J at 14 Months

Everything about J at 14 months.

Weight: 20.5 lbs

Height: 29"

Teeth: 7

Walking: can walk around pretty well, I think you could really call him a walker now

Words: he shakes his head a lot, 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: isn't obsessed with a particular book at the moment

Favorite toy: his lawn mower popper 

Favorite TV show: anything on Baby TV

Favorite activities: playing with his grandparents and his cousin Luke

Favorite food: his breakfast- eggs and whatever fruit/berries I give him

Favorite thing ever: his lawn mower and his grandparents!

J is getting really good at walking now. The push walker I bought him and the lawn mower popper his grandmother bought him have tremendously improved his walking skills. I wish I had purchased walkers sooner for him, I bet he would've been walking before he turned 1. Now he can stand from a sitting position. He used to have to wait for someone to set him on his feet or pull himself up on furniture first. He can also bend down and pick things up.

He got his first pair of "big boy shoes." We bought them at Target, but we might be high rollers and go to the Stride Rite outlet for his next pair ;) I wanted him to walk in them so I could see if he liked them, but the elastic string was making him upset.

He then decided that he should eat the receipt because he thought we didn't need it.

 

J has had the same schedule for a long time. He wakes up around 7, eats breakfast, and plays. He naps from about 9-11, then eats lunch and plays. He has another nap around 2-4, eats dinner, and plays. And then he usually goes to bed around 9:30. Sleep, eat, play, repeat. Babies have it made. 

J is learning how to use real silverware. He can spear stuff on his fork and sometimes bring it to his mouth, but most of the time he will spear food and then take it off. He is also still nursing. I know it's not really "normal" to nurse a toddler in this country, but I still think it's important for complete nutrition. And I'll be honest, I use it as a crutch to get him to sleep :/ horrible, I know.

J LOVES chores. He loves laundry time because he can sit in the pile and "sort" laundry. He also loves the vacuum cleaner. I don't think I've ever heard of a baby loving a vacuum cleaner. I have to strap him in his booster seat and give him food, or else he will follow me around and crawl in circles around it. Here he is "sorting" laundry for me outside the bathroom door. He sits outside the bathroom door every day and waits for Daddy to finish showering.

He got ringworm :( I think he got it from Gymboree. Ringworm is a fungus that causes ring-shaped rashes that have normal skin in the center. We have to apply anti-fungal cream morning and night. We also have to wash the sheets after every nap. That means 3 times a day. Fun.  

All in all, I really like this stage of early toddlerhood. He can walk and he loves his independence, but he can't talk back to me or say embarrassing things in public yet =)