20 Months Old

Not much has changed since last month....

• Weight: ~30 lbs.
• Height: 34" (90%)
• Clothing Size: 24 months & 2T
• Enjoys: 
• Books - he loves to read, he sometimes "reads" out loud.
• Trucks - he drives them around the floor now, sound effects and all
• Playing with the hose outside - he has lots of fun outside toys but he still prefers the hose
• Rocking Horse - he has really gotten into riding his wooden rocking horse lately.
• Turn-Offs: still not much....he's a pretty agreeable kid but I do believe we are into the "terrible twos" phase already...he is very independent and throws a fit if he doesn't get his way sometimes. 
• Strengths: signing, eating
• Sleeping: Keegan is finally getting pretty consistent with sleep. He goes to bed around 7:30 most days and sleeps until 6:00 or 6:30. I have been refilling his sippy cup with water (that he has at bedtime in his crib) before I go to bed and the past few mornings he hasn't called for me right when he wakes up like he used to. So maybe that helps hold him off for even just a little bit, every little bit helps! He's napping pretty well these days. He goes down between 12:30/1:00 and sleeps until 3:30/4:00 most days. I can't complain there! 
• 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! 
• EAT
• BALL
• BOOK
• MORE 
• PAPA
• MONKEY
• "BU.." for "Book" (6.24.11) We noticed today that he was trying to say book. 
• "UCK" for "Truck" (6.23.11)....when he was watching the garbage truck. He was standing in the front yard and kept running to me (standing at the front door) and signing "truck" and saying "uck". 
• LOOK (6.24.11)...pointing at flowers at Marbles Museum, telling me and Weezie to "look" at the flowers
• 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. Bug
2. Bear
3. Monkey
4. Butterfly 
5. Rabbit
6. Lion
7. Elephant
8. Frog
9. Pig
10. Cat
11. Bird
12. Fish
13. Duck
14. Horse
15. Cow
16. Dog
• Objects:
1. Shoes
2. Hat
3. Coat
4. Socks
5. Car
6. Train
7. Ball
8. Light
9. Phone
10. Truck
11. Paci
12. Book
13. Flower 
• Food:
1. Cereal
2. Pasta
3. Raisin
4. Cracker
5. Pancake
6. Strawberry
7. Blueberry
8. Cup/Drink
9. Yogurt
10. Banana
11. Milk
12. Water
13. Bread
• Actions:
1. Love
2. Help
3. Wash Hands 
4. All Done
5. Please 
6. Thank You
7. Sleep
8. Eat
9. Play
• People:
1. Weezie
2. Mommy
3. Daddy
4. Friends
5. You

Favorites of Keegan currently:

• Foods: Animal Crackers, Mac & Cheese
• Songs: ABC
• Shows: Baby Signing Time and Thomas the Train & The Little Engine That Could
• Books: any book, he especially likes ones with cats and trucks
• Toys: Mini Tool Bench and Kitchen Set , Rocking Horse 
• Activities: Soccer! Playing with the hose in the backyard

Things I don't want to forget:

• We started "soccer camp" this month. He loves it. Its so fun to watch him run around with the other kids his age and have a blast. 

16 Months

Driving the Fire Truck at Greensboro Children's Museum

Keegan is 16 months old! 

• Weight: 28lbs
• Clothing Size: 24 months
• Enjoys: Trucks, Animals 
• Turn-Offs: milk....still not a big fan! he will only drink it if it is in a particular cup with a particular straw! He likes twisty curly straws the best. 
• Strengths: signing, Keegan can really communicate with us
• Vices: still not sleeping all the way through the night all the time, there are definitely nights where he will sleep 6-6 though but others where he wakes up off an on in the early morning.
• 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! 
• MAMA...sometimes....
• 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:
1. Pancake 
2. Wash Hands 
3. Mama
4. Cat
5. Bird
6. Strawberry
7. Fish
8. Cup/Drink
9. Yogurt 
10. Duck
11. Train
12. Ball
13. Horse & Cow....they look the same though
14. Banana
15. All Done
16. Please
17. Light
18. Phone
19. Water
20. Truck
21. Sleep
22. Milk
23. Eat
24. Bread
25. Dog
26. Music (not the ASL sign, but his own "home sign" of bobbing his head to "music)

Favorites of Keegan currently:

• Foods: beets (he LOVES them!) 
• Songs: anything, he loves music
• Shows: Baby Signing Time
• Books: any book with trucks in it
• Toys: Horse and Cow from his Little People Farm Animals, stuffed kitty
• Activities: going to the pet store...Keegan LOVES animals! 

Things I don't want to forget:

• Keegan has discovered that if he pushes the button on the fridge, water will come out, thus demonstrating to us the reason for the child lock feature! However, one time it wasn't locked and Keegan pushed and got wet. So he grabbed a paper towel (which were right next to him) to dry his face off! Smart boy!  (3.28.11)
• When Keegan sees kleenex, paper towels or toilet paper he reaches for it and "blows" his nose. 
• One day (3.30.11) I was making a cake for our small group and Keegan was "helping" me. When he saw the batter in the mixer he insisted on being picked up to see what it was. When he saw it, he immediately started going "mmmmmmm, mmmmm". I think he remembered when I let him lick a beater from his birthday cake icing. After the cake was in the oven, I turned on the oven light so he could watch. He stood there going "mmmmm, mmmm" and smacking his lips. Once the cake was done, Keegan again thought it looked pretty yummy so he was going "mmmmm, mmmm" but this time signing "please eat please eat" so I gave in and gave him some....big mistake, he wanted "more please eat, more please eat"! 
• We have begun to wean off of breastfeeding starting at the beginning of April. This is a bittersweet process for me. I have loved having that close bond that breastfeeding creates between mother and baby and am thrilled at how long we were able to go. I know how good it has been for him nutritionally (and good for our wallets!) and am proud of our accomplishment with the difficult task that it is. Nobody warned me how hard it was in the beginning so I feel a sense of accomplishment to say  we made it 16 months. I feel like it is time to close this chapter but I already miss our special time where he still seemed like he was still my baby and not this little boy he is quickly turning into.