coming up on 16months

Hi baby,
its your momma here. The one that doesnt let you jump in the pile of clean laundry, the one who doesnt let you climb on the coffee table, the mean mom who doesnt let you pull clean clothes out of the closet. The even meaner mom who doesnt let you play in the refrigerator. I’m the one who scolds you for deliberatly throwing my phone on the ground. 

im sorry for all those things, i really try to let things go if they are doing no harm. But, since your crib incident im terrified you will hurt yourself again. So mommy is extra cautious not to let you play on dangerous things. Other times i get angry, when you tear apart the neatly folded laundry that i’ve  spent time putting away. i’ve sort of given up on the “neatness” of our clean clothes because i want to get it put away quickly, before your little hands get ahold of them.

I think we are getting better in all areas, though. You are sleeping well and going to bed at a “normal” bedtime. You are eating/ drinking well and consuming lots more fruits & veggies. We are sort of ‘weeding out’ fakey foods and trying to replace them with foods of real value.

here is a list of things you are currently eating at 16 months:

• Sweet potatoes (still your favorite)
• mashed potatoes
• (no by-product) beef or chicken hot dogs
• Pears (favorite fruit)
• yogurt
• applesauce
• pea soup
• grilled cheese
• scrambled eggs
• whole wheat toast
• all natural peanut butter toast
• cheerios
• crackers (ritz,ghram,wheat thins, whole grain cheez-its)

The list above is your core meal list, however if we order pizza you really love to eat the breadsticks, if we stop in the food court at the mall you love tortilla roll ups from Tbell. You love McDonald’s fries (i think we’ve gotten mcd’s TWICE in the past 2 months.)

You are drinking whole milk, you’ve been weaned from your bottle for 5 whole months now (Wow!) But, you still call your sippie cup, your ‘baba’. 

You say 4 words:

“da da” (daddy)

“ba ba” (sippie cup)

“woof woof” (doggy)

“rawwwwrrr” (for any lion, monster, or dinosaur)

you are so smart. You know how to “talk on the phone” weather its the house phone, cell phone or even your plastic toy phones. It makes no difference to you, you will call your friends and jibber jabber on any phone shaped device.

You know where your belly button is, you know how to dance and spin, you can clap your hands & give high fives. You are ESPECIALLY good at giving kisses and hugs. you pretend to eat & cook in your play kitchen, you even smack your lips as if your invisible food really tastes wonderful. 

You are really good at taking naps at the same time every day, it makes it wonderful for momma when she is dragging butt in the morning. i know nap time is right around the corner. You nap for 2- 2.5 hours every morning from 12-2ish You eat lunch right when you wake, dinner around 6pm, snack, then bed by 9pm. you have been doing this consistently for a couple weeks now. Im so proud of you.

Each day is getting better and mommy has a lot to work on but you are perfect just the way you are, there is not a single thing i would change about you. I love you so much i cant believe its been 16 months with you in our lives, every bit of the cliche term ‘Time flies’ is true. it DOES fly. it SOARS. Right before your very eyes. i will try harder to cherish every moment more deeply than ever.

Love you more than Life,

momma.