- Eating is still a little frustrating for us. Mostly me, but still. For the most part he won't touch anything new. We offer just about everything to him and he won't touch it. He turns his head and waves his hands at us or if we put it on the tray, he picks it up and hands it back to us like we lost something.
- He does eat his baby food pretty well, though he has been picky about that as well. If he sees a bowl of fruit waiting for him, he pitches a fit. He wants it now. I've been having him eat the veggie first and sometimes having to mix a little veggie+puree fruit to get him to eat it. We've been trying a few of the stage 3+fruit as well and he's eating that some as well.
I know his eating will come and he will be fine. He won't starve! But, I want him to be healthy and not afraid to try new things. I have to say this has been one of the first things to come up with him that I just don't know what the best thing to do is. We're just taking things one day at a time and I'm trying my best to be patient and not get frustrated with him.
- His new love is fruit snacks. I don't give them to him often, because I don't want him used to all the sugar, but he knows when I get a pack out. We usually share the pack. He's so cute stuffing his little mouth and holding his hand out for more!
- He loves to feed Jere! In fact that's something we're working on... do NOT feed Jere your food. If you don't want it then give it back to Mommy. He's actually doing a little better with this!
- He still sleeps like a champ at night. I am so very thankful for this! He goes to bed between 7:30 and 8:00 and sleeps until 8:00 or 8:30 and sometimes even 9:00 if we don’t have to go anywhere. I can probably count on 2 hands the number of times I’ve had to get up for him crying and even then it’s before I go to bed at night.
- Nap time is another story. He usually sleeps about 1-1.5 hours during the day. Sometimes all together and sometimes it’s in 30 minute increments. I kind of blame the nap thing on us. He doesn’t always nap at the same time or in the same place and I blame our daily changing schedule on this. Again... I’m very thankful he sleeps so good at night and we’ll deal with the nap time issue as it comes.
- He still only has the two bottom teeth, but we are constantly thinking that he is teething. He really does have lots of bumpy gums and I’m hoping we see something pop through soon.
- We have a walking machine. He no longer crawls unless it’s under the table or behind the end tables. He is now able to go over the door step with only holding on to the door and not one of us. He also will climb the stairs if we let him. I usually let him before bed time.
- He’s imitating us more and more. He has a few words that he can say pretty clearly, but doesn’t always use them to make requests. He says “mama” “dada” “bawl” “bye bye” and “hi”. He’s learning how to ask for things and we are trying to get him to use his words rather than a point and grunt.
- We have locked up the cabinets with chemicals, but the rest are fair game at this point. He particularly enjoys the tupperware and his bottles/sippy cups. Sometimes those things can entertain him for a while and other times he just pulls them out for the fun of it and leaves the mess!
- He definitely understands so much! He’ll take things to people when asked, he’ll put things away when asked (and he’s in the mood), he’ll go get things we ask him to (such as a book or ball or his golf club), and he also does the complete opposite of what we ask him to on purpose. He knows what “no” means and “come here Cooper” and yet he often does it anyway or just tries to run the opposite direction. Little stinker.
- He loves to play ball with his Daddy. He can put some of the rings on the ring stacker the correct way and he’s getting so much better at actually putting shapes in the shape sorter. I’ll show him how to put the shape in and then he’ll try. If he can’t get it right away, he usually tried to hand the shape back to me for me to do, but I just help him do it himself. Sometimes he stacks blocks but most of the time he loves to just knock down the tower that I make. He seriously gets the biggest kick out of it! He especially likes it when I try and stack things on my head... he’ll sometimes try to stack something on his head too.
- He had his 15 month check up the other day. We had a new NP and I was very impressed with her. She asked lots of very detailed questions and I appreciated it. She checked him over and said everything seemed right on track. I had her check his ears because he had been pulling at them and it was the start of an infection. She gave me a prescription to fill if I thought we needed to. I ended up going ahead and filling it a couple days later because he was still pulling at his ears and I just didn’t want it getting worse. I mentioned my concerns about his eating and she said that there was a study that said kids really don’t not like something until they’ve been presented it at least 10 times. That made me feel a little better!
Little man was brave for 3 shots. Oh it was horrible, but we both survived and he calmed down pretty quickly.
Here are his stats:
Height: 33.5 inches, 97th%ile
Weight: 27lbs 5oz, 85th%ile
Head: 18 3/4 in, 63rd%ile
- We are in a new stage of parenting and it seems a little more challenging. There are just so many little decisions and I want to do the right thing. I want to stand firm on some things and yet remember he’s only 15.5 months. I tell Cooper that he’s learning to be a 15 month old and I’m learning to be the Mommy of a 15 month old. It’s a learning process for us both. One thing I do know... I love him to the moon and back and wouldn’t trade this time for anything in the world.
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