Weight: 29.8 lb (100+ percentile) - They keep telling me he'll lose weight when he starts running/walking... well he's running/walking! Still waiting for the plateau!
Length: 31 inches (65th percentile)
Likes:
- Spotting Dad up in the media booth at church. This past Sunday David was on media, and I was just in the congregation like usual. Dominic spotted Dad right away, and Dave entertained him by popping his head up every so often. Dom was smiling SO huge and pointing and giggling occasionally. It was pretty adorable, but I didn't think much of it. After church, I had 4 different people come up to me to tell me how adorable that was and how it made their day and how hilarious Dom is. Yes... thanks... he's a cheese-ball. He loves his Dada!
- "Talking on the phone." He has now figured out that our phones (and apparently any TV remote) is used for communication with people. He will hold it up to his ear and giggle or say, "EEEEE!!!" (How he says hi). The other day in the car he had his toy remote and I hear him on his "phone" saying, "Da da... EEEE!... Ba byee!" It was way too precious.
- Looking at his books and pointing to things when we ask him to "Find the..._____."
- Getting a rise out of people. If he does something and people laugh, it is all the encouragement he needs!
- To "say" no. He shakes his head to let us know when he doesn't want something. I especially enjoy it when someone comes in to try give him a hug or a kiss and he shakes NO NO NO! A man after his mother's own heart ;). #notahugger.
- Eating... No surprise here. This kid eats like a horse. A snack will always cheer him up! The day he turns down food, I'll know something is really wrong!
Dislikes:
- The usual suspects... Being ignored, not getting his way, having things taken away from him... He's a pretty easy-going toddler. He's starting with the tantrums, so we're starting to research ways to set boundaries and rules that are reasonable for a 14 month old. It's hard!
- Having food taken away. He has had to be removed from nursery twice and Noah's Ark once because he steals other peoples' snacks. Just this week at nursery my mom had him in there, and each kid is allowed to have 1 cookie. Well... Dom swindled 2 cookies AND stole another baby's cookie. Mom took it away and he got pissed off, so she brought him out away from the food to distract him. Someone would tell me if my child was over-weight right? Goodness gracious! I actually got worried about Dom being too fat this month at a couple points, but then I see how big his head is next to another kid his age and I realize he's just a huge child.
- We cannot go anywhere without people commenting on Dom. His size, his cheeks, his lips, his cheesy smiles... He is our little ray of sunshine.
- He got his first bump/bruise on his forehead this past Sunday. He was "helping" me in the kitchen by whisking around in a cooking pot, and tried to walk away with the pot. He tripped and fell and smacked his forehead on the pot. He only cried for like 10 seconds before going back and playing with it again, so I thought maybe it just scared him. It wasn't until I got to church that I realized he had a little raised bruise. Oops!
- His vocabulary has suddenly developed! He is using words (or... they're sort of words) to communicate and it is SO nice! So much fun to know what he's trying to say, or what he wants.
- Words he uses: Puppy (buppa), Dada, Mama, Banana (nanana), Bye (baaaaaaaiiiii in high pitched valley-girl talk), up (puh-puh-puh), Boom!, Blue, uh oh, Opa (sounds a lot like puppy), Oma (Buh-ma), Ball, Yay, Tractor (Ta-ta), Po - like from Kung-Fu Panda (Boooe!), Toes (Tooooooe).
- I'm sure he has many more words that we just haven't figured out yet.
- He still loves his animal sounds as well. Love seeing the gears turning in his brain!
- Because he has more words now, he (and we) have taken a step back from signing. He pretty much signs "more" for anything. Sort of as a confirmation that we're right about what he's asking for. "Do you want more?" (signs more), "Do you need help?" (signs more), "Can you say please?" (signs more). It works for us; as mentioned above, he will shake his head "no" if he doesn't want any of those things!
- Tries to share his night-time bottle with me sometimes. Thanks dear... not interested.
- He is drinking goats milk now and it seems to be better for his belly than the cows milk was. He was previously having some digestive issues (aka 4+ really nasty poops every day), so we thought we'd try out some goats milk and it's a lot better, but still not perfect.
- I have been working on teaching Dom ways to help out for when the new baby comes and I'm stuck nursing. He will get me his/my water bottle, bring me my phone, get a diaper, put diapers in the garbage, etc.
- He saw David's Mom (Gramma) blowing her nose one day, and now any time he has a napkin or a piece of paper he crumples it up and blows his nose into it. This came in handy when he had a cold this month because he would actually blow his nose! Too cute! Not so cute when he does it and then holds the cloth up to your face to blow your nose too.
- He loves to "help out" around the house - stirring water or empty pots, vacuuming, sweeping, dusting, lint-brushing.
- Likes to make us do the "blblblblblbl" noise with our mouths by putting his finger up to our lips.
- Can identify the colour blue. If we ask him to "pick up the blue block" he gets it most of the time! Unless he's just being silly :)
- He is only drinking 1 3-oz bottle each day, at bedtime. The rest of his milk comes from his sippy cup during the day.
- He is wearing 2T clothing.
Typical Day:
7am - wake up & diaper change
715am - breakfast (oatmeal w/ peanutbutter, banana, and milk)
8am - David brings Dom to daycare (2-3 days a week)
930am - snack time if needed (some cheerios, veggie straws... whatever we have)
11am - lunch
12-1230pm - Nap
145/245pm - Wake up from nap (nap is anywhere from an hour and 15 minutes to 2 and a half hours. A little unpredictable, but if he's up early he's happy. I just leave him until I'm ready to get him!)
230/3pm - snack time (something like: cheese, crackers, fruit, milk/water)
330pm - I pick Dom up from daycare if he's there
5pm - dinner time
615/630pm - jammies & cuddles/play-time in living room
630/7pm - 4oz bottle and bedtime!
Naturally, I couldn't pick from all the photos I took, so here are a bunch more!!
Haha can't get this nugget to sit still!
Suuuuch a cheeseball
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