Fox | 19 Month Update

Weight:

Haven't weighed him lately. He was 24.6lbs when we went to the doctor a couple of weeks ago for his cold. 

Height:

Not sure

Health:

He’s been sick on and off ever since we came back from vacation at the end of November. Cruise Ships and Airplanes are just so germy! He’s been having a runny nose and cough, we also went to the doctor to rule out an ear infection (which thankfully he didn’t have), but he can’t seem to shake this cold off!

Nicknames:

Big Honey, Bubba, Turkey, Schatzi, Bubbles, Mr. Fox, Foxy, Pumpkin, Poodle 

Eating:

Same as last month, picky as can be. I really, really dislike feeding him, so Katie usually does it, because I keep worrying that he’s not eating the right stuff. I pray for our next child to be a great eater!

On the cruise, Grandma gave him ice cream and he has been obsessed ever since (he hasn’t had it since we returned, but still yells Ice Cream every time I open the freezer!). During the Cruise he demanded Ice Cream every night and just kept saying “Ice Cream” and “Bitte” (German word for Please) in the most pathetic and sad voice I ever heard. It was pretty funny, although I wish he would ask for more broccoli instead!

Teething: 

No new teeth this month, he has 16. 

Sleeping:

Same as last month! He’s been sleeping great. We get about 11 hours at night and 2-3 hours for nap. 3 hours is the norm, but you never know. 

He goes to bed around 8pm and wakes up around 7am.

We still do the same routine, Milk, Books, Lights out and Singing until he tells us he’s ready for bed (the whole thing takes about 15 minutes). He now associates Milk with Books and vice versa, i.e. when we read books during the day, he thinks he should get milk too. Or, whenever he has milk (he gets a cup first thing in the morning, before nap and before bed), we have to read books as well. In addition, he asks for a “Decke” (German word for blanket) to go along with this routine, he usually wants two blankets to get all cozy and he loves it. He is still excited to go to bed and wants us to cover him with his “Decke” too.

Diapers:

Size 4

Clothing:

18-24 months, Size 5 Shoe  

Social:

The hitting has become much better, he also has been very gentle with our dog Cosie and cuddles on him now instead of trying to hit or kick him.

He is still shy around a big group of people, but gets out of his shell very quickly. He does not play with other kids yet (or rather very rarely), but is okay with sharing his toys. He has a very sensitive soul and does not like it when another child takes something away from him. He doesn’t get mad or tries to take it back, but just starts crying and is very sad. Same goes when another kid hits him, he never hits back, but gives us the biggest boo boo lip and starts crying. So sad!

Words:

Too many words to count or remember. It becomes very frustrating when he tries to tell us something and we don’t understand what he means and keep guessing. When we guess the right word, he gets really happy and excited. We call him the one syllable king and he is still mostly speaking one word “sentences” (I guess you can’t call that a sentence, but I don’t know how else to describe it).

A few new words he has picked up this month that I remembered to write down:

Stuck, Awesome, Sucker (Katie called me a Sucker and Fox repeated it – we have to be careful what we say now!), airplane, shoe, ice cream, socks, Decke (Blanket), Cookie, Tucker

He also understands what cold means and says “brrrr” when it’s cold and pretends to be shivering, so funny!

Likes:

Music and dancing, being outside, swimming, bigger kids, sleeping on his side and stomach, Cosie, showering, having his mommies attention, watching videos of himself, playing hide and seek, playing soccer and basketball, riding and sitting in his cozy coupe, being independent, reading books, balls, riding those mechanical cars in the mall, climbing, watching the Disney parade on youtube, Kettle Corn (we can thank grandpa for that one!), pretend driving our car (he throws an epic meltdown whenever we tell him no), the Ocean, playing Mini Golf and Hockey, playing with Grandma’s dogs, playing Cars, Shrek the Halls (Katie’s dream come true to watch this with him!), Santa, Carousels, drinking out of a big cup with a straw, Christmas Music (“Santa Claus is coming to town” is his favorite!), Tackling us, Disneyland Parade

Dislikes:

Putting lotion on after his bath, when we don’t allow him to do something, when we go inside after playing outside, trying new foods, when someone he loves gets hurt

Fun things we did:

This month has been so much fun already! Fox took his 14^th airplane ride and we went on a Family Cruise to the Caribbean, where Fox swam in the ocean for the first time and also swam with dolphins. We did a lot of Christmas activities and enjoyed every moment of this magical time with our one year old: We saw Santa, took Fox’s Christmas pictures, went to see (fake) snow at one of our outdoor malls, saw the Fairmont Princess Christmas Lights display, had a cookie and ornament exchange with our friends at our house, decorated our house and tree, went to Zoolights and looked at Christmas Lights!

Milestones:

His language is still exploding and it’s so fun to be able to communicate with him.

What we’re looking forward to:

To experience the rest of the Christmas Season with Fox and to celebrate his second Christmas with him!

We are also thinking about possibly spending New Year’s at the beach In Mexico and are looking forward for our new au pair to arrive at the beginning of January!