20 months. I was digging through a night stand drawer yesterday and found the schedule routine that I left for Kyte when he kept Taygan for a week alone last Jan while I was in Charlotte, and it almost brought tears to my eyes. This little guy is growing so fast and becoming so independent. But on the bright side there isn't 5 feeds a day (with bottles to wash) and 5 naps, ha! Although, we cannot break this kid from 2 naps a day. Sometimes they are both 2 hours each. He LOVES his sleep, if we try to skip a nap he will beg for "night, night". Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining BUT when you are on the go it is sometimes hard to block out 4 hours for him to sleep. Here are some happenings from the past month:
-Spider Man. That is Kyte's nickname for him. He climbs on any and everything. But his balance is thankfully much better than mine so his falls have been minimal.
-Beach Boy. He loves the ocean, especially when the tide heads out and he has shallow little ponds to splash in. He doesn't mind out all to get his face wet, in fact he usually sticks his face in the water.
-For the first time last night, he was able to use his fork on his own to repeatedly pick up his own food and feed himself.
-His new words include Macy (Aunt Mate's Dog), Allie, side (outside), night-night, bath, Donald (for Donald Duck), Toodles (can you tell we watch a lot of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse), Daniel, and his first phrase "I don't know" (complete with his hands up in the air for dramatics)
-He loves to give high fives and fist bumps. Here he is giving Dot a high five when we stopped by to see her this week. So sweet.
-He can also say "airplane" and will look for them when he hears them. He had spotted one while playing on the beach...
-We are so lucky to have Mrs. Katie to keep him every other week. He LOVES her little boy Daniel and thankfully Daniel loves him just as much. I swear they look like little old men on a picnic.
-I am not sure why, but with his swimmie belt on he looks like such a big boy to me.
I swear a couple more trips to the pool this summer and he will be swimming without Dad's help :(
Along with all these new fun things that he is learning also comes new tantrums and creative ways to pitch fits. Last night in the kitchen he wanted something that we couldn't figure out and he took to just stomping the ground, or as Kyte called it "river dancing". He also loves to give a high pitch squeal when he doesn't get what he wants or he wants every one's attention. Yes, this is very fun while in a public place. However, he has thankfully figured out that when pitching a fit it hurts if he just throws his head back on the floor, so now he begins to cry and then slowly positions himself so that he is lying flat on the floor and intensifies the crying. Kyte and I can't help but laugh when he does this, which we know is exactly what we shouldn't do.
The joy of toddler hood.
