UPDATE:
Con is well into his 13th month! And he is growing and doing so well. He has been in a few accidents, split lip, second-degree burn, and lots of bumps/bruises/cuts. We can barely keep up with him nowadays. And nothing breaks your heart more than your child crying and in pain. But he is so tough that most of the time a few cuddles make him all better.
When we went to the doctor for his burn at the beginning of the month, we learned that our big boy is slimming down a lot:
Height: 28 inches (2nd Percentile) His height seems wrong, but he squirms so much I don't blame them. I guess we've got a shorty on our hands, haha.
Weight: 22.3 lbs (30th Percentile) Big difference! I say so, from a few months ago.
Head circumference: 18.8 inches (76th Percentile) Can you say big head?
Connor is getting so smart and we love his little personality that is
starting to really shine. He has all sorts of fun facial expressions and we can’t
get enough of his cuddles. He loves going new places and meeting new people. He
gets a little nervous but he is so intrigued and can’t wait to get down. Connor
eats anything he can get his hands on. Seriously everything goes in this kid’s mouth.
Wow I never imagined him being so obsessed. It is a bit frustrating at times,
as you can imagine. Con grabs and pulls his own hair, randomly. And pulls on his own cheeks, and randomly slaps them when hes frustrated. Shea and I LOVE Connor's hair, it curls up in the back (like mine did when I was little), people comment on it all the time and I can't help but take pride in our handsome little charmer.
MILESTONES
- At least 12 teeth have made their debut and his mouth is pretty full.
But we do have a couple spaces left.
- Connor walks everywhere, rarely crawls, and sometimes runs.
- He is getting much more independent, not wanting to hold our hand
when he walks, wanting to feed himself, and drink himself. And he plays in his
room on his own every day. I love seeing him in there just having the best time
ever.
- He can stand up on his own, that’s right he doesn’t need to pull
himself up anymore.
- It took him awhile but he has now mastered the sippy cup, he can use
it all by himself, no help included.
- He knows what “night, night” means.
- TALKING, some new Con language is …
“ruff, ruff”=Dog
“daai”=Daddy
He knows what
ball means and occasionally uses “baba” as ball.
Every day it seems
like he is trying to speak to us more and more, I just wish I could understand
him better. I need to get better at my baby language I guess.
Trying hard to do a photo shoot with ConBoy. He wasn't a fan of the tie around his neck and he wouldn't step in the shoes so it turned out a little like this...
LIKES
- Loves to explore, new places especially, he gets into everything.
- He is loving catch, or should I say fetch. The farther you throw the
ball the more excited he gets, and then he will bring it back. And sometimes he
even does it with the ball in his mouth. He is such a goof.
- Loves his milk bottles for bedtime!
- Loves finding things to hit things with, like a sword. He uses
ladles, sticks, rulers. Yes, watch out.
- Loves when he figures out to pull his diaper off, this has only
happened a few times, thank goodness, but wow when he does it he laughs and
laughs and runs around so excited ready to be chased.
- Loves climbing upstairs. He has no idea how to get down, so it is a
little scary. But since we have no stairs at our apartment he doesn’t have much
to practice on.
- He loves sitting and playing on his bed!
- He loves blankets and sleeping with them and chewing on them when he
gets tired, he also loves his stuffed animal “sleepy dog”.
DISLIKES
- Not a huge fan of bath time, he will play a little bit but HATES
getting water on his face or hair
- Hates being changed, he tries so hard to get away and run off naked.
- He likes dogs from a distance, but when they bark and jump up, he
will hold on to us for dear life and shake his legs and sometimes cry. But he
can’t help but watch everything they go and do.
- He doesn’t enjoy teeth brushing it is usual a short little brush
because we have to fight him and he bites the toothbrush so we will stop.
- Bedtime and Naptime are not his favorites, sometimes he does better
than others.
MOMMY AND DADDY’S FAVORITE CONNOR-ISMS:
- Connor likes to explore behind things. So he gets stuck sometimes
behind couches (Shea’s parent’s couches in particular), our TV stand, our
rocking chair, etc. It is so funny to hear him squeal, kind of a nervous, “I’m
STUCK” sound! It is adorable.
- Sometimes he will go up to the TV and watch like “Lucky” from 101 Dalmations. It is so cute and I try
so hard to get a picture but I have yet to be successful. Seriously this is
like my number 1 favorite Connorism!
- When Daddy is at work he will go around occasionally shouting “DAAI,
DAAI”, expecting Daddy to answer. He beats on the bathroom door and looks out
the window.
- Sometimes we play Marco Polo with Connor, it goes a little like this,
“Connor, CONNOR” … “Huh”. He can never stay one place too long.
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