the littlest carscadden

Monday, July 15, 2013

14 months

Late last week was Miles' month day. He's now fourteen months! Sometimes Lucas and I look at him and think, "Wow, he's really his own little person now." And he shows it by being opinionated and stubborn, throwing tantrums when we come in from being outside or won't give him what he wants. We had to cut out all TV because he would whine and cry if we weren't watching it each night before bed. Luckily, at this age, it only took a few days to break that pattern and he doesn't really point at the TV anymore.

Tantrum!!!!!

Despite these few things we are so in love with him. He has grown a ton in the last month. Here is a list of some of his new developments.

He sits down, like, purposefully sits down. Before this he would kind of fall over or just continue standing. Now he bends his knees and gently sits.

He'll sit anywhere, including the middle of the sidewalk.

He runs. He's always been a mover and a shaker but he full out runs.

He spins.

He stacks blocks. (And loves knocking them down).
He can put some shape blocks through the right hole. Sometimes.
He can identify the following words (most of the time): moon, sun, giraffe, cat, dog, duck, bear, outside, shake, get, bring, kick, kiss, hug, spin, dance, all done, downstairs, upstairs, bath, shoe, socks, feet, hands, nose, mouth, belly button, nap, sleep, eat, book, truck, train, ball, balloon. There are probably more that I can't remember.
He signs "all done" whenever he's done eating. Or done being in the pool. Or done with the diaper change.
He dances to music.

He can get up and down from higher places by himself (bed, couch).

Getting down from the bed

If we're sitting on the floor he will come and climb into our laps (before we would pull him into our laps).
He has started standing on things that are unstable: the rocker footstool, overturned toys, his push car, Lucas' belly. When he gets on the unstable thing, he stands all the way up, puffs out his chest, smiles and yells. He's so proud.

He can wade through the baby pool really well, without falling.
He's started blowing on food when we give it to him, as if it's hot, even if it's a blueberry.
He's starting to use spoons to feed himself.

Yum.

He's getting it.

Most of the time!

Here are more pictures and videos of our little dude this month:

Soccer player

Local ant colony inspection.

He sometimes gets himself in the strangest predicaments.
He is stuck in the basket under the stroller.

I see you.

Always in the laundry basket.

Zoo!

In a box.

In a box with a friend.

He climbed in here himself.

Still at it. Our house is in constant disarray now.
Each night we need to do a total house clean up.

Flying a plane at the park.

This can't be a good idea.

Hanging with friends.

Aquarium.

Favorite bath toy.

Crazy hair.

Momma, let me help.

I'll tighten the bolts.

ORIOLES!

Playing with friends.

Early morning reading.

Cutest kid.

Water table.

PLAID!

Second haircut.

He loves standing on top of stuff.
He was so proud that he had scaled this basket.

Lunch!

Neighbor girls.
The little one couldn't have been more than 5 years old.
She just scooped Miles up and lifted him straight over her head.
She said, "He's so little." Yes, yes he is.

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Thirteen Months

Miles had his One Year Checkup yesterday. He weighs in at just under 18 pounds, still hugging that 5th percentile curve. Our pediatrician is finally convinced that this is his growth pattern and we can space out our visits to every three months. Miles got four vaccines and a blood draw and the total crying time was about... 10 seconds. This kid's a champ.

Developmentally, Miles is going strong. He dances, walks backwards, goes down steps backwards (with some direction), goes up stairs easily. He says "mama," "daddy," and "hi." I feel like more words are going to start spilling out any day now. He follows directions very well: he can get a ball, balloon, socks, or toy and bring it back to you. He sits and "reads" by himself a lot. He can point out certain things in his books like the moon, cats, dogs, bears and ducks. He plays patty cake (sort of). He loves, loves, loves hiding in curtains and playing peek-a-boo. He loves his bath, books, the park, grocery shopping and target. He likes to be out. Wherever out is that's where he wants to be. He's starting to get frustrated. If he can't do something or he can't have something you can see the frustration on his face. He's also started to bite and hit. We're working on nipping both of these behaviors in the bud.

We took two weeks of vacation in May and traveled to Massachusetts, Vermont and Montreal. We visited two sets of friends with older children and it was quite impressive to see how intensive time with an older child really pushed Miles to develop. He was more verbal, ate more, and played more around them. At home, all of Miles' friends are younger than him and much less mobile. He's not pushed much by them yet. I'm excited to see them all get a little older and interact more.

miles is learning how to drink from sippy cups recently. He already drinks from a cup with assistance but we'd like him to drink more water during the day and it's a little hard to help him drink from a cup every time.

He's still the cutest thing in the whole world. He's friendly and sweet, he's cuddly and smart. He's active and busy and just wonderful. We're a very happy little family.

Here are some pictures from our recent vacation: