12/13 month update

yikes! it's been waaaay too long since i've updated, and now ryan is almost 14 months. i guess i will just have to do the highlights.

had a fabulous one year party. at his one year checkup, got his shots. he was still underweight so the dr. got a urine and blood sample. that was not fun. he was 28.5" and 18 lbs 2 oz. Did not gain much weight from 9 month, so dr. wanted to check if everything was ok. test results came out fine, so he's just a skinny boy now and a super picky eater.

a little before 12 months i gave him a little bit of whole milk to get him used to the transition and started weaning. luckily weaning wasn't too bad and took about a week. he was on a feeding strike which i thought was because of teething, but now looking back i think it might have been because of weaning. he refused to eat any solid food and he would wake up 2 times at night, the first time i would nurse him, second time i would rock him. after a few nights i decided to just try rocking him with no nursing, which he was ok with. eventually he stopped waking, so i think he was hoping i would nurse him, but since i wouldn't, he didn't cry anymore.

now that he is weaned, he's eating solids again, but is very picky. he loves fruit, bananas applesauce pears grapes blueberries and he love snacks, crackers and of course anything sweet. since we are trying to get him to gain weight, i'm still making baby food for him because he pretty much refuses most table foods. whenever we go out to eat, everything ends up on the floor! it's kind of embarrassing so we don't really go out to eat much anymore, so sad.

around 13 months, ryan took a few steps by himself from the couch to the coffee table. he could only take a few steps between things and most times he would lunge! a few weeks later he's taking many more steps, but is still a little unsteady on his feet and falls a lot. he can't stand up from a sitting position yet, he still needs to pull up on something. So if he can't get himself back up, he'll just crawl to wherever he wants to go.

Right now he likes to push buttons, especially ones that will turn on music. Once music stops, he'll push the button again to turn it on. He likes to carry things (toys, books, milk cartons, etc) and put them on tables, sofas, his slide, on the top of his play house. He will also throw toys and then crawl after them. He especially likes the fireplace tile and throw lots of toys around on there, I guess because it makes a sound? He can clap on command, dance (sometimes) and give kisses. Still no waving or pointing. or saying any words.

We're taking a music class called Music Together where we sing, dance, and play instruments. I am not sure if he really likes it yet, but it takes a few sessions for them to get into it. We'll also be starting a Together Time preschool class soon, we'll see how that goes.