23 Jan, 2010
15 months today yesterday the day before yesterday
Posted by: Mama In: Both boys|Milestones
Ugh. Try as I might, I can’t seem to get anything done by the intended time. The boys turned 15 months on the 21st of January. I thought I started writing this post in time but, alas, I was wrong.
I’m not sure why 15 months seems significant, but it does. Maybe it’s just the fact they have one of their well-baby (well, baby, how ya doin’?) checkups. And they get a bunch of shots. Three, to be precise. Three shots in their tiny, albeit chubby, little thighs. Surely that’s worthy of marking a milestone… a milestone of sad baby INJUSTICE!
Ah, but wait… here’s the milestone! Baby? Baby NO MORE. These boys, as much as I don’t want to admit it, are now toddlers. They are not infants. They are not babies. They are stompin’, rompin’, scenery-chewin’ TODDLERS.
The play pen, which has been a true lifesaver, is now just a prison to them. If there’s even a hint that they might be allowed to get out, they will whine and whine and whine and whine until someone sets them free.
They understand some words now, too. The most common of which are Goose!, on mange (let’s eat), debout (up on your feet), viens (come), bravo (elicits applause), gimme five and chapeau (which makes them quickly put whatever’s in their hands on their head)!
Sebastian update:
- He is 31 3/4 inches tall. He weighs 24 lbs. 8 ounces.
- He’s walking well. He’s mastered it, frankly. He can carry large (sometimes comically large) objects while he walks.
- Everything that’s vaguely rectangular and can be held in one hand is a telephone.
- His hair is getting too long. It’s starting to get in his eyes but I don’t have the heart to cut it yet. They’re no longer babies when you cut their hair, you know. And he looks like a lovable mad man with his little blond mullet.
- He doesn’t like pasta. What kid doesn’t like pasta? In fact, he hates pasta.
- He’s a bully. He steals anything that he fancies from his brother. With undue force and brutality if the mood strikes him.
Nicholas update:
- He is 30 1/2 inches tall. He weighs 22 lbs., 11 ounces.
- He prefers walking to crawling now but his gait is still a little Frankenzombie-esque.
- He LOVES pasta.
- He’s got a molar. That’s something his brother doesn’t have and can’t steal from him. So there!
- He’s the world’s best sleeper. He goes to bed and plays quietly until he falls asleep. 12 hours later, he awakens and plays until someone comes to get him. He never cries when we put him down unlike some OTHER toddlers we know.
