Ah! Luc is a year and a half old! Where's my baby??
Weight: 20.8 lbs (though I'm not sure how accurate that is. Luc now gets to stand on the scale instead of using the one for infants. But he wasn't such a fan of the nurse and not being in my arms. It was hard for the screen to be still for a second so I think he weighs a little more than that)
Height: about 31 inches
Teeth: 12, canines are just about poking through
New Words: Elmo, Granma, Grandpa, Mama (will say it very pronounced now, even when I ask him to though sometimes he still likes to call me Dada and I have to remind him I'm Momma), No (while shaking his pointer finger), tweet tweet (or chip chip-the Belgian way), Ana/Nana (for Banana), peees (please) (More, please combination), Bubble, Stick, boot, bath, cup
Attempted words: apple, Thank you, Love you
Animal Sounds/Motion: bird, cow, horse, pig, dog, lion, elephant, bear, monster (same as bear), fish (pop sound with lips), rabbit (hand bounces up and down), penguin (arms flap)
Luc also says "weeuuweeuuu" for a fire truck.
Favorite Foods: breads, cheese, yogurt, fruits, Ketchup, Stacy's Pita Chips- Bruschetta, homemade pasta, mac n cheese, fries
Unfavorable Foods: vegetables, beef
Here's what Luc is doing now:
-Pulls back toy cars by himself to propel them forward-Dips any food in any liquid, but especially loves Ketchup
-Loves to help-out by throwing things away, taking laundry out of the dryer, "making" our bed
-Pulls up and down his sleeves when he's washing his hands
-Tries to pull up his pants when being dressed, and tries to pull up our pants while dressing
-Loves sticks and birds
-Tries to sit himself into his car seat when it's on the floor
-Puts his pointer finger to his nose for something that's stinky and for saying 'shhhh'
Mischievous behavior:
-Can reach door knobs, knows how to unlock them, and knows they turn to open, but can't quite do it yet
-Plug in appliances into the outlet (his vaporizer was first try. No electrocution!)
-Turn on the floor fan
-Dispense water from the fridge
-Turn on the bath faucet and control its flow
-Part of making Luc aware of his bodily functions, we always point out when he farts or poops. When he farts, we say, "Did you just toot?" He thinks it's so funny sometimes he'll actually push out another fart right then (such a Boy!!!). He will also sometimes tell you he has a stinky diaper by putting his finger on his nose and saying "pew". When you ask him if he needs a dry diaper, he'll pat the front of his diaper and walk to the stairs to say yes (to go to his room). If not, he'll shake his head No.
-Luc will now grab my cell phone and hold it up to his face and flash his 'picture smile'. When I ask him if he wants me to take a picture of him, he shakes his head No and walks away.
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| Picture Smile! |
-He can now walk up the steep (very steep, even I have to hold on sometimes) ramp to go up to the slide at the play ground. -As he begins to go down the slide, he'll roll over on his belly to go down. He has strong leg muscles now. -Must be from all the walking he loves to do. I've never known a toddler to enjoy walking as much as he does. He would rather walk than sit in the stroller/trike. And he can walk for quite some time-at least an hour or more, with hills.
-Luc also is imitating more and more. He saw me put soap in the dishwasher once, now it's his favorite thing to go in the cabinet, get the bottle of soap, open the dishwasher door and pretend to pour soap in the hole, then close the dishwasher door.
-Luc is starting to experiment with the stairs climbing like a big boy. He now wants to hold our hand and try to go up or down the stairs with his feet, no longer on his belly. Most of the time his legs are too short, but he doesn't care. We haven't had the gates on the stairways for a few months now, and Luc has been very good about not playing on them or going up without us with him.
-While it's great to see Luc being so observant, Frederic would like him not to be so much sometimes. Luc will see cigarette butts on the ground, point to them and say "Dada".
It's interesting to see the stages and phases that Luc goes through. For a few months getting into the carseat to go anywhere, especially leaving Grandma's, was a challenge. It was met with screams, cries, arching backs, running away, and bribing. Suddenly, one Monday afternoon, Luc actually grabbed his shoes and coat, brought them over to me (not Grandma) and pointed to his carseat saying 'vroom vroom.' I was instructed it was time to leave and go home. Now Luc likes to get into his carseat and go in the car. Soon though he will move up to a stationary carseat as his feet are hanging almost a foot off the end and his head is reaching the very top. Even if he's not 22 lbs yet (by law), I think it looks uncomfortable sitting in that short seat and think I might switch him anyways (one or two pounds under wouldn't make a difference, right?)
-On Fridays when Grandpa is working from home, Frederic comes in the house and gets Luc out of the carseat. Luc reaches for Grandpa to hold him and then automatically turns and waves goodbye to Dada.
-Luc used to resist waving hello or goodbye to most people when you asked him to. Now he'll wave at everyone and anything (sticks he's leaving on the ground as we walk on, birds that fly away, planes in the air). He's also starting to blow kisses goodbye to just about anyone as well- even strangers in the store.
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| M-I-C-K-E-Y |
-A few weeks ago we bought a bike seat for Luc for the back of Frederic's bike. And we bought a little helmet, which looks too cute on Luc. We've only gotten to take a few rides with him on the trails, but he loves it! When we get home and take him off the bike, he's immediately walking over to his seat and pointing to it and then pointing to go back outside. The trails have many hills and going downhill you can catch quite a lot of speed. Frederic, of course, has no fear on the bike and will take the hills as fast as he can (without anyone getting hurt). If we give Luc a heads up, he'll hold on to the side of his seat. As Frederic flies down, you can hear Luc saying "wweeeeeeeeee."
Since the last update, Luc no longer uses a bottle at all. But that also has turned out to mean he doesn't drink as much milk. He doesn't mind his different sippy cups, but he just doesn't want to drink a lot of milk anymore. Good thing he loves yogurt and cheese to supplement for the calcium. I also used to hate milk when I was young kid and ended up being lactose intolerant for years. I'm not pushing milk on him if he doesn't like it as long as he gets calcium elsewhere.
Luc is also "sleeping in". He can sleep in until 6am on his own some mornings. Other mornings, he's up between 5-5:45am but will lay back down and eventually fall back asleep when we come in the room. Then he can sleep for up to an hour more. I think the cutting out of the bottle and having milk with a dinner when we eat before he goes to bed has helped. Note to self for the next kid- don't wait as long before weaning off the bottle!
And just when we've established this routine, I have a sneaky feeling Luc's canine teeth will be poking through soon. I really hope they come in easy and don't disrupt his sleep. I'm also hoping traveling doesn't mess him up too much either...
Luc will be an international traveler next week. We leave for Belgium for two weeks to visit family and friends. My anxiety is growing over keeping Luc content on the 8-hour flights and not getting other passengers upset. Hopefully, it'll go smoothly. I'm also hoping that because everything will be new to him (the airport, plane, a lot of people, etc.) that he'll be really happy to see new things instead of bored and cranky.
Next Challenge- no more pacifier. dun dun dunnn
