Jack is 18 months old today. As always…. how did he get to be a year and a half already??
He continues to amaze me with all the things he’s learning. He is getting very good at communicating his wants, even though he doesn’t have a lot of words. He has created some of his own signs, like doing the “Wheels on the Bus” motion to mean bus. He laughs a lot. He wants to do a lot of things on his own, like setting the table with his placemat and fork and knife.
We’re still going to a cooperative preschool once a week, and he spends a lot of time shoveling gravel into containers and having tea parties at the picnic table. We got a water/sand table for the backyard, and he loves to get soaking wet splashing around.
His sleeping has been a little more hit and miss. He’s had a cough for almost three months (I took him to the doctor; she said “either allergies or a virus, not much to be done”) and sometimes it wakes him (and me!) up at night. We are mostly over the nap strike, I think; most days he goes down without too much fuss.
He’s gotten a little more particular with his food, though I still wouldn’t call him picky. Some days he eats everything in sight; some days he won’t touch his dinner. I think that’s pretty normal todder behavior.
Overall, he’s still a pretty easygoing guy, with the occasional tantrum thrown in. We’re so lucky to have him in our lives.
