
Weight: 27 lbs
Height: 34.5 inches at your 18 month wellness check today.
Clothing: 18-24 months and size 5 diapers.
Shoe size: 4W and 5.
Teeth: 16
Health: another small cold last week (congested) otherwise still so healthy. Still haven't had any antibiotics yet, thanking our lucky stars!!
Oh hello there my little 1.5 year old! What a big boy you are in so many ways, and still my little baby in so many others. You now only have 1 more month of being an only child, that is so bittersweet to me and makes me tear up. You will forever be my little baby, and I am so grateful that it was you my perfect little boy that made me a Mommy for the first time. My sweet, easy and hilarious first born. I feel guilty in many ways that I am robbing you of your "only-child" hood, but also am so excited to watch you and your little brother or sister grow up so close in age.
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| Big boy with his gelled hair! |
What's new this month: Well you had your 4th haircut. That's right folks, my 18 month old wild-child has had his hair cut 4 times thus far in his short little life. And boy did you need it. You obviously gets your crazy hair-ways from your Mama, I have the thickest, curliest and fastest growing hair on the planet. Poor child you are going to spend a fortune in hair-care in your lifetime. We also used gel for the first time to spike your hair for a birthday party this past weekend, what a big boy!
You've discovered airplanes. We live near the airport and they basically fly right over our house, so now when you hear a plane approaching you run to the windows and point. You get especially excited when we are out walking and you get to see one come in that way. You "ohhh" and "ahhh". We also went to the airport to pick Daddy up last week from his work trip. You thought it was pretty cool to run all over the place like a maniac. When Daddy came through the doors you were amazed, the look on your face was priceless. It was like you were thinking "Dad, where the heck did you come from!!?" You were so excited to see him you wouldn't let me anywhere near you, and kept pushing me away.
You LOVE Baby Einstein on the Ipad. In fact, its the only way to keep you still and snuggly for any amount of time. I love our cuddle sessions. You also love to dance, and your favorite song is Happy by Pharrell. If we are in the car driving and it comes on, you start kicking your feet and clapping. If we play it at home, you are a little dancing machine. It is SO cute.
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| Thing 1, and Thing 2 |
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| me and my handsome little man |
Oh and tractors. Grampy has a ride-on in his garage which you love to go and sit on. Well we were at Home Depot shopping for BBQ's, which just happened to be next to the ride-on lawn mowers. Well you threw a fit trying to escape the cart and all you wanted to do was sit and examine every John Deere on the premise. What is it about boys and tractors? I couldn't believe you were able to figure out they were the exact same as Grampy's.
I would say we are in the sweet and sour stage of toddler-hood. Some days are AH-mazing. Like we love everything and anything that you do. Other days are a struggle, we count down until naptime. I know you are just frustrated that you aren't able to communicate more, and you just want to get your own way at all times. But the tantrums are a little frustrating. I try to control these, at least when we are out in public, by always bringing a snack with me. Like when we go to the park and have to leave, I bring a bear paw to give you as a form of distraction. Mom of the year award right here (this is likely why so many kids are obese...let's just stuff their little faces to avoid a meltdown). Oh well, your healthy for now.
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| Testing out our new bathroom sink! |
Overall, this age is pretty darn great. You are obsessed with your Dad. Basically are his little shadow if he is home. You run around chanting all over the house "dada, dada, dada". You like to lift up your shirt and look at your belly, and then get Dad to do the same thing like you are comparing belly sizes.
We are no where near potty training, but you understand the concept. You sit on your potty for brief periods, and do so when you see Mom or Dad doing it as well.
You are very detailed oriented. You notice if things are out of place, and say ugh-oh. You like to pick things up and put things away. Especially in your "hoarding cupboard" as we call it. You never know what you may find in the fireplace shelving. You love being outdoors, and would stay out all day long if we let you. You enjoy getting into our cars and beeping the horn. You love your Santa slippers, and always want to put them on (maybe time for a non-seasonal pair?). You also adore this one particular orange colored waffle-shirt, and these brown foot-ball fleece jammies. They are your favorite and you pick them out above all others in your closet.
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| Hi guys!! |
You blow me away with all that you understand. I say "lets go for a bath", and you run to the tub. Or I say "bring me your boots please" and you run and bring me your boots. I also say "do you want milky?" and you run to the fridge and whine. Now if we could just work on your words! Still limited to Mama, Dada, ball, bath, what's that and ugh-oh. We are working on the whole sharing thing. You have been the youngest at daycare, so obviously they let you have everything you want. So on play dates when there are multiple little boys going after the same toy, you turn the bully-mode on.
Other struggles include: teeth brushing, coming in from outside, washing your hands, wiping your nose, or not letting you down to the basement. Your new "bad" thing to do is to crawl onto the top of your toy box and stand up. We've had our fair share of close calls on that thing. You also bring in your foot stool from the washroom to your toybox and then use it as a stool to climb more easily onto the toy box. Oh my goodness child, you are so smart!
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| He brought this stool all the way from the bathroom all on his own! |
Sleeping and Eating: We have had a few rough bedtimes as of late, where you've gone into your crib kicking and screaming an hour past your bedtime. For the MOST part though, you are easy as pie to go to sleep. We start out in the rocker, and you normally point at your crib when you are ready to go in. You then point at your blankey so I can give it to you and cover you up. Then your turn on your aquarium and pop in wubby and you are content. Most nights sleeping 7-7. Naps at home on the weekends, normally all we get is an hour out of you. At daycare, you normally are out for 2+ hours...go figure! One of my favorite things to do is to check on you sleeping before I go to bed for the night {creepy mom alert}. I always cover you up and stop and admire how sweet and adorable you are while you sleep. I just want to scoop you up and cuddle you all night long.
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| Catching flies |
You still love to eat, and for that, I am thankful. You like just about everything we give you. Potato salad is a new fave. We gave you lobster on the weekend, which I was surprised that you didn't like. Too fishy maybe. Your favorites are still green smoothies, I am going to add peanut butter this month as you gobble anything covered in that, sweet potato fries, avocado, tuna melts, pancakes, any kind of muffin, hummus, raisins, yogurt. Eating at restaurants is getting interesting. I always bring an arsenal of things to occupy you until the food comes, but you normally end up throwing everything on the floor or hitting other restaurant patrons in the chest with the toys to your father's embarrassment. We won't be rushing out to eat again any time soon with you monkey!
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| Trying a bite of Dad's take-out burger...no more restaurants for us for awhile! |
Thank you for another wonderful month of being your Mama. Love you to bits little man! xoxo
