He officially started walking about 2 weeks after he turned 1. He was taking steps here and there but really started walking most the time a couple weeks after his birthday. He's now running and loves to run around with his sisters.
He loves to be outside, winter is going to be hard on him. And he hates it when I take the girls and leave and he has to stay home with dad. He runs to the door and finds his shoes and gives them to me to put on and it's so sad when I tell him he's not going.
He loves to blow kisses, fold his arms and show us where his hair and toes are. I love when they lean little things like this. He can sign All Done and More but those are really the only signs I've taught him, which is so different then the girls at this age.
He has 6 teeth and has since right after he turned 1. So he hasn't had any new teeth now for a few months.
He is saying bye, hi, uh oh, a few animal sounds and yoyo's (which means those freeze dried yogurt snacks or any treat in general.) He says please and cheese which sound the same so you have to know the context of it. He is obsessed with candy corns and I have to totally hide them from him or he freaks out if I don't give him a piece of mine.
Jaron does not like to drink very much. I try and try to give him more but he just refuses. In the morning he'll drink maybe 3 oz of milk. Then throughout the day he'll take 5-6 for lunch and dinner and then maybe before bed I can get him to drink 1-2 oz. I give him milk and water for snacks and just takes a little here and there. It's such a pain because then he has issues with pooping (I know TMI, sorry) So it's kind of a pain but I can't force the kid to drink as much as I would like to.
At about 14 months Jaron started totally fighting his morning nap. He would cry/talk for 45 mins and then sleep for 15-45 minutes. I fought it for a while then just gave up and moved him to one nap and he's been totally fine taking just 1 nap. Seems so early to give up his morning nap but he's happy and great. For his afternoon nap he'll sometimes sleep 2 1/2 hours but that is the max. This week it's been more like 1 1/2 - 2, with 2 hours being most common. He's just never been a great napper. But he still sleeps so great at night. He goes right down and sleep 11 1/2 -12 hours.
We took his binky away. I know the girls got a whole separate post about this but 3rd child syndrome here. We went to his 15 month appt. and the doctor told me it's moving his top teeth forward. That was all she needed to say. We took it away the next night (I had to give him a night to recover from his shots, especially since he woke up that next morning and started limping to his high chair I guess cuz his leg was stiff. It was the funniest and saddest little limp.) Anyways, that next night we just put him down. And then I left (Shane's much better at this then I am, I becomes paralyzed until I know he's asleep and don't get one thing done, I can't watch TV, I can't work, nothing.) So I left and told him to text me when it's safe to come home. He said Jaron talked, whined for a while then got pretty mad but that only lasted about 15 minutes and he went to sleep. Naps were a lot harder since if he woke up he wouldn't go back to sleep but overall it took 2 days/nights and he's been fine ever since. I still miss it...there are times I wish I could just stick it in to make him calm down faster and easier but I'm so happy it's gone and we're done with that transition.
His 15 month stats from his appt.
22 lbs 12 oz - 50%
32 inches - 75%
75% head
Jaron thinks he can do whatever his sisters do. His latest obsession is sitting at our table and coloring...which is hard since we have a counter height table. It makes me so nervous, especially since he'll climb up on top of the table to grab something when I'm not looking. And now he thinks he's too big to sit in a high chair. I've been fighting it all week and I'm not backing down on that one yet. He also has to feed himself. He will let me feed him if he also has his own spoon and can feed himself at the same time. He's actually pretty good at it, and can get the spoon in with food on it...except this picture when I just let him feed himself without me supervising.
Oh and yesterday we were outside playing and while I was down in our walkout basement area, Jaron decided to join us not by coming down the stairs but by scaling down the rock wall. He had made it down one huge boulder and was hanging on with just his hands trying to find his footing and not scared one bit when Siena said 'Mom, look at Jaron.' I wish I had a picture but there was no time to wait on that one.
Jaron and I took a parent/tot swim class last month. He loves the water still and learned to blow bubbles, he jumps off the side of the pool to me and has no fear at all of the water. It was so fun and he loved every minute of it. It was fun doing some one on one time with him as well.
He's a busy boy and loves to make us laugh. I'm constantly surprised at the things he does as he seems so different then the girls were at this age. Although he is just as clingy as the girls were at this age as well. We love our little boy!
