_: fifteen months

13 April 2009

fifteen months

fifteen months old today ... time is still flying by at a rate I never realized existed. love for this sweet boy keeps growing at a depth I never anticipated either.

a few 15 month updates:

about three to four weeks ago Henry dropped a few things ... his morning nap and his pacifier. while it was nice to have some time in the morning to catch up on housework and other stuff, I must admit I enjoy this "no nap time freedom" so to speak. we have more play time in the mornings for activities and such. no rushing back to the house for a nap. I like it. as for the loss of his papsy, the first couple of days he had a little trouble with it, but after that it was totally fine. now he just chews his poor little dog and tiger blankets to pieces!
he is eating most of what we eat at meal times. while he will still eat a good variety of fruits and veggies, he now has an opinion and eating has become a little trickier despite my hard efforts in getting him to eat anything and everything. I keep telling myself my expectations are too high. some of his favorites are: yogurt, waffles, bread, any kind of bean, fish (LOVES fish), chicken, sweet potatoes, spinach, bananas, applesauce, and crackers. we try to get him to taste new foods as much as we can. Funny story ... I am overprotective (and I know and admit this) about what he eats ... one day at church I packed him a snack and when I picked him up, they told me he ate his snack AND had a pop tart. A pop tart-he'd never had a pop tart and there was a reason for that! For a few minutes I was not happy about this at all, but didn't say anything to anyone at church. Several minutes later I found myself laughing ... I mean really, one pop tart, is that going to hurt him?!? In the grand scheme of life this was nothing to be concerned about ... so that was one parenting lesson learned that day ... (*note: for anything I might post on here, just because we allow or disallow certain things for H or ourselves, this does reflect us being judgemental about decisions other parents make that might differ with ours - every child is different and every parent is different. this does not mean any one parent is better than another, so please don't misunderstand our thoughts/decisions/comments)
he is a happy guy most of the time but he can get mad. he has a temper. we are just starting time out. he really hates to put on pants too ... not sure why. he will get mad at times if he does not get his way. the fun begins, right?!
he loves to be outdoors. he loves animals, except for some reason he is afraid of my sister's dogs and I am perplexed about this.
he is signing many new signs (am trying to get these all on video to post).
he can say "night night," momma," "dog," and "da-da."
he has the best laugh ever.
he loves to "waller" around in your lap, on a bed, on a couch and be tickled. he could do this for 30 minutes or more.
he loves riding in his stroller.
he has started to cry when gary or I leave him ... sometimes worse than others. he usually stops soon after we leave, but it still is sad!
he is still a picky book reader -loves to be read to, but only those books he "likes." not sure when this will change ... hopefully soon! :)