Baby diary: 18 months (and 4 days)

[petronia]

 Friday was not much of a fuss, as my sister was hospitalized for most of the week (not COVID, and she's recovering at home now, but... not great). A batch of toys went back to J for his little girl, another to W's new granddaughter, so I got Alan a half-birthday present: two board books and a Fisher-Price Swiffer. He was lukewarm on it at first and still wanted the big one - it's always evident to children when they're being fobbed off on a toy - but today he pushed it around happily enough. XD XD As for the books, he liked "I Love You Through and Through" (nods of approval) but summarily rejected "Everything Is Mama". 

Other progress:

• Last week he finally figured out the shape sorter, as opposed to trying to fit every shape into the last hole that happened to let a shape in.
• Now likes to point and say "oh oh" loudly.
• Still only has a couple of real words, though. Stopped saying "car" (maybe a strategic retreat after figuring out not all wheeled vehicles are cars?) 
• When unloading the dishwasher, wants to put utensils into the utensils drawer himself.
• Understands he has to wash his hands after being outside.
• Spins himself round until dizzy and falls down. :)
• Suddenly started pointing to picture of elephant and making elephant noises one day. In my enthusiasm I showed him the Teletubbies episode in which a little girl washes an elephant, and I think he was so taken aback by the real thing that it killed his interest. ^^;; Now he's trying to quack like a duck, but at least I'm sure he knows what a real duck looks like.

Alan's not as into watermelon as he was last year, it seems, and cherries aren't doing much for him, but we got strawberries at Atwater Market and he [Kirby emoji]ed them down - just gorgeous fruit. And he ate radishes today, the fresh ones being crisp and not sharp at all. I have to say his favourite fruit are still those wasteful but ubiquitous pear puree squeeze packets, which I keep around so I can lure him back to the stroller when we're out. Otherwise, he doesn't pay attention to me when I try to get him to leave the splash pad. :P He's happy to play at a middle distance from me and doesn't want to hold my hand at all when we walk.

This morning I took Alan to the CLSC to get his 18-month jabs (6 in 1, MMR-V). He did *not* like being held still and was definitely a lot madder than before: not that he cried for long at first, but afterward he got upset a few times thinking about it, and would seemingly complain to my mom (who wasn't in the room). Well, at any rate, that's the last needle until kindergarten or a vaccine for Sars-Cov-2, whichever comes first.

Comments

[karalee]

I'm glad your sister was able to go home. Sending her wishes for an uneventful recovery.

Happy 18mo to Alan! And, sigh, *Bean* (4 yo!) still loves those cursed fruit puree packs. So maybe buy them in bulk :P

[flemmings]

Sorry to hear about your sister. Best wishes for her recovery.

[koganbot]

"When unloading the dishwasher, wants to put utensils into the utensils drawer himself."

Me too!

Best luck to your sister.