Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Life of a 16 month old

I haven't done this in a while...
  • 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.

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