Liam is 19 Months

Liam is 19 Months now.  He still has new words here and there, although it seems he's taking a little break from language and developing new skills.  One of which is climbing out of his playpen!!  We have to be super careful now when we put him in there because he can escape that thing pretty quickly now.  He's not quite at the age that we can take our eyes off of him for a second, so this makes getting things done around the house pretty difficult now.  He can also climb up on the couch with out stepping on anything or getting any help, and he's also working on opening doors, the one with the lever handle! 

 

His attention span is getting longer too.   He can watch a whole episode of Elmo now.  He has a little portable DVD player that he likes to watch while sitting in his chair.  He does like to touch the buttons sometimes, so we tell him not to, and to sit back in his chair.  Most of the time, he will listen.  We are working on this one.  He gets 3 warnings, then it's taken away for a while.  Now that he's starting to understand us a little, we are learning how to discipline him, which is a little weird as first time parents.

 

He has never liked wearing hats since he was a newborn, but he's starting to wear a hat now which is good since it protects him from the sun.  Now we just need to work on the sunglasses!

 

As far as his words go, our favorite new word that he is saying now is 'Bing'.  Dad will take a hair band and fling it in the air toward him and say 'Bing', and Liam just LOVES this, and he will pick the band up and fling it back and say 'Bing'...it is super cute!!

 

I've been teaching him the word 'brother'...we know he will be a great big brother!!

17 Weeks (End of Month 4)

Starting to show....

The weeks and months are pretty easy to follow, although the months aren't as easy. One would think 16 weeks, would be around the start of 4 months, but really it's toward the end of the 4th month. Below is from a chart I found online to make it easy to follow.

Weeks 1-4 (1st Month)
Weeks 5-8 (2nd Month)
Weeks 9-13 (3rd Month)
Weeks 14-17 (4th Month)
Weeks 18-21 (5th Month)
Weeks 22-26 (6th Month)
Weeks 27-30 (7th Month)
Weeks 31-35 (8th Month)
Weeks 36-40 (9th Month)

So in reality, if you make it to your due date, you are 10 months pregnant!

Baby #2: 15 Weeks

So the little one is 15 weeks along this week, measuring about 4 inches long (head to rump) , and weighs in at about 2.5 oz., about the size of an apple. I am in my 2nd trimester now, and my energy level has definitely improved. The first several weeks, I was extremely tired, and could hardly get anything done. I'm glad I have my energy back because I really want to stay in better shape this time round. I have been pretty good about exercising and doing my yoga lately, which I think will help a lot. I was pretty good last time too, although we ended up moving about 1/2 way through and then I had no time or energy to keep it up. Anyway, there is not a whole lot to report as of yet...I am starting to show a little, and we are really excited to find out if the little one is a girl or boy in about a month.

Liam is 18 Months

Liam is now a year and 1/2!!  He continues to pick up new words all the time.  He will tell the dogs to 'down', or 'stay'. And he also has started to say 'Thank You'.  He was saying 'Dutch' for Thanks, but has started using 'Thank You' with the sign this past week.  He has also started to do a little dance when he's happy.  When he finds our shoes, he will bring them to us, and help us put them on.  He also likes to try them on himself and walk around.  Another cute thing he's been doing is making an elephant sound and putting his arm like a trunk when he sees a picture of an elephant.  He has also been getting more playtime on the main floor, and he just goes around like a little tornado (LT) getting into everything!  We still are working on getting it child proof, although we don't take our eyes off of him because he is extremely smart and creative especially when it comes to getting into trouble!

 

On the downside, it seems he has been teething.  His canine teeth have cut through, and it looks like his second set of molars are coming in too.  He has been a total grouch about getting into his highchair too.  We are not sure if this could be related to the teething, or just a phase he is going through, but it has been a little frustrating when we need to feed him.  Regardless of his grouchy moods at times, we still love him and wouldn't change him for the world!

comment by Gaylene on 07/03/2009 I love seeing kids with big shoes on, one of my favorite pictures!

comment by mom/grandma on 06/10/2009 I thought it was just me, he's been a pill about the high chair here too!

Our Big News!

We will be welcoming baby #2 on December 8th, which is a day after Liam's birthday. Although, if this one comes early too, it could be a November baby. The other day we asked Liam if he could say baby, and he pointed to my belly and said baby several times. It was sooo cute! We think the pointing to my belly was totally random, but we were still pretty impressed. Today marks the 13th week. I had a Dr's appointment yesterday, and he was able to find a strong heartbeat. So far so good. I was also able to schedule our next ultra sound for July 9th. This is when we will find out if it's a boy or girl. We are pretty excited for Liam to be a big brother! Stay tuned for more updates : )

Liam is 17.5 Months

Liam's social skills have really been blooming lately.  He has always scored the lowest in this area on the Dr's questionnaires, so we are thrilled to have him really developing these skills.  He is consistently saying bye to us when we leave, although it's more like 'Bah', it is so cute.  He also will give us kisses.  We say, can I have a kiss? And he will lean in and say 'mmmm' and give a little kiss!!  One of his new words lately has been 'phone', and he will pick up a toy or real phone and put it up to his ear and say 'hello', or what sounds like it anyway, then he will babble a conversation, and then say 'bah'.  It's really cute!  I know I've mentioned before that he LOVES ELMO, but I just have to say again that he REALLY LOVES ELMO.  He asks to watch him now, and we also found an Elmo movie on our Roku that really keeps his attention for a long time.  He also loves to splash in the water.  He kicks and splashes a ton in his bath.  We got him a water table for summer time, and he just LOVES to play, and splash until he is drenched.  At night time we will ask if he wants to go to bed, or go to sleep, and he will do part of the sign for it by putting his head to the side, and he smiles.  He just is so smart and cute, and we are so impressed with him all the time!

Liam is 17 Months

Here is a list of Liam's 17 most common words

Shoe

Kitty

Fish

Dada

Mama

Book

Bear

More

Please

Food

Elmo

Ball

Milk

Bottle

Coco

Fan

Gobble