18 Months: A Year and A Half!!!

I know, I  know.  Sorry.  Thanks for sticking through.

Anyway...
18 months!!!  (about three weeks ago...) 

Language: He's consistently stringing words together.  (mama hold it (means he wants me to hold him), purple car zoom)  He's also grasping concepts like later/wait/in a minute.  He asked for a cookie and I told him it wasn't time for cookies so he asked me, "minute?"  He's also getting that there are two different languages in our home - he will translate a word for jb, or even for me if I'm not getting it fast enough.

Affection: He went through a phase of being really stingy with his kisses and hugs - which broke my heart.  But lately, as long as I make a big deal about how happy they make me he is back to being a generous kisser :)

Fifteen Months

Fifteen months.  Unbelievable.  This kid is a firecracker.  I suppose most 15 mo. olds are.  There is so much I don't want to forget about this age; how he looks toddling down the hall, the way he says certain words, how he holds out his boo-boos to me and makes kissing noises, his laugh, the look of happiness when jb gets home from work.  Here is the run down.  It's long, so maybe grab a snack. 

My No Good Very Bad Day

Today was one of those days where nothing seems to go right.  It started off ok.  Leo and I had a lovely breakfast together, pee and poo in the potty, nice playtime, and he went down for his nap without a fight.  I got him up with just enough time to get ready and go to his doctor's appointment.  This is when things began to unravel.

1.  As we were leaving I noticed the dog had thrown up.  Ew.  Poor puppy.  No time to clean it up.  She seems ok.  Out the door.  No biggie.

2.  I get distracted making "chugachugachugachuga - toot toot" train noises with Leo and miss our stop on the subway.  Need to switch directions, back track - and now hustle because my perfectly timed commute is messed up.  Eh.  Poo happens.

Fourteen Months

 Leo is fourteen months old!  We are doing much better after our little rough patch - I don't know if everything is just on the upswing or if getting out my feelings/thoughts on virtual paper helped me - but whatever it is, I'm happy to report that we've both been much happier the last few days. 

Sleep:  We are still going back and forth between one nap and two - but the margin is narrowing (whereas before one nap days were a nightmare and two nap days were mostly good - these days both have their challenges but are manageable). 

Walking:  He is all walking all the time now.  He's falling more than he was initially, but I think it's because he's not concentrating as hard since it's becoming natural for him.  He's even taken to running a bit here and there.

Nap Schedule: Transitioning From Two Naps to One

Leo's sleep schedule is in upheaval.  Again.  He is moving from a two-nap schedule to a one-nap schedule and it's not pretty.  We had a nice run.  For months his sleep schedule looked something like this:

Peepee in the Potty

Don't worry, I have no grand illusions of being out of diapers anytime soon.  It's just that lately Leo has taken to peeing on the changing table pretty frequently, so I figured it couldn't hurt to take advantage of this opportunity and start some diaper/pee/poo/potty association.  He sat on it twice today and loved it.  We sang songs and read books - and the second time he even peed a little.

In other good news, we had a pediatrician appointment for a weight check to follow up on our post-mexico/stomach flu weight plateau and Leo gained almost two pounds!!  He now weighs 19 lbs. 13.6 oz.  and is back on his natural growth curve.  Yay!