17 Months Old

Keegan is 17 months old! 

• Weight: ~28lbs
• Clothing Size: 24 months
• Enjoys: Trucks, Animals, being outside, the pool
• Turn-Offs: not much, he is a pretty agreeable kid. i am trying to think of something he doesn't like and I am drawing a blank....he doesn't like loud motors, like leaf blowers and electric drills. They scare him very bad! 
• Strengths: signing, eating (he is a great eater)
• Sleeping: Keegan is going to bed around 7-7:30 these days and sleeps until about 6:15. He was going to bed at 6 and waking at 4:30 or 5 so we decided it was time to move bedtime back and it seems to have helped some thankfully. He is still taking 2 naps like clockwork...9:00-10:30 and 1:30-3:00. I am toying with the idea of moving him down to 1 nap this summer but not sure when we'll actually start trying that. 
• Words: Keegan "talks" all the time. Sometimes it sounds like he is saying words but I am not sure if he really is or I am just thinking he is! 
• ICE (5.24.11)....today at lunch Keegan held his cup towards the ice maker on the fridge and said "ice!" and I said do you want ice in your water and he said "ice!"
• WHO'S THAT (5.23.11)...I was teaching a cello lesson the other night and Keegan had to eat dinner during my lesson because Justin had a late meeting and in the middle of my lesson (up until which he had been good and quietly eating dinner) he looked up and said "who's that?" referring to my student. It cracked us all up. I told him the name of my student and suggested he say hi. He looked at me and laughed then a minute later said hi to her! 
• BABY....he signs baby and says baby in the same high pitched voice that he uses for kitty. He has a boy baby doll that he says "baby" when ever he sees it as well as when he sees real babies. 
• WEEZIE....he has said "Weezie" a few times when prompted or shown her picture.
• MOM....we skipped Mommy and Mama really. I'm already just Mom.
• ALL DONE (4.5.11) Keegan now says "all done" and signs it at the same time
• WHAT'S THAT? (3.29.11) Keegan says this when are looking at books and he points to everything....what's that...what's that...although it sounds like "wa dat" 
• KITTY (3.1.11) when he sees the cat that lives next door or even when we go outside he looks for the "diddy" as he says in a very high pitched voice. 
• DADA
• Signs:
• Animals:
1. Elephant
2. Frog
3. Pig
4. Cat
5. Bird
6. Fish
7. Duck
8. Horse
9. Cow
10. Dog
• Objects:
1. Car
2. Train
3. Ball
4. Light
5. Phone
6. Truck
7. Paci
8. Book
9. Flower 
• Food:
1. Cracker
2. Pancake
3. Strawberry
4. Blueberry
5. Cup/Drink
6. Yogurt
7. Banana
8. Milk
9. Water
10. Bread
• Actions:
1. Help
2. Wash Hands 
3. All Done
4. Please 
5. Thank You
6. Sleep
7. Eat
• People:
1. Mommy
2. Daddy

Favorites of Keegan currently:

• Foods: Blueberries 
• Songs: anything, he loves music
• Shows: Baby Signing Time (he asks for this show now....he goes up to the TV and signs baby)
• Books: any book with trucks in it or animals 
• Toys: Fire Truck 
• Activities: going to the pool

Things I don't want to forget:

• Keegan is officially weaned off breastfeeding. He nursed for the last time on Monday, May 16. I think this is also helping him sleep longer in the morning. He was waking up at 4:30 and I would go in and nurse him and put him back to bed. When I stopped doing that, he started sleeping later. So I think it was time to stop but it does make me a bit sad because now he seems even more like a little boy and not baby!