13 Months

Here we are, my little guy's first monthly blog post as a one year old!!

He is a precious, sweet, curious, into-everything little boy! And, yes, he is sadly no longer a "baby" but a "boy" (although he'll always and forever be MY baby!).

Here is a recap of this past month:

taking 3-4 steps at a time consistently

climbs up on everything and has learned to push stuff over towards what he wants so he can climb on that too

still doesn't have many words but can babble with the best of them when he wants to

has all of his teeth (until the 2 year molars start coming in which I hope will be a while to give us a break from teething)

used a spoon to feed himself applesauce (a complete mess but he did get some into his mouth!)

only gets one bottle a day now, at night

eats like he is a teenager which scares me for when he actually is a teenager!

weighs 22lb11oz

wears all 18 month clothes

sleeps at night from 7:30pm-6/7am - the 7am days make me happy:) and still catches a catnap in the morning (typically less than 30 minutes) and takes a nap from 1:30-3pm

eats 3 meals a day, 2 snacks and gets his nighttime bottle. there really isn't too much that the kid won't eat

he drinks from a sippy cup very well now but does not seem to like milk. he prefers water and will drink so fast that he chokes himself, silly boy!

he likes to take toys, shoes, trash, etc. and drop it into some sort of container such as the trash can!

he climbs stairs like a champ and is figuring out how to come down although he likes to try and walk which isn't quite happening yet

it is getting harder to take him places and expect him to be content in a stroller. he wants to be in on the action. I usually take him somewhere (pool, playground, inflatable places, etc) and let him play for the first 30-45 minutes and then put him in the stroller with a snack for the rest of the time we are there.

seems to love animals although he does get scared when LARGE animals get close to his face (I don't blame him!)