18 months

Charlie at 18 months:

·      says: “ba” ball, momma, dada, jack,  uh oh, juice, no, book, shoe, cheese, bye bye, hello,

·      makes a dog sound (we are working on other animals, but that is the only one that has stuck)

·      I say that Charlie is my “silent talker”. I made up this term for him because he talks with grunts and sounds and I know exactly what he wants or what he is saying. For example, after he goes poopy he will say, “sss sss” which means stinky. Also, he shakes his head yes or no a lot instead of saying the words. He also still claps his hands for “more”

·      He wears size 18-24 month clothes

·      He still has the smallest foot…size 4. Jack was in a size 6-7 by now.

·      He doesn’t watch any tv (unlike his brother at this age who was obsessed with yo gabba gabba)

·      He is starting to show his temper (mostly when we don’t serve a meal on time)

·      He still doesn’t love hugs from his brother, but he is ok with it if jack tells him he is going to hug him first

·      Some of his favorite foods are: krave cereal, deli meat, string cheese, chicken nuggets,  mac n cheese, spaghetti, fruit, etc. he will eat pretty much everything we eat (which is totally different than jack)

·      Sleeps through the night (unless he is teething)

·      Wakes up at 6:30-7:00, goes to bed at 8:00

·      Takes 2 naps still…a morning nap around 9:30-10:00 and an afternoon nap from 2:00-4:00. He is so grouchy if he doesn’t get a morning nap…not sure when we will drop it

·      He loves his pacies! He has one all the time (go ahead judge all you want, but I am his momma and I don’t see the harm in it right now…he won’t go to kindergarten with one!!) it soothes him! He sleeps with about 6 pacies and plays with them. When we get him out of his bed he has to grab for the nearest extra pacie and either switch to that one or just carry that one to the changing table.

·      Loves pete