A couple days late, but here it is. We don't have our doctor's apointment for a couple weeks--insurance likes you to be past your birthday--so I'll report the offical findings then. I can't find where I put a 14 month update. Hmmm. Is there something about birthdays ending in 'five' that make them seem more important?
We've taught Ed how to blow kisses. It was very easy to do and took hardly any time before he caught on. Now we can get him to blow kisses easier than we can get him to wave 'bye-bye'. It's so funny to watch him put his little hand to his mouth, make the mmwwaaa... noise as he gestures out with his hand.
According to our guesstimates, he weighs about 24.5 pounds. He has definitely grown in height as measured by what he can now reach. He is grabbing at door handles and can basically push the front storm door open because the handle is so easy to push. He can reach just about to the back of the couch and can almost pull the top drawers open in the kitchen.
He can now turn lights on AND off. Up until a week or so ago, he could only turn them off. He seems to be equally proficient with the nobby switches as with the newer rocker style switches.
It seems like he is starting to change his preferences for toys. Some of the old standbys no longer hold his interest, or even capture his attention. It's difficult to let go of those toys though, as every now again, just when I have about decided it's time to put them away, he gets really engaged by one of these toys and I decide to leave it out for a little while longer. In the end, I think it will be me who is more attached to the toys than Ed.
Walking--anyone who placed a bet has lost. I don't believe anyone thought it would take him this long to start walking. He will walk back and forth between 2 people--I think the most steps he's taken in this way is maybe 9-12. He will walk pretty big distances holding onto one adult hand. Yet, if he really wants something, he still drops to his knees and scampers off.
People are always commenting on how blond Eddie's hair is getting. The way they say it, with such expression of surprise, "Eddie is getting so..." and I expect them to say 'big', as that's what I think. He's really morphing into a toddler now--and just happens to be toddling about. But what they wind up saying is how blond his hair is getting. True, it has changed from a darker brown at birth into strawberry blond and now it is starting to get a little lighter still--just like his dad. But I still see it as a strawberry blond. I have pictures Den's mom gave me where Den has bright white hair, so I won't be surprised if that's the path his hair takes.
His napping schedule is in that unpredictable stage, where he still seems to like a morning nap, and will either sleep for 1-2.5 hours, and then depending on the length of his morning nap, may take an afternoon nap, to get him a total of 3 hours of sleep. On the ocassions where he skips a morning nap, we can get a longer afternoon nap, but then he can be so grouchy in the morning, that we just try and get him to sleep. So, it varies by day. I have the feeling that his childcare situation this fall will dictate a particular nap schedule emerge.
He very clearly understands far more than we realize and is quite good at communicating--either by pointing and making associated noises, or by pulling your hand over to what he wants. In the morning, when I am trying to wake myself up after bringing him downstairs, he will literately grab my shoulders and pull up, telling me it's time to get up and play.
He likes the whole eyes, nose, mouth game, and has expanded to ears, head and belly button (which he finds hysterical). Still learning these and still learning how to point to his own features. He also loves to blow raspberries on our skin, just like we do to him. He's pretty good at it, too.
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