I have no idea what he weighs, but he's long and lean. He's still in 18 month clothing and STILL in size 3 diapers.
He crawls on all fours and cruises on anything he can hang on to.
He gets himself up on his push toys and pushes them around the house. He can sometimes turn them when he runs into walls.
He claps, and when in front of a mirror, loves to sway back and forth with his hands in his hair.
He can say the following animal noises upon request: cow, sheep, kitty, and doggie.
When prompted, he'll show you the following body parts: tongue, nose (iffy), hair, hand, foot, toes, belly, and ears.
He doesn't yet imitate words, except for "eyes" and I think "shit". Oops!
He eats anything and everything.
He feeds himself with his hands. He'll eat food off a fork if I put it on for him, but then he immediately drops the fork when he's done.
He's down to one nap a day that lasts 1 1/2-3 hours.
Sleeps about 12-14 hours a night straight through.
He still has no stranger anxiety. Anyone can hold him and take him away. Jason and I can walk out of the room and he doesn't fuss.
He still has 4 teeth on top and 2 teeth on bottom.
He no longer goes to day care. He's either home with Jason or I.
Our typical menu:
Breakfast involves any combination of fruit, oatmeal, yogurt, eggs, cereal bar, toast and milk.
Lunch and dinner typically involves PB&J, grilled cheese, ravioli, chicken nuggets, something out of the crock pot like stew or chili, sweet potatoes, avocado, fruit, mac & cheese and anything we're eating.
How we pass the time:
Practice walking around the house.
Up and down and up and down and up and down the stairs.
Play in the bathtub.
Read books.
Go grocery shopping.
Go to play places around town like My Urban Toddler and Jungle Java.
Play with toys obviously. He's very much into playing by himself. He's not clingy or cuddly. He will sit on my lap if I have a book. Otherwise, we're just the ones that feed and change him.
Today, Dominick is 16 months AND it's Valentine's Day! Since my last post, Dominick has made so much progress. He crawls at the speed of light, pulls up on everything and can push his walking toys all over the house. He still sees physical therapy each week and his therapist continues to be impressed with his progress. We're currently working on squatting, balance, and walking. She thinks he'll beat her original estimate of walking at 18 months (not so sure I'm ready!).
(It's a short video)
Working on squats
The rings make him balance more himself than if she were holding his hands.
We've noticed since he's been walking more that his left foot is pointed out to the side more than the left. You can see it a bit in the photo above. This is mostly because that's the foot he plants most often when pulling up the standing position. The therapist examined him today. She said his ankles and feet are still very flexible. The tops of his feet can touch his shins. By his age, most kids have grown out of this. When kids become mobile (crawling/walking), their joints become less flexible because their muscle and tendons get stronger. His feet and ankles still have little muscle tone, therefor not much support. So far, it hasn't affected his progress, but he may need orthotics to give him some added support. She's going to re-evaluate his muscle tone in 2 weeks to see if there is any improvement. In the mean time, we do so many laps around the house every day I get dizzy!
