J at 13 Months

Everything about J at 13 months:

Weight: 20 lbs

Height: 28.25''

Teeth: 6

Walking: can walk about 2 feet or about 7 steps in a row

Words: Dad Dad, Mama, nuh nuh nuh (for "no no no"), still uses grunting for main verbal communication

Hands: claps and waves on command and on his own, no pointing yet

Favorite game: tag

Favorite book: The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle

Favorite toy: his push walker

Favorite TV show: anything on Baby TV

Favorite activities: going to Gymboree, walking with his walker, "helping" with laundry (he loves to throw clothes around on the floor)

Favorite food: his breakfast- eggs and grapes

Favorite thing ever: phones and the vacuum cleaner

Alas, we do not have a good video of him walking yet. Here's the best I was able to get:

 I have a good video of him clapping:

I'm working on building up his educational books since now is the time babies really start to learn and say words. I bought him My Little Word Book that has about 200 words and accompanying pictures in English and español. I bought The Cat in the Hat that also has the words in English and español. One cool thing about living in California is the bilingual children's literature everywhere. I'm also making him a few "quiet books" for church out of felt. I want to make a book of shapes and a book of colors. 

It's really hard to read books with J, but I try. He either completely ignores me, tries to rip the book to shreds, or yanks it out of my hands and flips through it. He thinks the object of a book is to flip through as quickly as possible, slam it shut, and start over again. Or to eat it. He ate the cover to his cardboard book about shapes.