Oh, sweet Elijah, it seems you have officially entered toddler-hood. A lot has happened to you between 18 & 19 months: 6 new teeth have made their way through your gums (2 more are waiting to pop through), you transitioned yourself from two naps a day down to one, and you became a big brother. Needless to say, Mom is ready for things to calm down around our house...we've had plenty of changes and transitions between this month and last!
You are a BIG boy! You weigh approximately 27lbs and are about 34 inches tall! People often mistake you for being older than you are.
When you aren't teething, you are a very happy, content boy. You're not jealous of the time I need to spend with Charlotte and you can happily play by yourself. But, you also have your moments where you demand attention and if you don't get it immediately, you begin to whine. I know that at this age the world revolves around you and some days, that is very apparent. : )
You are like a little sponge, constantly learning new things. It only takes once or twice of showing you something, for you to catch on. You can correctly point to each object on your flashcards when asked, you know the color blue, the shape of a heart & you are learning how to sort your mega-blocks by colors.
I can no longer eat food in front of you, without you saying "bite" because you HAVE to have a bite of whatever I'm eating. And then, it's not just one bite that you want, it's bite after bite until you and I have finished what was supposed to be my snack, not yours. You are pretty willing to try any food. A few weeks ago, we let you eat a large amount of broccoli because we were just so happy you were eating it. Never again, unless Dad is home to help change poopy diapers the next day ( I think you had 5 of them that day!).
You can be so silly and you love to make us laugh. You recently learned how to roll your eyes and will do it repeatedly just to make us laugh. In fact, you will do anything repeatedly if you noticed someone laugh about what you were doing.
Your only real act of defiance is when you stand on the couch and yell "no" when we tell you to sit down. We started timeouts, which you're understanding is not a good thing.
You LOVE to play outside and would probably stay out there all day if we let you. Most of the time, you're not even playing with your toys; you're finding sticks, playing in dirt & trying to get water out of the hose...such a boy! You also continue to have a love for reading books. You will sit in your room and pull every book off your shelf and flip through the pages. You would probably be in heaven if Mom & Dad could read to you non-stop all day long.
You sleep from 7pm-7am and nap from noon-3pm. You are very easy to put down for bed. As long as you have a book to read in your crib, you are happy.
You are so lovable and we can't wait to see what month 19 brings!!!!!
