We moved him to forward facing in his car seat. I was going to wait longer, but the main reason is that it has been so hot and when I was pulling him out of his rear facing one after errands, he was just so sweaty, and I felt so bad for him! He gets more air in the forward facing one and seems to really like it. The only think I don't like about it is that when he falls asleep he has a hard time getting his head in a comfy position (ends up falling forward) and also his toys are not as easy to keep a hold of-before if he dropped something it was just in his seat somewhere and he could get it again, whereas now it is on the floor. He is loving listening to music in the car, though, and this keeps him very preoccupied. He tries to sing along and when a song is over he asks for more and signs please until another one comes on.
Figured out how to open toilet and put hands in. Yuck!!
His vocabulary has really exploded this month (probably due to being surrounded by cousins for 2 wks), and I am sure this will continue. He is saying: diaper, poo poo, hello, nose, ears, eyes (sounds like "ice"), "oosh"-for shoes, neigh, goldfish, apple, book, more, please, thank you (way to go Kaia! you taught him this!), splash, cracker, dance, light, hat, bye-bye, Layna, Aunt Mae, wee, yay, and is even putting 2 words together like "more cracker" and "baby hat" when looking at a pic of himself wearing a hat. He will try to repeat many words we say, and I love his willingness because it means we get to hear that sweet voice! He loves to point out eyes and nose all the time. He does it to us and to other people, but he also does it when we are reading books or playing with stuffed animals or Maggie. He will point to their eyes/nose and say "ice"/"nose", then look up at me and nod his head as if to say, "right, mama?" I am sure there are more words I have forgotten, but you get the gist. Big boy!
Speaking of diaper and poo poo, both Heather and his Grandma Diana said Henry said poo poo and when they went to change his diaper, he was right! This only happened 3-4 times, and he has not done it with me, but I thought it was pretty interesting! Maybe we will have an early potty-ier.
Wants to use a spoon and feed himself. This poses quite a challenge. I hate the mess but also hate not to let him since he is trying to learn an important skill! He's even using food as utensils-he was stabbing his pretzel into his cheese toast the other day and bringing it to his mouth to eat it off the pretzel stick. I guess he likes the challenge!
Eating is still hit or miss. He eats well about every 3 days. He has started really liking raisins and holds the little box and feeds them to himself. He has also become a BIG fan of cereal like we eat, so breakfast for him is Cheerios in milk. He will eat a lot of this! He's also eating freeze dried fruit, so that is a nice easy thing to carry around and offer him. Likes quesadillas and animal crackers!
Henry has SO many teeth. I am not even sure how many myself, but it seems like a full mouth full! Maybe 12-14? His side molars have come in, so that's making him look so big!
Can climb up on lower sofas and chair in our room. Once he's on these he sits up there like a big boy. He also pulls out the the dining room chairs. Stands up once he's in them and tries to get on the table. Oh, boy! We are in for it!
Henry plays with his toys for a bit, but then he's done and is on to much more interesting things in the house like what is on the end tables or the floor...he always has some "treasure" in his hand that he's walking around with...very random stuff like a battery, crumpled up paper, writing utensil, a wipe...there's no telling what else. Luckily he is not big into putting stuff in his mouth, but he clinches down hard on whatever he has and does not like it being taken away.:)
One thing he LOVES to do is "art". He loves having a pencil/crayon and draws lines on paper with it. He also puts the lid on and off of his writing utensil over and over. If he is allowed to be free with this (I have learned the best place for "art" is in the high chair), he will lay on his belly on the floor with his legs up in the air and just work and work. It is so cute. He seems so little to be doing this kind of thing to me!
He is down to 1 nap a day. I think he could still do 2, and we may still resort to that some, but 1 is actually really nice. I get a bigger chunk of time to get some stuff accomplished around here, and I can plan my errands, etc. more efficiently. My goal is nap at 12:30 (this works perfectly with my school schedule next year), but sometimes it is closer to noon. He sleeps anywhere from 2.5-3.5 hrs. Very nice, and he waked up happy. With 2 naps, sometimes he was fussy when he woke up, but so far we have not had that issue with 1 nap.
The summertime weather has brought on lots of water play, and this has been so much fun for Henry. He throws caution to the wind, and is a splasher and a player in the water. Once he gets warmed up, he likes to put his face in the water and does not seem to mind getting it very submerged! This makes me a bit nervous, but I also know it is a good thing that he is not afraid. Sometimes fear can be a good thing, though, because I feel like he has no sense of self-preservation!
Well, there's so much more, but I better stop. Overall right now I would describe Henry is busy, silly, and sweet. We love you, baby boy! You are growing so fast!
