18 months have passed so quickly, hard to believe Mattanchuck has grown so much. Its time for the annual 18 month report.
Hair color still blond J and eyes still blue JJ .
Likes: the stair are still a huge attractions, so are cars- especially red, since both of our cars are red, he recognizes that and also gray for Ira, his new nanny.
He loves taking his tiny red car or bicycle for a walk, he doesn't really ride the yet, but pushes them along and loves to get in and out even if the car is moving, action style.
The light is a huge hit- he tries to figure which light goes where and asks (loud) to be lifted up to higher lights like the oven light for more advanced research into the on/off world.
Music is also big- he asks to turn it on- he has not figured that one yet, and then like to turn volume low, then very high.
He like opening the blinds, loves his DDDD (DVD player) and can sit and watch the same tune over and over and over and over and over again and over again.
Lately , he loves company especially when going to sleep which makes us lose sleep, we now have a mattress by his bed and stay with him till he falls asleep – its obvious we are suckers 1st time parents. If we are not there he can wail very loud nonstop- serious lungs.
He likes milk- must have 4 times a day, lemonade, water as well but not as much. All manner of fruits and vegetable are good including those I cannot touch like zucchini, yuck. But his taste changes by the day, some days he will eat yogurt and other days not. While distracted by activities we can jam more food into him
Favorite fruit- blueberries, 2nd place blueberries, and way below banana and peach.
He likes kasha, and is very good in general with potatoes, bread, meats, rice, soup. Good eater.
He outweighs his cousin (4 month older) , but not as tall.
He loves train and will begin to steal from other babies in the library.
Best friend – Allen – who is 2 months older then him- and they shout ooowwwww to one another- they communicate well.
He loves bridges and going up and down things, cross the road then cross back. He knows to mimic dog, monkey, owl , rooster, lion (a bit) but not cat. He points to him self when we say his name and clearly points to us and his grand parents and nanny.
You can see him thinking all the time, he likes to stand and watch as things unfold ( my fault) slightly less social with other kids, but it gets better. He cant sit still in classes for babies (same as me).
He is likely right handed but shows left tendencies as well.
He will sometimes sit on the couch next to me, mimicking me, adorable. He climbs ladders and goes up the slide, good climber.
He is sometimes brave and sometimes afraid of dogs, with cats he is still cautious.
His arch nemesis – Johnny 5 a.k.a romba the mobile vacuum – he is terrified of that, but not from the regular vacuum.
His new fetish is shoes- he tries ours on, still did not start walking in them and he would bring shoes to us as a sign that he wants to go outside. He understand when we want to dress him to go outside.
He is an expert of floor peeing if I take the diaper off and let him road before the shower.
He does like the shower itself, especially putting the shampoo bottles on the hanger and back down.
He knows how to open caps and scares the hell out of me and also tries to dismount his high chair and that also scares me.
He falls often , barely cries and moves on, he will sometimes cry for attention , not long – but he will cry when he can't do something- frustration cry for help. As mentioned before, he will scream when he doesn't want to go to bad.
He can fall asleep easy in the car, same as I. he mimics hand gestures, my favorite is when he curls his hand "what" kind of gesture, just precious. He does high five and we now try to teach him to five in both hands.
He tries something and tries again till he gets it right, very impressive persist-ency.
He likes to run around our kitchen island and play some sort of hide and seek with chases.
He starts to get in to cars, which is good.
His says hi, bye, mama, papa, baba, lion, and understand Russian and Hebrew- we try to keep the English at minimum at this point. At the library he says bye to everyone and gets a lot of well-deserved attention. At the local market he begins to get stickers from the clerks but does not understand what to do with them yet. Magnets are a new discovery, he has not figured out why the trains stick on just one side. But he likes to create a long train and take it for a ride in the library.
He has been to 2 countries so far and 2 states. Already more than the average American.
Ah, he has high a whole section of the buck eye trail- the Bedford section from Brecksville reservation till Lake Erie in Mentor. Over 67 miles!!!
Well that's it for tonight.
My son, don't stop surprising, can't wait to see what come's next.
And don't be upset when you see us taking you out of your crib soon, it is needed for the next one…..
