Height/Weight: If it weren't for the fact that I whole-heartedly trust our pediatrician, I'd be a little anxious after this portion of Garrett's appointment. At 20 pounds, 12 ounces, he's up less than a pound from his one-year appointment (and more than a pound lighter than William was at this age, despite having the same weight at one year). He also grew less than an inch (currently 29.5 inches). I made sure to voice to our pediatrician that I was a little concerned by his measurements because Garrett seriously eats constantly, but our doctor assured me that this isn't terribly uncommon at this age, especially for toddlers who were breastfed. I guess it's reassuring to know that Garrett isn't overeating (despite what it may seem at times!), although this just reaffirms that at some point I'm going to have to go back to work in order to keep my boys fed.
Wearing: By virtue of barely growing since his birthday, he's still pretty much wearing all the same stuff: size three diapers and size 12 clothing. I've actually been borrowing clothes from some friends because I was getting sick of his wearing the same stuff over and over again (and I'm too cheap to buy him stuff to wear for just a month or two!).
Eating: Like I said above (and pretty much every previous post!), getting this kid to eat is no problem. It's the getting him to stop that causes issues. Fresh fruit is a huge favorite, especially berries, and he can also do serious damage on orange vegetables (carrots, squash, sweet potato). Meats and dairy are usually no issue, although he still doesn't drink milk the best (we nursed at least once a day up until a month or so ago). We randomly discovered that he doesn't really care for chocolate (whose kid is this?!?), although give him a spoon and a jar of peanut butter and he'll go to town, so at least he has a little bit of me in him.
Sleep: Knock on wood, but we've finally had luck getting this kid to sleep through the night. I'm not sure how much cutting out the night feeding influenced that, or the fact that we got a short break from teething (which--unfortunately--seems to be creeping back and causing more trouble, including at night). He had gotten to a point where he was pretty consistently taking just one nap, but then between teething and getting sick he started shifting back toward two naps and well, it's a total guessing game now. Basically I don't sweat it if he takes a cat nap in the car while we are out and about in the morning and put both boys down a little later in the afternoon on those days. If he doesn't nap in the morning, lunch and afternoon nap get moved earlier (which, thankfully, William usually adapts to pretty well).
New Stuff: I mentioned teething a few times already, but at one year Garrett had only five teeth. By thirteen months, he was up to seven full teeth and part of one molar. By fourteen months, he had all eight front teeth (four on top, four on bottom), plus all four molars had started to cut. At fifteen months, all four of his molars are completely in, and we're pretty sure he is working on his last four: the eye teeth. And while things certainly haven't been enjoyable on the teething front thus far, the eye teeth may actually be the worst yet. Although we haven't actually seen evidence of the teeth yet, so this is all just speculation (and my hoping that the orneriness and inconsistent sleeping is a product of the teething and not just his personality!). His communication is continually improving; in addition to picking up the signs for "all done", "please", "water", and "bird", he has a handful of words in his vocabulary. He can say both "mama" and "dada" (and of course, "dada" was first), although he'll go through phases where he just calls both of us one of those names instead of distinguishing between the two. He also has words for "please", "dog", and "amen", although I don't think anyone but us would know what they are. Although William was (and technically, still is) what I would consider to be friendly, I definitely see a lot more of an extrovert in Garrett. Whenever we go places he walks himself over to the other people and makes himself right at home (especially if they are babies--or really, anyone smaller or similar in size to him). He'll give out smiles and high-fives to anyone who asks for one, and always has to be in the action. Even though he never really seemed to be into our Kindermusik class, he must have taken something out of it because he has really started to show a love for music and his own little version of dancing, plus he loves to do the actions for some of his favorites ("If You're Happy and You Know It" and "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider"). Of course, I'd be remiss in any discussion of his development if I failed to mention his extreme strong-headedness. This child can (and will) do anything he sets his mind too (especially if he sees big brother doing it--like climbing the ladder on our play set or going down the stairs standing up instead of on his stomach), and once he has formed an opinion about something it is a battle to change it (even on simple things like what story to read at bedtime).
I apologize if any of these pictures are duplicates, but considering I'm already over two weeks late getting this posted (despite having the best of intentions to get to it sooner!), I don't really feel like taking the time to go back and see which pictures I've already shared. So enjoy this random sampling of photos from twelve months to fifteen months!
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| Oh boy. This picture reminds me that I forgot to mention that he had his first haircut in the salon--can you tell he needed it? |
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