I wanted to share a few updates about our little man... He is currently 16 and a half months old and is about 28 pounds. He's very strong and strong-willed. He loves to climb on everything. Right after Thanksgiving he transitioned to the next class at school, so he no longer sleeps in a crib for his naps - they lay on mats. I was a little worried about this b/c I know that's a hard transition but he did great! Not once have they had to sit with him and rub his back for him to go to sleep. He is becoming a good listener (when he wants to) and can follow instructions now - at home and at school. Also in this new class they sit in little chairs at the table to eat, instead of in high chairs... His teachers have had nothing but good things to say about him so that makes me very happy!
When the kids went back to school in August, we dropped his middle of the day bottle. During Thanksgiving break, we dropped his morning bottle so he was down to only one. And just last week we dropped the night time bottle - so this family is done with bottles now. Crazy! He hasn't seemed to miss a beat.
He has been taking one nap a day at school since August as well, but on the weekends it was like he couldn't get enough sleep - he'd have to catch up. But during that week off at Thanksgiving, we stopped giving him 2 naps while he was at home and have only been doing the one nap a day since then. And oh is that so much easier as a family! Before, it was a perpetual state of nap around here on the weekends, because Jackson would nap in the morning, then he'd be up and Rachel would nap after lunch (yes, she still takes some kind of a nap - thank goodness!), and then she'd wake up and he'd go back down... So that was hard for us to do anything or go anywhere. But now they are both on the same schedule, even though her naps are much shorter, it's still nice.
He can say a few words, but not that much. Mostly everything is "da-dy" including daddy, doggie, and anything else he wants it to be. He can say ma-ma but it's mostly when he's upset. Bye-bye, uh-oh and bubble are also easy for him. He continues to point and grunt or whatnot to get what he wants... It'll happen though.
He's recently started throwing short temper tantrums when he doesn't get his way - he arches his back and throws his head back screaming. Thank goodness they don't usually last very long.
He's still the sweetest little baby boy though...and he's growing up so fast!!!
So, I am pleased. He did such a good job and he's still my curly-headed baby boy!
