I haven’t written a monthly update since Little Piñata turned 15 months. I figured it would be best to move to quarterly, but it still seems like he is doing something new each day, so it’s hard to keep track! Thank goodness we got two “Baby’s First Year Keepsake Calendars” so that we’ve been able to keep decent track of all he’s been doing his second year as well! He has picked up a whole lot of words in the past few months! It’s fun to start communicating back and forth with him now.

Weight & Length: At his 18 month appointment, Little Piñata weighed 19 lbs & 13.5oz and was 31 in. tall. Our little guy is rockin’ out the 4th percentile in weight and 10th percentile in length.

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Clothing: I feel like this is all across the board. There are still a handful of items that he can fit into that’s 9-month size! Granted, it’s just a few things and the pants are too short on him, but they technically fit. Mostly he wears size 12-18 months. But, interestingly enough the only footie pajamas that fit him are size 18 months! So, he fits into quite a span of clothes. He now has a size 5 shoe and I think he will be moving up to 6 before we know it.

Sleeping: I would say that the time between 15 and 18 months has been the most stressful sleep-wise, as we’ve been attempting to transition from 2 naps to 1. We were forced to start the transition because he started coming with me to daycare/school when he was 15 months old. He started taking just one nap at daycare two days a week, but still took 2 naps on the days we were home. And since then it has been a struggle to figure out how to transition a child that is just not ready for one nap. This has involved a lot of middle of the night wakings, which is just exhausting and frustrating for everyone. He’s been on just one nap for over a week now, but even now we’re having some night wakings and I’m very ready get past this phase. Whew!

Eating: Little Piñata has recently become the picky toddler we were dreading. He still eats a wide range of foods, but one day he will eat half an avocado for dinner and later in the week he will refuse them. He still loves all kinds of meat, sweet potato and cheese, and has recently become a big fan of kale (cooked in coconut oil) and whole milk yogurt. But, who knows? Maybe tomorrow he will turn them both down.

Personality: Little Piñata has such an amazing personality. We feel so blessed to be his parents! He loves to make us laugh and has started throwing his head back and giggling, which is so cute! He has his moments of whining and being cranky, but for the most part he is spunky and silly. He loves dancing and singing and pretending.


Playing with the train table at the library

Milestones & Firsts:

-When asked who Jesus loves, he says, “me, me, me”
-Can successfully feed himself cottage cheese, yogurt, applesauce and oatmeal from a spoon
-Got ALL his teeth except for his 2-year molars
-Can point to his eyes, ears, mouth, head, hair, toes, feet, hands, fingers and belly when we say the words
-When we start counting “one,” he responds with “two”
-Really started talking up a storm and uses polite words like please and thank you when he asks for something
-He started scribbling with a pencil or crayons.
-We took him trick-or-treating for the first time.
-He picks out and asks for his favorite books. Currently his favorite is, “The Pop-Up Mice of Mr. Brice.” He asks for “mice” each night at bedtime.

New words: 

teetee=tickle, go, na-na=banana, baby, yuck, beep beep, meez=please (more,please), apoo=apple, bubbo=bubble, tay too= thank you, book, da dahn=all done, go, a-side=outside, milk, nak=snack, cahker=cracker, dis=this, wook=look, no tay-too=no thank you, rock, bowl, poo=spoon, buc=cup, hoc=hot, hac=hat, bus, truck, shup=chop, home, mice, nice, mo-meel=oatmeal, two, soup, wach=watch, wuvey=lovey