18 Month Update

Taking a ride on the "choo-choo" at the mall.

Noah is now 18 months old and growing very fast! He is now 34.5 inches tall (95%-ile) and 26 lbs (54%-ile). I was looking at his 15 month stats and he's grown almost 2 inches since then and gained almost 3 lbs. So basically he just got taller. He still has a big belly and kind of skinny arms and legs. Even though his head looks really big, his head circumference is on the low side.

Noah's canines and first molars are all either out or making their way out. They kind of all started erupting at the same time and I think he'll have 16 teeth very soon! Other than that week when he didn't really want to eat anything though, he's been acting pretty normally for the most part, so hopefully that means the teething hasn't been bothering him too much. And as far as eating goes, he's somewhat back to "normal" now, eating just about everything. He still prefers fruit and yogurt over everything else, but is pretty amenable to anything involving noodles, rice, or tofu. I usually try to chop vegetables up and mix them in with what he's eating, which usually works.

Noah is talking more and more now. He can say: mama, dada, ball, car, cold, truck, bye, apple, draw, frog, bear, bird, dog, sheep, duck, owl, horse, whale, teacher, itchy, water (wah), feet, hand, mouth, ear, nose, cheese, teeth, head, hair, shoe, bath...not sure what else, but a lot! He can also often repeat what I say, even if he doesn't remember it later on. He isn't saying any words together, but he's been doing a lot more babbling this past month, which I think is a good sign. He still can't really say his name, but just recently when I try to get him to say Noah, he'll say "wawa". Better than nothing I guess!

Another sign that our little baby is growing up is his growing independence. Sometimes when I'm feeding Noah food, he doesn't want to eat it, but if I let him take the utensil or just leave the food in front of him, he'll eat it. He also is starting to not like being in the high chair. He likes to climb up onto the real chairs and sit at the table. Sometimes he'll just sit there reading a book or flipping through a magazine, sometimes he'll eat food there. I kind of cringe at the eating because there's nothing to catch the mess, and no where for his greasy little hands to go except all over the table and chairs. But I guess I just have to deal with it, to an extent. So yeah, my little baby is becoming more independent, more rascally, and more old!!! :( So sad but so fun at the same time. He is quite the character!