18 months

18 months

Wes modeling one of Izzy's hair clips

Height- He was 2' 8.5" (88%) in late October, but hasn't been checked since then

Weight- 30 pounds (99%)- with clothes on at a doctor visit on December 9th

Diapers- Size 5 diapers during the day, Size 6 nighttime diapers

Playing in water at the children's museum

Milestones- Wes climbs up the stairs (holding our hands) instead of crawling and likes to go down the stairs on his butt, forward-facing. He is able to ride his tricycle a bit and getting better at climbing onto chairs and couches. He watches Izzy jump around the house and gets a tiny bit of air when he tries to jump, most of the time landing on his feet and staying upright. He pushes around step stools to get at things we put on the counters (mostly to keep away from him). He enjoys making big circles on paper with crayons.

Wes loves to hand people their things when he finds them on the floor. It is mostly Mommy's slippers and Daddy's shoes, but he will also hand Izzy her shoes, hats, etc. Pretty cute but sometimes we don't need them because we aren't going outside at that time.

Language- Words so far- uh oh, choo choo, duck, mo mo (milk), mo (more), nana (banana), down, and ball...along with tons of animal noises. The biggest word so far is MAMA because he is not saying DADA yet. I win! He also started saying no towards the end of this month. This past weekend he was constantly talking to us in gibberish.

As far as sign language goes, Wes uses the following signs: all done, eat, help, and thank you. We are currently working on please.

Hiding under the table with his new fox

Favorite Toy- A train that lights up, moves around, and makes sounds. Wes is scared to touch it, but finds it fun to watch. He will quickly move trucks and cars back and forth making sounds, something that Izzy didn't really do when she was this age.

He also likes to play "dump" which entails turning over a bag of blocks and dumping the contents out on the rug. It is very satisfying for him.

His other favorite thing is to pick up a remote, a monitor, or an actual phone and hold it up to his ear. The other night he started laughing at the monitor, so I guess he thought he was having an actual conversation?

Wes' favorite game- hiding behind the shower curtain

Wes playing his favorite game at the hospital

Favorite Book- Pout, Pout Fish. Wes likes to make the "blub" sound.

"Reading" a book by himself

Sleep- Wes is a great sleeper from about 7:30pm to 7 or 8am. He is down to one nap a day, generally starting around 12:30 and lasting for about two hours.

Bedtime routine consists of brushing teeth, getting Wes into his pajamas with a nighttime diaper, reading a few books, having Wes turn the light off and on a few times, turning on his white noise machine, then singing him two songs and putting him in his crib. He seems to like the small nightlight that we have in his room so we leave that on now and sometimes he will "read" a book in his crib or talk to himself before going to sleep.

Clothes- Solidly in 2T clothing. Size 7 shoes.

Playing nicely together

Potty training- Daycare has started to put Wes on the toilet when changing his diaper. Good for them but we are nowhere near potty training him!

Eating- Wes is getting better about using utensils and actually getting food on the fork/spoon and then into his mouth. When he is done with his food he loves to then throw everything- utensils, milk cup, food, etc. We are hoping that this is a short phase.

He also is not a fan of his bib these days and rips it off generally before he is done with eating. Also annoying.

Wes loving playing with Izzy's Moana doll because it sings 

Teeth- No new teeth this past month.

Illness- New Years Day Wes and I headed to the ER and spent a terrible night at the hospital. I'm pretty sure he gave me the RSV because I had a terrible head cold for an entire week.

Wearing Mommy's gloves to keep his hands warm

Misc- Wes had a great time during his first visit to the Field Museum seeing dinosaurs and lots of stuffed animals. He was a little scared of the stuffed bears, but walked most of the museum until he passed out in the stroller. This month he also enjoyed sledding down a small hill.

Wes is unsure of Sue at at the Field Museum

Since we spend less time outdoors these days, the kids have been running around the house most nights. Wes follows Izzy in running around and thinks that she can do no wrong. He mimics everything that she does.

Wes is ALL about Mommy these days. If I am in the room he wants to be playing with me, sitting in my lap with me reading to him, or in my arms. Often times he refuses to give a hug to CP which makes me sad. I know that he will someday soon prefer CP for a while, but it sometimes heartbreaking when I leave the room for two minutes and I hear him saying "mama" and crying because I left the room.