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| Homeboy loves the bath. |
Brody is 12 months old! Here's what he's up to:
-He weighs 20 lbs and is in the 25% for his weight
-He's 28 inches long and is in the 25% for his height.
- His head is in the 90%
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| Sitting in his big boy chair (thank you Great Grandpa Niels, Aunt JoAnne and Granddaddy and Mimi!) |
- He wears size 3-4 diapers if he's not in cloth and is still on the medium setting on his one size diapers.
- He wears 9-12 month clothing but I've started just putting him in his 12 month spring/summer clothes because of the weather, they're a little big but he'll grow into them. He's a little one!
- He crawls like a machine. He's SO fast and can get from one side of the apartment to the other in seconds. He's not walking yet and I'm pretty sure it's because he doesn't see a need since he can crawl so quickly.
- He does cruise around furniture and he'll hold your hands and walk with assistance. Though, he'll only do that for a little bit before dropping to the ground to crawl.
- He climbs furniture like a little monkey. He finds ways to get up onto most anything. I've seen him move toys near Logan's bed so he can climb onto the toys to hoist himself onto her bed. Definitely all boy.
- He still sleeps really well. He takes a 2 hour nap in the morning and a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon and then is down for the night at 7. Typically he wakes between 9:30-10 for a quick 10-15 minute cuddle session and then is back down until 7:30am. When he's cutting teeth we're up all night.
- He cut one more tooth between 11-12 months so we're up to 7 and the 8th is right underneath his gums.
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| Hey there, handsome! |
- We've got him down to using the pacifier only during naps and bedtime. We've actually done quite a few naps without the pacifier, too, so I'm thinking we may drop it during naps altogether soon.
- He eats three solid meals a day. I've yet to give him something he hates. His favorites are: mango, avocado, cheese, peas, green beans, broccoli, bananas, strawberries and carrots.
You can really tell how tiny he is when you see him in cargo shorts like these, they're 6-9 month and they almost look like pants!
- He's drinking whole milk now and seems to enjoy it. He's still nursing, too.
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| Birthday dinner. |
- He can say several words in sign language: more, please, thank you, all done, night night, bye bye, milk, drink, hungry are the ones off the top of my head.
- He can say a few words verbally: bath, ball, juice, milk, cheese (in reference to smiling for the camera-ha!), bye, dada, mama, ya-ya or la-la for Logan.
- Is very affectionate. He's a super snuggler!
- An absolute morning person, unlike his night owl sister! Not going to lie, it's a little bit difficult to have one of each.
It's very strange having a one year old the second go around. With Logan I looked at one as being so old and not a baby anymore--in fact, I think I was calling her a toddler before she even turned one. Brody, though, is still all baby to me. Maybe it's because he's not walking yet? Or maybe it's because after having had one, I know that the time is so quick and so precious that I need not grow him up more quickly than he already is going to. It's such a blessing to watch him grow and learn and explore the world. We know that all things come from the Lord and are so thankful that this is one of the blessings that He's chosen to bestow on us. We look forward to many years go come!
