This little cutie patootie is 18 months already! Where did that time go? He is a super active little boy who came in today at 28#9.6oz and 33.5″ long. He is always trying to keep up with his brother and the other big kids. He is getting really close to being able to ride the balance bike. He would be able to do the trike except his little legs aren’t quite long enough for him to work the pedals. I caught him a week or so ago in the cul-de-sac with his brother on their bikes. They were heading up a little bit and then riding them down. Morgan pushed his trike up a bit and then climbed onto the seat and then let the trike go backwards down the hill. It spun to the side and then rolled over and Morgan ended up underneath it. Thank goodness for helmets! But I got over to him, he wasn’t crying so I got the trike off of him and picked him up. He got right back on the trike and followed brother again.
He has also figured out how to climb up the ladder for the bunkbeds. He can’t climb back down, so we had to block the ladder. But since he showed us he could do it, we went ahead and moved him from the crib to a toddler bed. He is loving it! We have had a few instances where we can put him in bed, say goodnight, walk out and he only fusses for a little bit before he is out. He loves giving hugs and kisses and sometimes gets to stay up late because he is being super super cute.
The biggest issue we are having with him is that he still isn’t talking. We have heard about 5 words so far. He said “bye” before Christmas, but hasn’t said it since. He says “ag” and plays tag by running up and tagging someone and then running away laughing. We have heard a version of “daddy” a couple times and our neighbor has heard “hi.” Other than that, we are still waiting for it to click. He understands what we are asking and will do things we ask him to like “go get your shoes.” He mostly communicates by “eh” and pointing. We have another 3 months to wait as he is starting to get more words. If he still isn’t talking by August, we will start working on getting hearing tests done and getting him into early intervention. I’m hoping we don’t have to go that far, but it is nice knowing that we have a plan in place in case we have to.
He has a few allergies/reactions to some different foods. We fed him breakfast one day and he got mango yogurt all over his face and his face got puffy and red for a few hours. Then we also gave him a cinnamon roll and where he had cinnamon on his face, he got all red and splotchy too. We have found that he isn’t allergic to ingesting them, but since he is a sensitive skinned red-head, they are all topical reactions. So he is ok eating them, but he will react if they get on his skin.
Because of the sensitive skin, we have been having a lot of diaper rashes. The best way to fight them has been baby powder at every change. It has been tedious, but we are on it. 🙂
I am excited to see him learn and develop.