Boy has this past 5 months flown by! People always say to cherish your time with the little guys because they grow up so fast. Honestly, the first year went by surprisingly slow. I think that was a good thing and a bad thing. Since Henley nursed so much during that first year, I was really able to just sit with him and be in the moment. That definitely helped to slow down the time and take it all in. On the flip side, it always seemed that Henley's physical developments were slower than his mental ones. He would act like he was frustrated to move on to the next level. That made things tough, and some times I couldn't wait for him to master the next challenge. Once he started walking, that got a lot better.
Fast forward to 17 months, and I feel like we just had his 1st birthday party. I look at 12 month olds now and think that they are so little! These days it's difficult to get H to sit still for his monthly photo, so I am just going to describe a typical week for our little man.
My Week with a 17 Month Old
Now that Henley has his own little group of friends, we have been able to celebrate a few first birthdays! This past weekend, we celebrated Maila's birthday at Travel Town. H is super into trains at the moment, so of course he had so much fun.
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| Choo-Choo |
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| Taking a ride on the train. |
We took a family trip to Ikea to get the house a little more organized. H loved to help us with all the home improvements. We also decided to convert the crib back from the toddler bed to the infant crib. He wasn't using it at all so we took one side off. Now that Alex and I are taking turns putting H to bed, we are trying to put him in the crib to start the night. I was shocked because he slept from 8:30 pm-3:00 am alone in the crib on Tuesday night! What's happening?!
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| Helping Dad with the crib |
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| Peek-A-Boo! |
The words that are coming out of this boy's mouth are crazy. He must have picked up over 20 words in the last month. Not only can he say so many more things, but he is repeating almost everything I say. The boy never shuts up! He will also just sit and talk when he is by himself playing. The talking is also making driving more fun. I will just shout out words that he knows and he will say them back. Makes the short 10-15 drives so much better! New words at the moment: Trash truck, Coppy (Coffee), Yeah, No, Pee-Pee, Poo-Poo, Bumpy, Dumpy, Wa-Wa (Water) and Mo-Mo (More).
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| Sitting in bed telling me a story |
Most days we still try and get out of the house. Our favorite outings are the zoo and the park. We are also part of a playgroup at a local college. H has tons of fun there, but we aren't allowed to take pictures. :(
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| He loves to brush the goats. |
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| How I see Henley the majority of the time |
On the days where we stay home, I have to be creative and find tons of activities to keep him busy. At this age, he is also playing with toys that I thought he didn't like again. I guess doing a toy rotation would totally help with this. We finally got a kid table at Ikea, and he is slowly starting to get the hang of it. I try and give 1 meal a day at this table.
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| Breakfast |
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| Still loving the hummus...so proud! |
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| Dumping...he favorite word at the moment |
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| Exploring |
His favorite game at the moment is going into the closet and closing the door. He does this in the bedroom and the broom closet. He can actually close the bedroom closet doors, which can be scary when you don't know where he is. :)
We aren't officially trying to potty train yet, but we do keep the potty out and let him sit on it while we read. He is starting to say "pee-pee" when he pees, so he might figure it out soon. Unfortunately, he already out grew the cloth diapers that are supposed to fit until potty training. We might have to rush things due to that. :(
Thanks for reading and I'll have all the stats from his big 18 month check-up next month!
