Oh boy... two weeks late for this one! This has been a challenging month with a day care change, the holidays AND illnesses. Ben finally made the switch from Bright Horizons to a new Montessori School near our house. He misses his teachers, Miss Jackie and Miss Mia, at the old school, but loves the […]
Read moreBen turned 19 months old on Nov 23rd! He's doing great, although it's been a rough month with teeth coming in and schedule interruptions with Halloween and Thanksgiving festivities. Despite being a little grumpy, he's still still talking up a storm all day every day. He's now "grown out of" (aka, doesn't like) his booster […]
Read moreUgh. I'm running so late on this one! Ben turns 1.5 years old on Oct 23rd!!! He weighs 28 lbs and is 34.5 inches tall, which makes me a little sad because he's now too big to rock to sleep :(. Ben's doing great - he's walking and talking a lot. His favorite words are […]
Read moreBen turned 17 months old on Sept 23rd. He started walking a few days after he turned 16 months. He still prefers to crawl - we're just letting him take his time. Ben's now eating pretty effectively with a toddler fork and spoon. He's also saying lots of new words - there are too many […]
Read moreBen turns 16 months old today! His vocabulary is still increasing pretty fast - it's hard to keep up, but off the top of my head I can remember banana, bear, rain, go, dinosaur, clouds, and, our favorite, ohhhhh noooooo! He loves watching Baby Shark by Super Simple Songs on youtube, which he calls the […]
Read moreBen turned 15 months old on July 23rd! His vocabulary is increasing surprisingly fast. He's started saying bye-bye, hi, outside, sky, star, moon, belly, baby, diaper, dinosaur, and yogurt in addition to words he figured out a few months ago (it's hard to keep up). He can tell us the sound that cows, sheep, ducks […]
Read moreWait... didn't I just write the 13th month update?!? Good grief. This month Ben has added "uh-oh", "baby" (while pointing to himself) and "pool" to his vocabulary. He is also shaking his head "no" and nodding for "yes". He's signing for "banana" in addition to "eat", "milk", and "hat" and can point to his eyes, […]
Read moreBen turned 13 months old on the 23rd. He's changing so fast that it's hard to keep up. He's no longer gaining weight, but is getting much taller. We've now lost count of how many teeth he has - probably ~11 or 12? He's gotten some molars in on both the top and bottom. We're […]
Read moreBen turns one year old today! We are thrilled to have made it this far in one piece. I think he's ~26 lbs or so and probably at least 32" long (he's wearing 18-24 month clothing now). We are working on weaning him from his pacifier - any tips are greatly appreciated. It's most difficult […]
Read moreBen turned 11 months on Friday. This month has been a fun one - no illnesses with the exception of mom and dad's food poisoning at in early March. Ben's at least 25 lbs and 31.5 inches now. He no longer fits into 12 month clothing and is in 12-18 or 18 months instead. His […]
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