One more month old!

Since Baker turned 1 I havent felt the need to update each and every month like I did in his first year. However, he is changing so much daily I need to document all of his new tricks at 15 months. I LOVE this age for the most part. We have had some trying times too. I will include them both.

FUN FACTS

- He gasps and does a huge "O" with his mouth constantly like he is surprised by everything. So we have started gasping at him for no reason which sparks his gasp. Never gets old.

-He makes it his mission to get on to the cats for jumping on things. This has always made me laugh really hard. He thinks its his job to keep them off and says "no, no" and shakes his finger at them.

- Still loves Baby Einstein videos a LOT and does said gasp whenever we turn it on.

- He knows all of his face parts and likes to point out our eyes, nose, hair, mouth etc.. and he pronounces "eye" "Ieeyee".

- Really loves bouncing on things. I totally regret not getting him the Circo bouncer for Christmas. We decided not to since its big and didnt get good reviews, but the boy wants to be on the bed, counch, chair and just waller & jump/bounce all the time.

- He is not solid on "s" words but when we show him his shoes or socks he tries by saying "ssssss". Very cute.

-Boy loves to dance as most toddlers do, but its always very cute b/c he also tries to snap and it looks very funny.

- We have been trying to teach basic sign launguage for a while. He knows "more", "please", "thank-you" and "milk". He uses them correctly as well.

- Still loves applause (and I'm willing to bet that he always will) so I try to give him his applause after any little thing he does, like turning off the light. I let him turn off all the lights when we leave in the mornings and it sometimes takes forever, but he loves it.

- I have been teaching him how to put his toys away when we are finished and I thought that might be silly for his age, but he totally picked up on it quick and does what I tell him to. Which brings me to the realization that I sell him short alot on intelligence. I sometimes think he is too young to learn certain things but when I just try, he usually gets it. My bad.

- I wish I had introduced coloring earlier but this is another thing I thought he was just too young to do yet, and now he still doenst know not to eat them. I tell him 1,000 times "not in the mouth" and its not registering. He will make a few marks on the paper though which go immediately on the refrigerator.

-He loves for us to chase him. He runs well so its fun for all.

NOT- SO- FUN FACTS

- We have had enough ear infections to get an appoointment for the ENT. We are looking at tubes in his little future. I was so hoping the pyloric stenosis would be our only baby surgery, but I hear tubes are pretty non-dramatic so hopefully this will solve alot of problems.

- He is currently in a very early morning routine. He has been going to bed at 7:30 and waking up at 6:00 for as long as he has been really sleeping through the night (a long time ago) but just recently decided his wake-up time was 4:00. Well, we don't even entertain the idea of actually getting him up that early so we let him cry it out. However, it wakes us up and then its hard to go back to sleep for an hour until he really gets up (at 5:30) 5:30?? Really? I thought 6:00 was bad. The doctor has no advice here. Yea.

- Daycare= constant sickness.

- Tantrums do not wait for the "Terrible Twos". Apparently they should rename them "Terrible Ones" b/c boy can throw them and for no real reason.

-I don't know if its b/c he has been sick or what but Baker is really clingy right now. He had gotten to he point where he wouldnt even cry when I dropped him off at daycare, but this morning, for example, he was in complete devastation about it. I felt terrible for leaving him there so distraught, but what do you do?

Bathtime fun

General Information

Weight: 23 lbs 3 oz

Height: Short

Teeth: just got a molar! Which makes 8 teeth total

Eats: He generally is a good, well balanced eater. He loves green beans, sweet potatoes, cheese, carbs of all kind,s some meats especially if they are disguised in a meal, all fruit, yogurt. Right now he has some stomach issues and doenst want anything.

Drinks: whole milk all day, some juice but I really don't offer juice that much because of the sugar. Sugar and Baker don't mix well.

One thing is for sure is that Baker does not lack personality or cuteness. We could eat him up all day and we do. He's brought us ridiculous amounts of joy and laughter and I'm loving all the things he is learning every day.