Last Saturday our baby boy turned 18 months! The time between his 12 months mark to his 18 month mark really flew by quickly. It just amazed me. The saddest part about this is now he is in nursery! I knew it would happen but it just really solidifies how old your babe is once he isn't causing havoc next to you for all 3 hours of church.
He is 30.2 lbs (90%ile), and 33 5/8 inches (85%). He has a pretty large vocabulary (about 30-ish words) and always knows exactly what he wants. He is also daily independent and has to do everything by himself or he gets all sort of angry.
His BFF is Emmeline. He spends about 30-35 hours a week with her, and when he isn't with her, he is always asking for "Emm.line". He loves to hold her hand when they're in the car, dump water on her in the bathtub, as well as try and help wash her hair.
His favorite foods are always changing; he is a great eater if we don't let him snack excessively, or too close to dinner time. Being confined in one place for long periods of time is not his forte, so even if he is still hungry he will usually say he is all done just to get out of his chair. With a lot of work he has gotten really good at listening to guidance like "Calvin, you can get down as soon as you eat the rest of your (blank)."
He is mischievous and knows exactly what he is NOT supposed to be doing. In the picture below he is trying to throw his food through the hole and onto the floor without being caught. So much naughtiness.
The child got a wagon from his grandparents for Christmas and loves to go on wagon walks multiple times a day. Whenever he gets out of the car he dashes to the wagon and does a nose dive in and says "wagon walk!" over and over again. Half way through he usually wants to get out and pull the wagon himself.
Even thought it's probably a good thing, he hates TV. He says he wants to watch "George" and then will walk away after the theme song. Sometimes it would be nice so i could get a few things done....oh well. He loves books and his favorite books are "Moo, Baa, LA LA LA" and "Spot".
He got a "pa-packkk" recently and loves being able to carry around his little day pack. He is also a pro at saying "CHEESE" whenever I pull out my phone to take a picture.
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| He loves playing peekaboo |
Recently he discovered the joy of cleaning and LOVES to help me clean around the house. I do love that he understands cleaning so he can learn the importance of cleanliness in the home, but he also has to do everything, so vacuuming takes 25 minutes instead of 10, and scrubbing the toilet usually means mopping the floor right after. But thats ok:)
Calvin is still a fabulous sleeper, going down around 7:30 and waking up at about 7 (unless he is teething, then he wakes up at 6:30. *sigh*). He takes one nap around 12:30 that lasts anywhere from 1:30-2 hrs.
About a week ago Robert put Calvin down as normal and 10 minutes later he screamed "water" until we brought him his water bottle. Robert tried to get him to drink it but he just grabbed it, put it under his chest and curled up with it and fell asleep instantaneously. Three nights ago he screamed "moose!" until we brought him his moose (along with his blankets and water bottle). Last night we packed in his water bottle, two blankets, and moose for bed. Ten minutes later he screamed "owl!" Until we brought him his owl. Now he refuses to go down for a nap or bed until his has his two blankets, water bottle, moose and owl. He usually feeds his moose some of his water as he is laying there. It's adorable.
Sometime in the last week this little munchkin has become a super high maintenance sleeper.
