Our days are getting more and more predictable which is nice. Makes me really second guess whether we want to go through that newborn stage again ;) Caiden wakes up anywhere between 6-7am and immediately needs to eat breakfast otherwise he's real grumpy. Early morning breakfast is Cheerios with soy milk then some baby oatmeal. Over the next couple of hours before his 10am nap he'll also eat a banana and a sausage. He sleeps between 2-3 hours for his first nap which leads me to saying that his second afternoon nap is disappearing. The only time he will nap is if we are in the car. And usually we are in the car around 3pm because when he gets up from his first nap I feed him lunch and we head out to run errands or hang out with friends and around 3 we usually head home and he usually always falls asleep. But I'm telling you, if we stay home that afternoon and I try to put him in his crib around 3 he refuses to nap, even if he only took a small morning nap. Surprisingly though he doesn't get irritable in the afternoons if he only has one nap.
His vocabulary is increasing every day. He will try almost any word you ask him to repeat but more importantly he knows what things are and will say the word and point at it or know he will get something if he says it. The cutest ever is when he wants a banana. He knows exactly what it is and he loves them. Every morning he asks for a "bana" and he gets so excited when he sees you peeling it open.
These are some other words which he knows the meaning for and can say: ball, flower "wower", Sara "rara", mama, dada, baby "baba", sock "hots", night night, water, mum mum, bye bye, more, sausage, blanket, hot and up. He is also starting to string two words together, most notably, "bye, dada".
He woofs, neighs like a horse, meows, mimics a fish with a "glub, glub, glub", does whatever he thinks an elephant does (I don't quite understand what he's doing but he does the same thing every time), roars like a lion and tiger, baaaas like a sheep.
Everyone is always impressed with his talking skills. I don't really have anyone to compare him to because I'm not around another kid his age every single day but I think he really does have a little jump on the talking thing. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing ;)
We're continuing to work on body parts. He can point to his nose, eyes and hair or head. I realize that I don't tend to work on the body parts too much so I need to start.
He still doesn't have any molars coming in. Just the 4 on top and 4 on bottom that he's had for about 6+ months. I thought for sure they were coming in a few weeks ago but nothing yet. I keep dreading them because I hear they are a nightmare.
He's a great eater! The only thing that sucks is making sure there is no dairy in his food, which can sneak in when you least expect it. Also when you are out with friends and he grabs a sippy cup with regular milk. It happened recently and within a minute he came over to me with his eyes all sad and gagging like he was going to get sick and didn't feel well. It was so sad. I really hope he grows out of it.
He's not a big fan of bath time and hates water poured over his head. He even went as far as barfing one time when we were rinsing the soap from his hair because he got so worked up. A bit dramatic I'd say but whatever, I think it's just a matter of time before he gets used to it. We are trying to teach him to shut his eyes but no luck yet.
He still doesn't mind brushing his teeth. I typically do mine at the same time and he just wants to copy what I'm doing so it works. He loves to chew on his tooth brush after were done brushing and even mistakes it for a hair brush and rubs it on his head when I say it's time to brush.
When new people are in the room he'll point at me and say, "mama" and say "dada" if Marc is there. It's like he's telling them that we are his mama and dada. It feels so good.
He loves being outside, which I think is typical of most kids. It's so nice having a backyard and just opening the door and letting him go in and out as he pleases. I can't wait until we get the backyard re-done next spring, then we won't have the grill exposed and he won't be able to stick his fingers in the dirty areas.
He brings a smile to our face every day. And even at the end of the day when we finally put him in his crib and we are exhausted, within 30 minutes we are talking about how cute he is and the funny things he did that day. He just gets more fun every day.
We have his 15 month appointment at the end of the week so will have some more updates then.
