Our boy is 16 months. I haven’t posted many updates lately. Theo is doing wonderfully. He is truly a happy boy. He is in the midst of cutting several new teeth. He has about 7 right now, including one molar, and I can see at least three starting to break through his gums. It’s hard to tell because he hardly let’s me look! I have to sneak a peek when he is laughing. He doesn’t seem too bothered but I have noticed him chewing on his monkey more and I wonder some days when his nap is shorter than normal or when he wakes up earlier than normal or during the night. He doesn’t seem bothered much during the day, though.
He has gotten pretty good at going down stairs while holding on and he goes down the slide by himself now as shown in the video I posted the other day. He has a blast at the playground! We have been able to take advantage of the many nice, non-winter like days we have had recently. The cold, yucky days can be tough. We usually at least get out for a walk. That reminds me, unfortunately our stroller was stolen from our apartment lobby. Pretty sucky and upsetting. In NYC, it’s basically like my car. We do everything in that thing, multiple times/day. I grocery shop and transport many things with that stroller. We quickly bought a used one from the local parents listserv I’m on and I pretty much hate it. It will do for the time being but I want to get a better used one that is more comparable to the one we had. Anyhow, it is amazing that we were able to get a new one the very same day. I can’t believe people steal strollers.
Theo says about 10 words, or so, these days – “baby” is a hot new one that gets a lot of play time. He understands everything I say to him pretty much, which is sure fun and makes things a bit easier with the day to day. He points at airplanes all the time when we’re out. He is still interested in books more than anything else. He loves his different musical toys and if you say, “let’s play with your musical instruments!” he goes straight to them. He loves a shaker. He likes listening to music and dancing and playing with his blocks. He can stack them, too. He really likes getting to walk around anywhere. He is quite social and loves to just explore and check things out. He seems pretty independent.
His eating is mostly the same. I have been trying to give him more fruit instead of just relying on smoothies. Try and try again, right? So far he has been eating some apple and orange slices. We can sneak berries in his morning oatmeal but when I try to give him blueberries I get “the face”. The disgusted-eye-shutter-gag-face. It’s hilarious, albeit annoying when I wish he would just eat the deliciousness I am trying to feed him! He does enjoy an occasional few ounces of juice. Pear, Mango, and Peach we have had lately.
He has a new face lately when he hurts something or sees something he doesn’t like. It was cracking us up this past week. We had plumbers here for two days and they were using lots of loud equipment. He scrunches his face and sort of pouts and puffs.
I’m already looking forward to the spring. Picnics and much, much more outdoor play.