His stats (from BabyCenter):
Height: 35 inches (between 90th and 95th percentile)
Weight: 29.5 pounds (between 75th and 90th percentile)
Head Size: 20.5 inches (above 95th percentile)
So that's no change in his height or head size this month and a loss of .8 pounds. Kevin did weigh him the other day, and he was 32.5 pounds that day--he must have been having a fat pants day that day. :)
What he's doing this month:
- Talking more and more each day! He still does a lot of pointing and Nah!-ing (instead of Dah!-ing), but he has clearly said: Mama, Dada, Ball, Bowl, Brown, Black, Broom (we were on a B kick one day), Vroom, Dog, Woof, Yes, No, and Jeep (he yells out Jeep! when we see one in a parking lot). He is getting close with Plane and Bus--they are Pluh and Bah, but he uses them in context so I know what he means. He WANTS to say Tractor and Car, but they sound nothing like what they are supposed to just yet.
- He is Mr. Independent when getting things in/out of the fridge. We made him his own shelf at his eye level, so now he can go and get his water, milk, strawberries, or other food when he wants them. It is a blessing and a curse--when he was first opening and closing the door to get things, my reaction was to lock down the doors (and I did with safety straps). The straps got in MY way, though, when I needed to get things out, so I took them off. If I'm trying to cook dinner or he's just opening it too much, I do attach the strap again just for my sanity (and tell him it's 'closed' for now).
- He's making more and more connections about which things go with which/what things are supposed to do.
- For instance, he will get my hair dryer out from under the sink and reach the plug up towards the outlet for me to plug it in.
- While we were camping this weekend, he took Ben and Adie's keys and went over to their car's keyhole and tried to put the key in the keyhole.
- He (ewww!) grabs the toilet brush and tries to clean the toilet.
- He will put his burpcloths away when we're putting away laundry! (They have a drawer, and he will take them over, open the drawer, and put them inside--awesome! I no longer use them for eating, obviously, but I do use them under his bum on the changing table so I don't have to change the cover itself as often.)
- He just grabbed the Q-tips this morning and held one up to his ear, like he was cleaning it (I kept a close eye in case he accidentally jabbed it too far in his ear.)
- He's also getting much better at puzzles.
- He is still obsessed with the Cars movie and Thomas the Train stuff at Target. We've borrowed Ben and Adie's copy of Cars for now--we might take it with us on our car trip to Michigan in a few weeks. I found a few Cars books at a garage sale last week, so we've read the whole story (I think) and also a book just on Mater, so we are learning the story and characters with him. [Side note: Kevin does a hilarious Mater voice when he reads to Lewis--it's awesome.]
- He is still obsessed with cars, planes, buses, Jeeps, planes, tractors, etc. in all of his books and out in the world.
- He is getting much better eating with a spoon and fork, and he is starting to take small bites off of bigger things (toast, pizza, banana, etc.) instead of us always cutting things up into smaller pieces.
- He dances quite a lot--usually in his high chair. His signature move is swaying his arms back and forth (like 'Throw your hands in the air and wave 'em like you just don't care'). Sometimes he also shakes his head or claps his hands. I still need to get video of it!
- Sort of along the lines of dancing, he has started going this funny little scoot with his feet. I call it the 'Truffle Shuffle,' but it doesn't look like the one from The Goonies. It's just his feet--he'll just shuffle them and kind of smile to himself--almost like he's found a much better/more fun way of getting from Point A to Point B.
- Just this morning, he started spinning in a circle (and eventually falling down from dizziness). Just one more way for him to get some bumps and bruises! :)
- He has become a lot more steady on the stairs, going both up and down. We still trail him, just in case he slips, but he'll really gotten surefooted on them.
- After Kevin reads to him at bedtime, he'll tell him it's time for bed, and Lew walks over to the crib and grabs the railings (ready for Kevin to boost him over the side). We've been a little out of sync the past few weeks with naps (and some early wake-ups) because of allergies/a cold, but things seem to be getting better the past few days.
- He has not made any more escape attempts since the Great Toddler Bed Debacle, thankfully. I still put him in a sleep sack at naptime (with his t-shirt underneath), but we are putting him in footed pajamas at bedtime and he has been fine (hasn't escaped yet). So hooray for that!
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