The Simple Life: Dominic

Wednesday 27 June 2018

Dominic - 18 months

Our little firstborn is a full-fledged toddler now. He is becoming more of a little boy every day. He is a sensitive, caring, goofy little guy whom we love very much. This is my last "monthly update" post until he turns 2. It kind of makes me sad, but at least I have another baby to do them for! :)

Weight: 32.6lb (still way off the charts)
Height: 88cm/34.65 inches (over 97th percentile)
Head Circumference: 49cm (85th percentile)

Likes:

Favorite toys/games: Cars, throwing the ball for Sherlock, pass, reading books, playing in his kitchen, building with his megablocks and duplo, basketball, hitting a ball around with his plastic golf club, his stacking toy from IKEA.
Emilia (aka Yaya). Fun fact. Yia Yia (how Dom says Emilia) actually means Grandma in Greek. Learned that while watching "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2" the other day.
Chew & Show. Super charming!
Sherlock is still a favorite every day. "BUPPAAAAAA!!!!" First thing he looks for every morning when he gets up. Buppa and Yaya.
Familiar songs (Tiny Turtle, happy and you know it, shake your sillies out, wheels on the bus, etc.)
His blankets

Dislikes:

Being told "no".
Not getting what he wants
Loud noises. We had a dump truck and wheel loader moving around large rocks outside our house for a few days straight. The sound of the rocks on the metal totally freaked him out and traumatized him. Now if he's in a mood (hungry or tired or sensitive), any time he hears a vehicle or noise from outside he comes running and crying and needs to be picked up/comforted. Poor guy.

Notes:

Words: Please (pees pees), puppy (buppa), no, ya (da), help (sounds more like "kelp kelp"), mama (what he calls phones), daddy (any person he views as a caregiver), shoes, Yoda (na-na), banana (nana), cheese, hi, bye, yummmm, blue, turtle, tractor, night night, uh oh, all done, toes, two, three, Emilia (Yaya), diaper boo, General Grievous (mostly just a soft growly "G" sound), Darth Vader (Da... Va da), dump truck (Duh Tuh), yee-haw!, bless you (dess uu), THROW!
Sounds/signs: cow (moo moo), fish (kissy face and hand wave), bird (wildly flaps his arms), lion/bear (softest roar ever), turtle (tries to make a turtle with his hands), snake (hisss), crocodile (CHOMP with his hands), hippo (clicks his teeth together), elephant (pathetic elephant noise), giraffe (with a LOOOONG neck - points to his neck), dog/puppy, porcupine/sea urchin (OUCH!), walrus/seal (claps and barks), crab (pinches), bunny (does bunny ears and smacks his lips), donkey (hee-haww), monkey (ooh ooh ahh ahh trying to scratch armpits), gorilla (bangs his chest), skunk (stinky stinky), owl (hoo hoo), kangaroo (jumps), camel (spits - I love this one), penguin (waddles), bee (bzzzz), car (vroom vroom!), ambulance/police/firetruck (wee-oo wee-oo), train (CHOO CHOO! Which is actually "Tee tee" with his arm pulling down on the horn), taxi (holds his hand up like hailing a taxi), chewbacca (pretends to chew... chewy ;))
He seems to understand some colours and definitely understands instruction/direction, but doesn't always listen.
Repeats "bless you" (dess uu) after someone sneezes.
Will give kisses. Most consistently to Emilia. He seems protective of her and will rush to her aid if she's fussing/crying.
Blows kisses when we say goodnight. He used to kiss his hand and forget to blow it, but now he just holds his hand up to his mouth and blows on it. He'll connect the two eventually haha!
He has figured out our "child-proof" plugs for our outlets. He takes them out and puts them back in... great.
He can string two words together sometimes (ex. "Hi Daddy")
He's starting to understand 1, 2, 3. He knows I point to things, and if I go one... two... he'll enthusiastically yell out THREE!!!
He is developing more of an imagination. Likes to pretend to cook, eat (and share his pretend food), sleep, etc.
He will sing/hum the "clean up, clean up" song when we start putting his toys away.
We took him to the zoo for the first time today!
I'm ashamed (but not really) to admit he totally knows the Netflix logo. He can differentiate between getting to watch a show (Netflix logo), or if I'm just putting on music (spotify logo) on the TV. If netflix comes up he runs over to his chair and plops down ready to watch... He gets anywhere from 0-60 minutes of TV a day. Usually around the 20 minute mark total. It's a useful tool, and I use it when I need to, but I try to avoid it when possible.
He has 3 Star Wars books, and can now identify the following characters: Chewbacca, Yoda, BB-8, General Grievous, Darth Vader, C3PO and R2D2
He throws temper tantrums.
In his car seat he'll say "Vroom!" for every car that drives by. A big car gets a big "VROOM!" and a little car gets a quiet "vroom"
Wears mostly 3T shirts and 2T bottoms, and size 6-7 shoes, depending on the brand.