Weight: 25-8 lbs 49%
Height: 31 3/4 in 49%
Head circ. 49 cm 80%
We keep thinking he is our giant baby but really he's not. He's only 49% in weight. He's shorter than Corbin was so he seems more stocky and compared to my girls whose weight at that age was 10% or less he seems extra big. He does have a giant belly and there's no disputing that. He loves his blanket and sucking his thumb the best. He loves when he gets to be involved with his siblings in any way and he HATES when he is left out. The girls will often go in their room and shut the door because they don't want Ryan to ruin whatever they are doing or playing with. He loves to climb on the table and on everything. I had to take down the ladders on the kids fort in the backyard because he could climb to the top and then he liked to spin in circles. It was horrifying. He loves to run fast even though he runs with his very bull legged legs completely straight. I love it when he does his excited dance where he stamps his feet back and forth very quickly. I also love that he will come up to me several times a day and give me a leg hug and then run and go get into more mischief. He will also give us long narratives of babble and he is very expressive and we think he's hilarious. He finally went to all of nursery by himself today. Hooray!
He is hardly saying any words which seems to be a common theme with all of my kids at this age except for Gabby who had a remarkable vocabulary at that age. He says "uh oh" and "up" and that's about all I can think of now. He is definitely my youngest of 4 and I have been quickly giving into his screaming demands to get him to stop crying. I admitted this to his pediatrician and I am starting to step up my game. I was amazed last week when I was trying to make breakfast and he was screaming for food and I knelt down and explained to him that I was making his breakfast and that he needed to stop crying and I counted to 3 and I couldn't believe it when he stopped crying by the number 3. Wow, these babies know what's going on. So I am trying to boot camp his behavior a little bit and trying to make him more accountable with communicating his needs with at least sign language. It's hard though I have to say, especially when you have 3 other kids demanding one thing or the other or fighting or whatever it is. It's time for me to put some more focus on him however. One thing is for certain he is ADORABLE!
Here's the other kids at 18 months
Corbin's stats:
Gabby stats:
I didn't record Piper's stats at 18 months but I went digging and found them.
Weight 21-4 lbs 10%
Height 32 inches 50%
Head circ. 48 cm 90%
Here's a blog post with a few pics of Piper at 18 months. She was hardly walking or talking at 18 months.
Piper 18 months:
Last week was so great because I had no big obligations. Hooray! I was really able to clean my house last week and it was nice! And guess what? No big obligations this week either. Wow, my house will really be clean and maybe I'll actually play games with the kids or try to teach Gabby to read this week. She can totally read the very beginning BOB books and I've hardly worked with her. She's a smarty pants and she knows it.
We also got our disgusting carpets cleaned and they look so much better. I really want to get new carpet but I'm kind of freaked out about a big decision like that. It took me 7 years to paint my house so carpet seems like a way big decision. We'll see. For now getting our carpets cleaned really lifts my spirits. Our carpet was looking very black and it was depressing.
Piper quote: "Mom, I will always be crazy town."
Corbin quote: "I'm glad that I have grains and vitamins because meat and dairy can cause lots of damage." Ha! Maybe I shouldn't have let him watch the Netflix Forks over Knives with my mom and I. He was totally engrossed by it and now he thinks meat and dairy are the devil, which rightly so for him to think that after watching that film. (Moderation Corbin, moderation).
Nana and Papa went to China and they sent us some souvenirs. They kids all love their new jammies except for Ryan. He started crying the minute I put them on and stopped the minute I took them off. I guess silk is no beuno for him.
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