A whole year! We made it to a whole year old! It has been fun watching Edward grow up and learn new things all the time this last year. I know the next few years are going to be even better as he starts learning how to actually communicate with us and as he finally figures out how to walk and do things on his own.
He is now 24lb12oz and 32.25” tall. His height and head circumference is still in the same percentile they have always been in. His weight actually went back up. At his 6 month he was down to 75%, went up to 80% by 9 months and is now back up at 92%. A healthy growing boy.
Playtime: He loves to just get into everything and play with whatever he can hold. In our front room he stands on his folded up mat and looks out the window watching the chimes on the porch and the bees in the bushes. He also finds the drums and pounds on them and he figured out how to blow to make noise with the recorder. In our living room he plays with pulling blocks out and putting the on top of tables or next to tables or in a box. In the kitchen he loves to get into the cupboards and pull out the plastic containers and then bang them around and put them away. Recently he has started to enjoy just the motion of opening and closing the cupboards. He likes to empty the shelves on the door of the fridge. He has started to take his toys and put them over the top of the baby gates or push them underneath. He just finds something to do no matter which room he is in and it is fun to watch him explore his new area.
Sleep: Bedtime is between 7-9pm. Most nights it is right around 8pm, but some nights he is cranky so we put him down a little early or others he takes a late little catnap and isn’t ready for bed so we let him stay up for an extra hour. Most nights he sleeps through the night and doesn’t wake up until between 8-9am. Unfortunately, with the move, he has been waking up during the night. Many times when he wakes up, I can just go back in and rock him to sleep no problem. This last week was rough and I could rock him to sleep, but no matter how I did it, if I put him down and walked away, he would wake up. Even if I just rubbed his back until he fell back asleep, I couldn’t walk away. So I resorted to bringing him to a bed in the guest room for the rest of the night. I am pretty sure it is just related to his diaper rash and that he is teething again. Naps are still one nap a day. Now he is usually awake from between 8-9am and goes down for a nap between 11-12pm. Then he sleeps for about 2-2.5 hours and then is awake until bedtime.
Food: He is loving silverware. he doesn’t always use it, but he loves to hold a fork or spoon in his hand and push the food around his plate. He still eats about everything. I was packing for our trip and had put a couple peaches on top of the pile of food to go and had to take a load of things outside. Edward found the peaches and when I came back inside, he had almost finished one and had taken a couple of bites of the other (I had gotten distracted talking to the neighbors). We have definitely noticed he has occasional picky days. As we neared the one year mark, he would take a bite of something, fish it out of his mouth and then throw it on the floor. Then the rest of the plate would end up on the floor as the meal went on. It only lasted for a few days, so who knows what it was all about. I have noticed that he will NOT eat green beans. I tried to make them for him again and every time I have given them to him, he didn’t like them.
Teething: Still only has the 6, but I think more might be making their way in soon. We need to find a dentist and get him in for a checkup sometime in the near future.
Clothes: He is in 12-18 month clothes. There are some that are getting tight and some that are big, but overall most of them fit.
Movement: He is almost walking! He is to nervous to let go and take a step. While we are walking, he will stop, let go, and stand there for a minute. But he needs to grab back on before taking another step. He is crawling around non-stop. When he goes onto the back patio, he will walk on his hands and feet instead of his knees. His movements are definitely getting more graceful as he adjusts to his balance and learns what his body can do. Visiting other children (especially ones a year or more older than him) has been helpful as he loves to watch them and tries to do what they are doing.
