18 month stats:
Weight: Between 26.5 pounds.
Height: I'd say 32 inches?
Eating: Growing boy = eating constantly.
Clothes: 18-24 months & 24 months, 2T.
Diaper: Size 4
Shoe Size: 6
Miles Man...
I know, I know. I haven't written to you since age 15 months. But let it be known it's not because I didn't want to. Rather, quite the opposite... in what little free time I have nowadays, I want to spend it playing with you and your brother & sister. It's been a wild year (as in ALL of 2020) - a pandemic, race tensions, protesting, no travel and an insane election. BUT - the good news? It seems we will have a new president and we are going to start moving towards a brighter and more beautiful future.
I can't believe how amazing you are. Truly. You are a bright light in darkness, a force of independence and wonder and joy. You want to explore and learn and climb and jump and do all the things you shouldn't. You want to live in the pantry. You want to go head first down the slide. You want to hit everyone in your path. You want to soak up and watch every movie / TV show / song.
You are in a BIG Mama phase. You started school roughly 1 month ago and it's been a huge transition for you - including going from 2 naps to 1, no longer getting milk during the day and being surrounded by 4 other adorable toddler. Your sleep schedule was totally off, you sobbed if I wasn't in eyesight, you needed me. And continue to. AND...boy oh boy.. do I need you too.
Now that we have surpassed the hump of separation anxiety / the time change / starting school, you are back to your happy, loving self. You are starting to have tantrums and your learning some naught behavior, but overall - you are a thriving, typical 18 month old boy.
You probably have a vocabulary of roughly 50 words. You can name EVERY SINGLE FARM ANIMAL - including the sounds of all of them. You can name many body parts. And you know the color blue! You can also count (kind of... 1, 2, 9!)
You LOVE TV. I mean, you really, really do. Your favorites are Cocomellon, Sesame Street, Jacks Big Music Show, Nursery Rhymes, Muppet Babies and Toy Story. We try not to let you watch too much but boy do you enjoy it. You also love music (C is for Cookie, Baby Shark, Old MacDonald).
Sleep is always a dicey subject with you. Right now, you're going to bed between 6:30 - 7:30 after a nightly bath and a bottle with whole milk. You sometimes wake up during the night and I have to rock you back and forth in your room a bit. Lately, your wake up time is roughly 6 AM. Sometimes earlier, sometimes later. You nap about 2 - 2.5 hours in the afternoon. You love sleeping with your guys, Howard & Titus.
You are a good eater although you're starting to get pretty distracted. I'd say your favorite foods are chicken, eggs, bagels with cream cheese, bananas, raspberries, blueberries, apples, applesauce. You are a sucker for sweets and recently had your first taste of a lollipop. Love at first sight!!
It's strange not having you in the house during the week but I think school was the best thing for you. We miss your awesome nanny, Miss Kristen, so so much.
You had a great time celebrating Halloween, you are obsessed with your whole family (grandparents / aunt / uncles / cousins). You are the most amazing, chubbiest, sweetest little meatball and we love you forever.
Happy half birthday baby.
You're almost TWO!!!!!!!! (wahhhhhh!)
xo
Mama
