18 Months

We can't believe it but our little guy is 18 months old! His doctors appointment is later this week so no stats to report yet but we are pretty sure he's grown a bit and gained some weight since his last appointment.  As we've said in a few posts already his increase in communication has been the biggest difference the last few months.  When I go to get him in the morning he says "hi" and sometimes "hi dada".  He now recognizes and says "mama" and "dada" when he wants one of us.  He says "wawa" when he wants something to drink.  Being able to tell us what he wants has been very useful.  He doesn't always understand why he can't have something but he does understand "all done" to mean something is over.  This past weekend he was playing outside and I said "all done" and he understood it was time to leave.  His newest word he says is "mine" although we are not 100% sure he understands what it means.  We estimate he says around 16 words in their proper context (including some partial words).  He understands far more than that.  We often ask him to get a bib or his shoes which he does.  He will also give us hugs when we ask for one.  Not much is better than a Josh hug :-)

He is still sleeping well at night although sometimes it takes him a while to fall asleep.  He will roll around in bed talking to himself but eventually he gets tired and falls asleep.  He will still eat almost any food but he really enjoys eating with dips.  Last week we went out for Mexican food and he used a spoon to eat salsa and then ate sour cream, guacamole and then reached over to eat the refried beans from Margaret's plate. He prefers to eat with a spoon or fork and has gotten pretty good at getting most of the food into his mouth.  He still makes some spectacular messes when eating but overall not so bad.

He loves to go to the park and run around outside.  We got him a water table that he loves to play with.  He moved up to the next level at daycare (Gumdrops IV) and has been taking naps in a cot.  He's been having some attachment issues when we go to drop him off but he then doesn't want to leave when we pick him up.  He walks into and out of daycare and loves pressing the handicap buttons to open the doors.

Stealing from mommy's plate

Fun playing outside