He really understand the word "no" and says it all the time when he doesn't want something. It started out so cute but I can tell it may get old very quickly... like when we're trying to get him to eat something... ;)
Some of his favorite things are playing out at his sand table (on cold days we just take our little space heater out there and we're warm enough with sweatshirts - it's great to still be able to get "out!"), playing with all his new toys from Christmas (guitar, Leap Frog learning laptop, remote, truck, Sock-Monkey-in-a-box, tractor, and piano (they are seriously all hits!!)), coloring, reading books (when we picked him up from the nursery after church on Sun they said he just wanted to sit and read the whole time!), getting stuff in and out of the pantry, playing with Dad, and "helping" Mom out with whatever I'm doing.
He also loves brushing his teeth - he'll climb up onto the toilet (seat down, of course), grab his toothbrush from its cup and set it on the counter, then grab his toothpaste and pretend to squeeze it onto to the brush, and then brush his teeth. He wants to do this every time we go in the bathroom.
He imitates us all the time, whether it's our laughing or excitement or even our coughing and sneezing. He'll actually "sneeze" into tissues and "wipe" his nose. He's also learned to say "oh man" while covering his mouth - he does it when he's unhappy about something (like when I'm changing his diaper) or sometimes when he's just being silly.
His favorite foods are Grapenuts, yogurt (both by itself and with granola), apples, bananas, carrots with hummus, crackers with peanut butter, and spaghettios. He'll finally eat a couple bites of chicken every once in awhile now, which is a huge achievement!! I feel like we really had a breakthrough this month with his eating - he's trying more things instead of completely refusing something if it's new. He's still hit or miss in that one day he'll like something and the next day he won't, or one day he'll eat really well and the next day only want crackers, but I imagine that's just part of toddlerhood. :)
He uses both a fork and spoon really well.
We're really struggling right now with him throwing everything. As in, chucking his new keyboard across the room, throwing his fork down off his high chair... basically throwing as hard as possible anything he can lift. We understand it's got to be a hard concept for him to grasp - he can throw a ball and we applaud that but then he can't throw his book?? - but we think he's smart enough to start learning.
His schedule is pretty much the same as it was in his 15 month post (which you can read here).
His receptive language and thought process just blow us away sometimes and remind us that he really is getting older! A few funny stories to illustrate that point:
He also loves brushing his teeth - he'll climb up onto the toilet (seat down, of course), grab his toothbrush from its cup and set it on the counter, then grab his toothpaste and pretend to squeeze it onto to the brush, and then brush his teeth. He wants to do this every time we go in the bathroom.
He imitates us all the time, whether it's our laughing or excitement or even our coughing and sneezing. He'll actually "sneeze" into tissues and "wipe" his nose. He's also learned to say "oh man" while covering his mouth - he does it when he's unhappy about something (like when I'm changing his diaper) or sometimes when he's just being silly.
His favorite foods are Grapenuts, yogurt (both by itself and with granola), apples, bananas, carrots with hummus, crackers with peanut butter, and spaghettios. He'll finally eat a couple bites of chicken every once in awhile now, which is a huge achievement!! I feel like we really had a breakthrough this month with his eating - he's trying more things instead of completely refusing something if it's new. He's still hit or miss in that one day he'll like something and the next day he won't, or one day he'll eat really well and the next day only want crackers, but I imagine that's just part of toddlerhood. :)
He uses both a fork and spoon really well.
We're really struggling right now with him throwing everything. As in, chucking his new keyboard across the room, throwing his fork down off his high chair... basically throwing as hard as possible anything he can lift. We understand it's got to be a hard concept for him to grasp - he can throw a ball and we applaud that but then he can't throw his book?? - but we think he's smart enough to start learning.
His schedule is pretty much the same as it was in his 15 month post (which you can read here).
His receptive language and thought process just blow us away sometimes and remind us that he really is getting older! A few funny stories to illustrate that point:
When Brad was taking a shower the other morning, immediately after he turned off the water the shower door started to open. When he looked down, West was standing there opening the door and handed him a shower towel. Apparently he had gone in our closet, picked out a shower towel, and then waited for him to turn off the water to come hand it to him.
We started using a time out chair a few days ago and he already puts himself "in timeout" for things he knows he shouldn't do (like throwing toys he shouldn't) before I have a chance to do it.
The other day a ball rolled under our car in the garage when we were out playing and instead of trying to reach under to get it, he walked across the garage, got the broom, and went back over to the car to try to get it out with the broom, all because he had seen me do that once the week before!
That same day when we were out in the garage I pulled out one of our fold up outdoor chairs (you know, those red and black ones with the cupholders...) to sit in, as opposed to the bench by his sand table. As soon as I sat down he walked over to me, pulled my hand so I'd stand up, and then proceeded to crawl up into it himself! Oh, and he didn't stop there... he then proceeded to ask for his milk and when I gave it to him he set it in the cupholder and just lounged back!He's really getting more hilarious each day, and while some things are SO much easier than this time last year (i.e. eating, schedule, etc) there are always new challenges (like actually raising him to be polite and follow directions and not have meltdowns when we're grocery shopping!). All in all, though, I think we'll keep him. :)
The many faces of West... taken on his 16 mo bday
You should add onions to that list of foods... ;)
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