21 month

Here are a few memories and milestones this month that stood out to me as my baby boy changes to a big boy right before my eyes!

- makes and hold eye contact when you are talking with him.
- language explosion, will put sentences together, although some words may be flipped.
- There seems to have been a crack in his shell (I can go to the bathroom by myself, he does not hang on to me at the park, venturing out at little gym, etc.)
- Was a big Daddy's boy this month
- says "pee-pee" and runs to the potty, but this is WHILE he is pee-peeing. We are really not in potty training mode, he has done this on his own. I will take his diaper off and put him on the potty and read books anyway. Towards the end of the month, he dropped all interest in this.
- Is using "pee-pee" as a stall tactic at nap and bedtime - sneaky!
- Sits his animals in a circle and sings Old McDonald and fills in the names (although now he also fills in with random things like "football" and "bowl" which makes for a creative answer from Mama).
- Still loves his animals. When he is playing with them he knows when one is missing. God forbid you take one up with you to take a bath and forget him upstairs! John will repeat that animal OVER and OVER and OVER until you go get him.
- Knows most all of his basic colors and shapes.
- Started to replace “uh oh” with “oh no”, one of my favorites!
- Climbs in the bath by himself (silly milestone, but one that stood out to me)
- Puts his hands over his ears and SCREAMS at the top of his lungs, smiling the whole time. This is a fun new development
- Can do a forward roll! After almost a year of getting stuck in a downward V, he watched Ethan do one at Thanksgiving, and Wa-La!
- Molars started to come in, but seemed to have stopped right before breaking through
- Knows the hand/body motions to “itsy bitsy spider”, “I’m a Little Teapot”, “Hokey, Pokey”, “Hawaiian Rainbow”, “5 Little Monkey Jumping on the Bed” (I made these up), “10 little Sausages Frying in a Pan”, “If You Are Happy and You Know It”.
- He is such a quick learner and has a great memory. I could list 1000 different examples, but I won’t. :)
- Sleeping like crazy – goes down at 8pm (although sometimes will kick around until after 9), sometimes sleeps in until 8:30am, and then takes close to a 2 hour nap every day. YEAH! Had he been taking these long naps his whole life, I might have lost a little less sanity. :)