One more month and I have a 1 1/2 year old. It can't be!
-The last couple of months have been rough. You had your first ear infection at 14 months. You are now 17 months and have the exact same infection. You've been on 4 (or 5...I've lost count) different antibiotics and even had rocephin shots! Those were awful...painful....and they didn't even make a dent in the infection. We are headed to the ENT this coming Monday. Dr. N seems to think tubes are the only way we are going to get rid of this nasty thing. I'm all for it. You act fine throughout the day, but being horizontal seems to bother you, so we haven't had too much sleep around here these days. Every once in a while you will surprise us with sleeping through the night, but I know that when you do wake up, it's because your ears are bothering you.
-Nicknames! I'm pretty sure I never call you by your name! I really don't even ever call you Whitt. What you most often get called (by me): Bit, Bit-Bit, Bitten, Bitters. Those kind of make sense, right?? Well, you have also adopted the name Bunkers, Bunks, Bunk, Bunky. Don't ask. I have no idea!
-Sleep!!! You can and do...and would more often.... sleep though the night if your ears were happy. On a good night, you go down between 7-7:30 and sleep until 6:30-7:30. Our routine has been rocked lately and you have ended up in bed with us on numerous occasions so that we can elevate your head to relieve pressure.
-We finally got you into Mother's Day Out. Because of this, you have dropped your first nap! Yay!!!! It just means we can actually leave the house in the mornings without having to hurry back for a nap! But, on MDO days, you are still taking 2 naps. Your second one is just late...around 4:30. I don't think you will need that for much longer.
-You are M-O-O-D-Y!!!!! You will be laughing and having a good time with your brother one minute, and screaming and griping at him the next! Poor Cooper never knows what to expect. However, your big brother does know how to push your buttons and does it on purpose most of the time. It cracks me up at how different your personalities are. If something was not right in Cooper's world (someone took something away from him or hurt his feelings) he would just cry. You on the other hand, get highly ticked off. If you could, you would use a bad word and start swinging. Josh and I always laugh about how we get our boys to get in a good mood. When Coop was in a bad mood, we could make funny faces, funny sounds, tickle....and he just loved it and would instantly light up. However, if Whitt is in a bad mood....funny faces, sounds, touching....just exacerbates the bad mood! He's like a 13 year old girl!
-However, you do love love love your brother (most of the time) and y'all have lots of fun together!
-You LOVE Mickey Mouse!!!!!! You call him "Mow".
-You are finally eating solids, but are still very picky. You ate a whole plate of Mexican Casserole the other night. Ground meat and all. You like Ravioli, hot dogs, mac and cheese (sometimes), pancakes. Umm....that's about it. You are at least attempting to take bites of new food. Sometimes it's a go, but most of the time you spit it out. We are making progress...so that's a good thing! Most of your veggies come from those new pouches. Your favorites are spinach, peas, and pears. Also broccoli and apple! Gross....but at least you are getting something! You ate bites of an actual apple the other day...and liked it! I don't know how you chewed it, but I'll take what I can get.
-You still only have 5 teeth.
-Words- apple, bye-bye, mama, dada, dee-dee, ball, car, bu (bubba), ca-ca (cracker), mo (more), soo (shoe), bee. I know there is more (not a lot more), but I can't think of them.
-Animal sounds- monkey, kitty, lion, elephant, fish, duck, dog, pig, giraffe, chicken, cow...
-You are now identifying and pointing to lots of different animals/objects.
-You still love puzzles and always put the piece where it is supposed to go. You get frustrated (and scream) if you can't get it to fit though. You clap for yourself when you get a piece in the right spot.
-You FINALLY figured out how to stand up in the middle of the floor. Forever, you would walk on your knees to a place you could pull up on.
-You love books...but still just like looking at pictures and "talking" and pointing to everything. You won't really listen to a story.
-You love Peek-A-Boo.
-You LOVE letters and numbers. You can't identify any of them...yet!!! HA! But, you love pointing to all of them and get super excited! You think you already know all of them and are very proud of yourself! This is about the age we started with Coop. Hopefully after tubes, your speech will pick up and you will start picking up the sounds.
-You still LOVE eyebrows and use them to soothe yourself. That or the velcro on your shoe. Still sucking on that lip/tongue.
-You can point to your belly, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair. We are working on some new ones...chin and toes!
-You love your Dada and get so excited when he comes home from work. Nothing better than being greeted by such a happy little guy.
-Even though you are "Rudy Attitude-y" you crack me up every single day! You are precious, loving and so sweet (most of the time)!! I love you, sweet boy! Happy 17 months!
"Bit, where is your nose?
Screaming at your brother
Oh, wait...he's kinda funny!
Having a "Lady and the Tramp" moment!
Love me some after bath curls!
Cooper at 17 months
