21 Months

Blake is now 21 months - (This is going up late)

 

*He loves getting Chloe out of her cage or outside when we get home.

*He’s still loves shoes. If he sees his shoes then he has to wear them. He loves to walk around with Jeremy’s shoes on and he tries to wear my flip flops sometimes.

*He only takes one nap and some days it’s 3+ hours and sometimes it 30 minutes or less.  

*He sleeps with his binky at night but other than that we try our best not to let him have it.

*He loves hot dogs, raisins, grapes, bananas, mandarin oranges, pretzels, McDonald’s chicken nuggets, chick-fil-a chicken, popcorn, chips, ketchup, fruit loops and yogurt. He loves trying all the samples at Costco. He knows what they are too so if you pass a sample cart without getting him one he gets upset.

* He hates getting his hands dirty. If he falls in sand or grass he gets upset until you wipe his hands clean.

*If he falls or hits his head you have to kiss it and then it’s immediately better.

*When I tell him to say “love you” he gives me a kiss on the cheek. He does the same thing when you tell him to say Sorry.

*His favorite shows are Sesame Street, tweet tweet, ruff ruff and dave, and little Einstein’s.

*I love watching little Einstein’s with him because he does all the hand motions and pats his knees. It’s super cute.  

*He still LOVES Elmo. He loves wearing his Elmo PJ’s and every morning he shows us his stuffed Elmo.  

*He loves his slide. He will go up and down for hours if you let him.

*He loves tools.

*He’s pretty good at cleaning up. If I tell him to clean up his toys in the family room he will go and put them in the bin for the most part.

*Says thank you and please. He is SUPER good at Thank you. Every time I hand him something he says thank you. I didn’t even teach him this. He just picked up on it at daycare. He will says please but you have to say “what do you say?” Then he will say Please. He says it very quietly and quickly.

*When he goes to bed he has to walk up the stairs using the rails. He started waving at anyone downstairs at each step. It takes 20 minutes to get up the stairs.  

*He loves climbing things. Once he climbs up it he sits all proud of himself with the biggest smile.

* He switched to a queen bed a while ago and he does really well but it takes him longer to actually settle down and fall asleep.

*He puts his dirty clothes in his drawers almost every night. Sometimes empties his drawers into his laundry basket. It used to be funny but it’s getting frustrating.

*Uses his fork and spoon to eat most of this dinner. He usually does really well with it.

*Loves water. He has wanted water more than milk.

*Eats a banana every morning. If we are out there is a meltdown. He also loves cuties but he loves his banana.

* He has all his teeth.

*He HATES holding hands. Jeremy has been working on it with him but he fights him most of the time.

*He knows his body parts
* We have been working on counting for about a month. When we started he would say one and then we would say two and he would yell “NO”. He hated 2. Now when we say one he says two and eventually he says 3. He is very stubborn about learning. He doesn’t like to do it on demand and won’t. If he doesn’t want to count he will yell “NO”

*He knows what the word “no” means. When he says no to a question 90% of the time he means it.

*He has started noticing my belly and he will point at it or touch it. We tell him to wave at the baby and he will wave at my stomach.

*He doesn’t like to walk in tall grass/weeds. We went camping for the first time and the grass was a little long and he hated it touching his leg.

 *I put a lot of his snacks in a kid proof bowl and he walks around saying bowl until you give him a bowl with his snacks.

*When he wants more food he will say more but he doesn’t always mean more of what he was eating just more food.

*He loves phones. He knows when my phone vibrates and starts saying phone even if he can’t see it. He loves looking at the pictures on our phone.