Miles 22 Month update

Stats:

• Weight: 29 lb 15 oz  - 90th percentile  
• Height: 36.5" - 98.9th percentile 
• Head Circumference: 50.7 cm - 98th percentile
• Weight/Length Percentile: 58% 
• Diapers: Size 4
• Clothing: 2T pants or shorts. 2T or 3T T-shirts (for length).  4T-5T socks 
• Shoe Size: 7
• Teeth: 16 (I'm assuming. I haven't counted)

I took his measurements 2 days late.  (stats using WHO)

Sleep
He discovered crying when going to sleep would get me to go back in there since he never cried I thought something was up.  He then started up crying for 30 minutes or more in his crib.  Then recently after his cold, I let him fall asleep on me in the chair and now he wants to fall asleep on me in the chair every time...and I have let him every time for the past week.

He falls asleep near 9 pm. He wakes up near 8 am.  Then starts his nap later and later daily.

Eating
Miles loves to eat apple jacks out of a snack cup. That is usually his breakfast.  He eat lunch, snack when picking Ella up, and dinner.

Sample Schedule:
8 PM - start bedtime routine, clean feet in sink if they need it and wipe him down, diaper, benedryl, books, sit in chair until he falls asleep.
Asleep by 9
8ish - wakes up
snacks
plays
lunch
plays
nap (usually start routine near 2 and falls asleep near 3 but sometimes even later)
sleeps 1-2 hours for nap
(cries a lot and is clingy after nap!)
get Ella, eat, play
Bedtime

Special Moments
On June 11, Miles says “No car seat. Run” while I was putting him in car to get Ella.
On June 15 Miles has had a runny nose last few days.
On June 17, Miles got his first haircut. Miles had a dry diaper and then he peed in the potty before bed!
On June 18, Miles went and got something out of freezer. He opened freezer himself first time.
On June 22, Miles said, "Need blanket.” I said, "I don’t have a blanket." He said, “Need hoodie” and points to my hoodie. He said he was cold. I gave him my hoodie.
On June 27, Miles was stacking blocks for the first time.
On June 29, at 4:48 AM, Miles cried for a few seconds but back to sleep on his own. Bedtime was late and there was lots of crying :(
On June 30, Miles just asked me to go potty. I said “do you have to go potty?” (sometimes play and potty sound similar.) He said “have to poop”. He peed right away on the potty and then pooped. His first poop on the potty. He got a cold. He had a bad time crying at bedtime again! He learned stalling tricks saying he's too hot and needs us to remove clothes and saying he has to go potty. He did pee in the potty during the stalling though.
On July 1,Miles slept with the light on since he has been crying a lot falling asleep. It didn't go so well and he woke up at 3 am. He did have a cold too. He cried in the crib when I tried to put him back in but since I knew Dave had to wake up in 2 hours to start smoking the pork, I was nicer about it. Then at 4:45, I got him in the crib and I sat on the outside holding his hand through the crib slats. I couldn't handle sitting any more so I left at 5:11 and he cried. But he only cried for 2 minutes. It was already getting daylight by this point! At 11:35, Miles climbed up the back of the chair to get on the super high counter to climb over and try to get to cupcakes for Ella's party. On July 2, Miles got his hand stuck in the car door. He had diaper rash issues and was in pain so he wanted to wear undies. When he stood to eat, I knew he was in pain so I let him wear undies and he peed in the potty twice and had 0 accidents after 2 hours of undies.
On July 3, Miles went a couple hours again in undies. This time he did have a pee accident.
On July 4, Miles didn't want to wear a diaper. He’s worn undies for a portion of the past 3 days. “Don’t put diaper on me." He spent 5 hours in undies. He only had 1 accident while he was eating in the high chair and I was upstairs at the time and he was crying and crying. So maybe he was trying to get our attention first. At dinner the poor guy had poop explosions up his back while he was wearing a diaper and in the high chair.
On July 5, he had a bad time going to sleep yet again.
On July 6, Miles said he had to go potty. Then carried his potty chair from other room. Then I helped him sit and he peed a lot.
On July 9, Miles had a dry diaper after nap then peed in potty.

Development:
He wants to wear undies a lot and not wear a diaper. He has used the potty a lot asking to go. I've noticed he can jump. I'm not sure when that started but he's pretty good.  He can kick a ball. He's getting better at throwing balls where he wants them to go.  The opposite of development is Miles became to aware and won't go to sleep himself.

Communication:
He gets shy around some people but for the most part talks a lot. He'll still give high fives to people. When he gets tired, it's harder and harder to understand him. I can understand everything when he's not tired but some stuff is a little unique that other people that aren't used to him have trouble understanding. 

Other Tidbits:
Likes
He loves to go in the stroller (versus the car)
He likes to be independent.
He likes to eat!
He likes Ella!
He likes to try to get anything that he should not have.
He likes to play outside.

He wants to ride a bike so bad.
He likes to go swimming.
He likes to take a shower.

Dislikes
I spoiled him so now he hates going into the crib awake and he wants to fall asleep on me.

Fun Facts
Longest time sleeping: 12 hours 12 minutes  (decrease by 6 min)
Days with sleep greater than 8 hours: all but 1
Diapers used (from July 1-10): 4 per day   
Time spent sleeping (from July 1-10): 11:44 per day (decrease)  
Doctor Visits: 0
Illnesses: 2 (both colds)

Favorite Toys
books
crayons
Tricycle
Balls
Barbie
Ella's Toys  (whatever Ella has at the time he wants)

Favorite Songs
just every song I sing, he likes.

Favorite Books
Now that he has his books back he just wants different books all the time.

Favorite Foods
any sort of meat
apple jacks
yogurt smoothie
yogurt
fruit snacks
ketchup
chicken nuggets
mac n cheese
ice cream

Random Tidbits
Miles is itchy again so he gets Benadryl before sleep a lot even though he had gone so long without it.

Miles 21 Month Update

Stats:

• Weight: 29 lb 8 oz  - 90th percentile  
• Height: 36" - 98.6th percentile 
• Head Circumference: 50.5 cm - 98th percentile
• Weight/Length Percentile: 62% 
• Diapers: Size 4
• Clothing: 24 month or 2T pants or shorts. 2T or 3T T-shirts (for length).  4T-5T socks 
• Shoe Size: 7
• Teeth: 16 (I'm assuming. I haven't counted)

I took his measurements 2 days late.  (stats using WHO)

Sleep
We traveled for 2 weeks then were in temp housing a week and then in our house that didn't have curtains. It's been a little all over the place. Overnight he sleeps 9ish until 7:30 ish. He woke up early a few times.  He naps later and later and started fighting them. Most recently with lack of curtains his naps are only a hour long.

Eating
Eating was all over the place with traveling. Now he eats breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, snack it seems.

Sample Schedule:
This is still getting back to a routine again. Almost no 2 days were alike. Next month should be better.

Special Moments
On May 10, Miles learned to whisper.
On May 11, Miles has such a diaper rash. He has a bloody inch long spot now. I walked over to Miles and he was holding his finger to his lips whispering quiet to me. He kept popping up in pack n play looking at us
On May 12, Miles went in the pool.
On May 13, Miles can sure say “give it back." Miles fully climbed into car seat.
On May 17, Miles is pretty good at waiting until after we get to hotel to poop in diaper. It's the second day that his diaper rash is a lot better. And second day he’s not pooping a million times.
On May 21, Miles wants to do everything himself. Even says "do self" for diaper changes.
On May 27, Miles completed his second road trip.
On May 29, Miles wanted to poop on potty and sat on potty so cute and proud. He didn't go though.
On May 30, at 5:39 AM, Miles woke up and cried. I ran in and got his night light for him. Then told him it wasn’t morning yet and to go back to sleep. He nodded. Then did.
On June 2, I walked upstairs and asked Miles if he knew which way his room was. I asked because I kept messing up and going the wrong way for every room. He said it was to the "right then right again." He was right. Now I never mess up going to any of the bedrooms.
On June 3, while eating dinner, I asked Miles if he wants a shower or bath later. He says shower. I say ok after dinner he can shower. And he says “ok all done” and hands me all his food. Then he kept getting up to go. I said I had to finish eating. Then when I said ok time for a shower he screamed yay and was dancing up and down. I like this change! And the shower went smoothly. I washed him and hair. And then he practiced washing himself since he didn’t want to come out. Later he cried for 20 min when I put him to bed. (Ne never does this.) I went in and he was scratching his legs bad and yelling about bandaids. I cut his nails. He said "thank you"
On June 4, I noticed that the last few days he likes to “do it self” and walks down the steps himself. He has become obsessed with sitting on the potty and wanting to go potty - but hasn’t gone. He probably sat for an hour or by 2 pm. Then at 2:40 he actually peed on the potty!
On June 5, Miles peed in potty after nap. (He woke up with a diaper rash and it was quite red and raw.)
On June 6, it was an awful diaper change. Little rash causes lots of pain.
On June 9, poor Miles has a little bit a rawness in his diaper area. And he keeps pooping overnight. Then in morning he is not happy and says “get off” and I’m not listening because I have to wipe. So he started saying “get off my butt."
On June 10, Miles stuck head in water when washing hands!

6/11/18

Development:
He forms more detailed sentences if you don't respond right away. He will say "Get off" then add "get off my butt" then elaborate even more "get off my butt please" when you are changing his diaper.  Or "eat" then "need eat" then "need to eat" then "need to eat now"

Communication:
He talks a lot. Everyone comments that he talks a lot for his age. He forms sentences. He even says sentences to new people. 

Other Tidbits:
Likes
He loves to go in the stroller (versus the car)
He loves books.
He likes waterfalls, buses, boats, and choo choo trains.
He likes to be independent.
He likes to eat!
He likes Ella!
He likes to try to get anything that he should not have.
He likes to play outside.

He wants to ride a bike so bad.
He likes to go swimming.
He likes to take a shower.

Dislikes
He doesn't like to be helped to do things. He doesn't like to get ready and go to bed if he's already tired.

Fun Facts
Longest time sleeping: 12 hours 18 minutes  (decrease)
Days with sleep greater than 8 hours: all
Diapers used (from June 1-10): 4 per day   
Time spent sleeping (from June 1-10): 12:31 per day (increase)  
Doctor Visits: 0
Illnesses: 0

Favorite Toys
books
crayons
Tricycle
Balls

Favorite Songs
just every song I sing, he likes.

Favorite Books
Now that he has his books back he just wants different books all the time.

Favorite Foods
any sort of meat
yogurt
fruit snacks
ketchup
chicken nuggets
mac n cheese
ice cream

Random Tidbits
He loves to play at preschool and play with or around other kids. He wants to "do self" so much. He goes up and down the stairs easily himself. He even carries things like his stroller as he is going up or down. Miles has really sensitive skin again. He's scratching all over and has marks from his scratching. I'm back to giving him Benadryl. He also seems to get diaper rashes more.  This month Miles stopped sleeping with his scratch sleeves on.  He also started reading books in his crib or staring at pictures of him and Ella while he falls asleep. 

I didn't take pictures on my good camera and I didn't even attempt nice pictures on my phone. I'm using what I happened to take on the 10th and what I took on the 11th.

Miles 18 Month Update

Stats:

• Weight: 27 lb 13 oz  - 90th percentile  
• Height: 35.5" - 99.8th percentile 
• Head Circumference: 50.2 cm - 98.4th percentile
• Weight/Length Percentile: 44% 
• Diapers: Size 4
• Clothing: 18 pants. 18 mo or 2 T T-shirts.  2T-3T socks 
• Shoe Size: 7
• Teeth: 16

(stats using WHO)

Sleep
Miles wakes up between 7:30 and 8:00.  Then he takes 1 nap a day. It’s mostly near 1:00. Sometimes it's a little later. He naps 1-2.5 hours daily. We start bedtime at 7:30 PM. He goes to sleep so well and even if he ever wakes up and cries for a second, he puts himself back to sleep.

Eating
Miles snacks in the morning upstairs while we are getting Ella ready or has breakfast in the car.  He eats a bigger meal at some point before nap.  He likes to eat right after nap. Then we get Ella and they snack in the car on the way home. They start dinner or snack immediately after getting home. The kids eat while I cook. Then they mostly don’t eat the actual dinner.

Sample Schedule:
Start bedtime routine pretty close to 7:30.  Routine is Benadryl, diaper change, put him in his scratch sleeves and sleep sack. Put on some ointments but most of the time I don't put on any. Then I read books to him. We read 5 or more every night (and before every nap.) He has some favorites but those favorites seem to change. I leave one arm out of the scratch sleeves so he can turn pages and lift flaps. He takes a book to the crib with him.  I recently starting holding him and swaying and singing after books and he loves it. (I have no idea why. My singing is so horrible.) He always goes into the crib into the corner with his head on the pillow. I cover him with his 2 afghans and the fleece blanket. Then I turn on his night light elephant and he holds his book. He falls asleep within minutes. He sleeps all night. If I happen to hear him make noise in the night he goes back to sleep himself.  He wakes up anywhere between 7:30 and 8:00 for the day.  Get Ella ready for school, drop Ella off, and he has a snack in the car.
10 more snack
11:30 lunch
1:00 nap routine starts  (This time keeps getting later.)
1:30-3 nap
eat, play, hangout, get Ella, eat, play
then 7:30 bedtime routine again

He gets Benadryl before bed at night and before nap.

Special Moments:
On February 11, Miles climbed up and went down the slide himself at play place at mall. This is the first time he did this.
On February 12, he tripped, hurt his ear, and cried a lot. He said straw. I noticed he spins in a circle. He started a new thing of climbing up into his high chair, holding my hands, and then jumping off.
On February 14, after 2 days Miles can use the shape sorter. He is not perfect but better! If only I could find all the shapes.
On February 18, Miles fed himself cereal from a bowl. He got a bit better as time went on.
On February 19, I accidentally forgot to put 2nd scratch sleeve on at night on the 18th. He slept fine. He woke up in the morning and scratched his face though. Dave put Miles down for nap! (First time when I was home and maybe 2nd time ever.)
On February 26, He smashed his hand in hall closet door.
On February 27, I had to wake miles at 9:05 to get Ella to school or he could have slept longer. Then he didn’t wake when I opened the door and he slept longer. I didn’t have the heart to wake him. He slept 20 more minutes. He had an awful short nap. He wanted to sleep more, but didn’t at same time. There was lots of crying.
On February 28, Miles rode on the big swing himself!
On March 2, Miles walked down the steps holding my hand for the first time. He stepped and didn’t scoot on his butt. I sure was shocked. We never had steps when Ella was little so I don't have a comparison for this. Miles fell off couch and smashed face He had a bloody mouth. (When I documented this in my app, I wrote bloody, bloody bloody mouth.)
On March 3, Miles walked up the steps while holding my hand. I couldn't believe he just walked up instead of crawling.
On March 5, Miles started saying many new things. The best word over and over today was no.
On March 6, Miles says Dora when wanting Dora books. He's been for a few days but I forgot to document it.

Development:
He can climb up on the couches that were a little higher and he couldn't climb on them last month.
He's learned even more body parts.

He started running.

Communication:
He will sign water, more, all done, milk, and eat.    He said many words one time but not really again. He has repeated animal names when playing peek-a-boo barn. He's said a lot of things one time but then not really again. He does repeat a lot of things. 

New Words
happy


Still Saying
Sock  (Sa)
Caa (Clock)
Car
Ba (ball)
Pap-Pap
Da (for dada or daddy)
Look
Up
Cat
boon (balloon)
hi
cow
moo
hat

Other Tidbits:
Likes
He loves to shovel.
He loves books.
He loves to slop in the kitchen sink.
He likes to climb up on everything.
He likes to be independent.
He likes to walk around.
He likes to be held on my left hip.
He likes to eat!
He likes to run over and try to hug Daddy.
He likes to play.
He likes Ella! He misses her when she's at school. He also can't wait to go in and wake her up in the morning.
He likes Benadryl.
He likes to help give himself Benadryl and even suck the medicine out of the syringe.
He likes to try to get anything that he should not have.
He likes to play outside.
He likes to climb the stairs.
He likes to walk down the stairs.

Dislikes
He doesn't like baths.
He doesn't like to sleep anywhere but his crib or his carseat.
He doesn't like anyone but Pap-Pap to feed him with a spoon/fork. (He has to feed himself otherwise.)
He doesn't like attention from people he doesn't know.

He really hates the bath so much that nothing else can compare to that level of hate that it's hard to think of things to put on his dislikes list but I'm sure he dislikes more.

Fun Facts
Longest time sleeping: 13 hours 27 minutes  (decrease)
Days with a sleep greater than 5 hours: 28 
Days with a sleep greater than 6 hours: 28
(According to the internet sleeping through the night is considered sleeping 5-6 straight hours.)
Days with sleep greater than 8 hours: 28 (all)
Diapers used (from March 1-10): 4 per day   
Time spent sleeping (from March 1-11): 14:07 per day (increase)  
Doctor Visits: 1
Illnesses: 2

Favorite Toys
books
playdough
balls
little rockets

Favorite Songs
ABCs
I'm a Little Teapot (He clapped twice when I sang this so I'm saying it's a favorite.)

Favorite Books
Penguin's Snowy Day
Where's Baby's Belly Button?
Toes, Ears, and Nose
Pretty much all books

Favorite Foods
any sort of meat
yogurt
yogurt smoothies
fruit snacks
ketchup
chicken nuggets
mac n cheese
ice cream

Random Tidbits
He's getting more defiant. 

Miles 17 Months Update

Stats:

• Weight: 27 lb 7 oz  - 91st percentile  
• Height: 35.5" - 99.9th percentile 
• Head Circumference: 50.2 cm - 98.9th percentile
• Weight/Length Percentile: 37% 
• Diapers: Size 4
• Clothing: 18 pants. 18 mo or 2 T T-shirts.  2T-3T socks 
• Shoe Size: 7
• Teeth: 16

(stats using WHO)

Sleep
Miles wakes up between 7:30 and 8:30.  Then he takes 1 nap a day. It’s mostly near 12:30. Sometimes it's a little later. He naps 1-2.5 hours daily. We start bedtime at 7:30 PM. He goes to sleep so well and even if he ever wakes up and cries for a second, he puts himself back to sleep.

Eating
Miles snacks in the morning upstairs while we are getting Ella ready or has breakfast in the car.  He eats a bigger meal at some point before nap.  He likes to eat right after nap. Then we get Ella and they snack in the car on the way home. They start dinner or snack immediately after getting home. The kids eat while I cook. Then they mostly don’t eat the actual dinner. He’s in his high chair most of the time we are eating. He has some dessert too. Then it’s almost bedtime.  He has a yogurt or yogurt smoothie before going up to bed.

Sample Schedule:
Start bedtime routine pretty close to 7:30.  Routine is Benadryl, diaper change, put him in his scratch sleeves and sleep sack. Put on some ointments but most of the time I don't put on any. Then I read books to him. We read 7 or more every night (and before every nap.) He has some favorites. I leave one arm out of the scratch sleeves so he can turn pages and lift flaps. He takes a book to the crib with him.  He always goes into the crib into the corner with his head on the pillow. I cover him with his 2 afghans and the fleece blanket. Then I turn on his night light elephant and he holds his book. He falls asleep within minutes. He sleeps all night. If I happen to hear him make noise in the night he goes back to sleep himself.  He wakes up anywhere between 7:30 and 8:30 for the day.  Get Ella ready for school, drop Ella off, and he has a snack in the car. Sometimes he falls asleep on the way home and other times he doesn't nap until 2.
11 lunch
12:30 nap routine starts - We transitioned from nursing to book reading. We read about 6 books before nap and he goes into his crib awake.
1-3 nap
eat, play, hangout, get Ella, eat, play
then 7:30 bedtime routine again

He gets Benadryl before bed at night and before nap.

Special Moments:
On January 11, Miles climbed up on gray couch all by himself. He stood on scale before bath then peed!
On January 12, there was no nursing before bed. I asked if he wanted books or nursing and he chose books. I was going to have that be the last time we nurse so looks like we were done without realizing.
On January 13, Miles blew his nose when I held a Kleenex up.
On January 16, Super long nap. I had to wake him to get Ella.
On January 17, Miles had a fever. He was so cranky. I actually nursed! I guess we weren't done forever.
On January 18, Miles is still sick but medicine helps. New word past few days: cook
On January 20, Miles wanted to eat. So I try offering him cereal or cereal bars. He wasn’t having any of that and tells me to cook.
On January 21, Miles dragged the step stool in the kitchen to climb up on it. Later he fell off couch. Bit tongue. Bloody
On January 22, he's still sick and miserable. Walking into preschool this morning he face planted on the sidewalk. He only scraped himself a little.
On January 23, I noted that the past couple days he learned the new thing of being held and flailing back and arching his back. And almost killing my back
On January 25, he turned on the stove. He threw laptop down stairs to landing.
On January 26, he opened and turned on the fan for cooktop.  He threw wipes packages over to foyer. His first time drinking from water fountain.
On January 27, I walked into living room to Ella and Miles were sitting at the picnic table beside each other playing.
On January 28, Miles did not have a nap because I forgot to put him down. We were busy out shopping then played outside as soon as we got home.
On January 30, he woke up saying "da da da da" so Then Dave went in and got him. He spilt lemonade. Then he went and got a dish towel from drawer and cleaned it up.
On January 31, I took Miles to indoor play place. First time without Ella. He was pretty shy at first and then warmed up and played.
On February 3, he mostly climbed up in the high chair. Just noticed that he has 4 new teeth!
On February 4, at 11:47 PM he woke up and cried and back to sleep himself.
On February 5, I realize Miles has been running the past few days.
On February 6, Miles can kick a ball.
On February 7, he painted his own nails for the first time. Ella painted his toenails first time too.
On February 8, Dave put Miles to bed while I was at PT. It was his first time. He read him 2 books. (He doesn’t read more even though I read 7.)
On February 10, Miles said he wanted to sit on potty. He did and peed. But he had on diaper and pants. He was 34 inches tall standing. He had no nap! We were at my parents and he just didn't nap.

Development:
He can climb up on the couches that were a little higher and he couldn't climb on them last month.
He's learned even more body parts.

He started running.

Communication:
He will sign water, more, all done, milk, and eat.   He doesn't nurse anymore and doesn't drink milk so he doesn't really sign for milk anymore.  He said many words one time but not really again. He has repeated animal names when playing peek-a-boo barn. He's said a lot of things one time like straw but then hasn't said these things enough for me to remember them to count them below. 

New Words
boon (balloon)

Still Saying
Sock  (Sa)
Caa (Clock)
Car
Ba (ball)
Pap-Pap
Dada
Ella
Mama
Look
Up
Cat

Other Tidbits:
Likes
He loves to shovel.
He loves books.
He loves to slop in the kitchen sink.
He likes to climb up on everything.
He likes to be independent.
He likes to walk around.
He likes to be held on my left hip.
He likes to eat!
He likes to run over and try to hug Daddy.
He likes to play.
He likes Ella! He misses her when she's at school.
He likes Benadryl.
He likes to help give himself Benadryl and even suck the medicine out of the syringe.
He likes to try to get anything that he should not have.
He likes to play outside.
He likes to ride the horsey.
He loves clocks and always points them out.
He likes to climb the stairs.
He likes to go down the stairs on his butt.

Dislikes
He doesn't like baths.
He doesn't like to sleep anywhere but his crib or his carseat.
He doesn't like anyone but Pap-Pap to feed him with a spoon/fork. (He has to feed himself otherwise.)
He doesn't like attention from people he doesn't know.

Fun Facts
Longest time sleeping: 13 hours 54 minutes  (increase)
Days with a sleep greater than 5 hours: 31  
Days with a sleep greater than 6 hours: 31  
(According to the internet sleeping through the night is considered sleeping 5-6 straight hours.)
Days with sleep greater than 8 hours: 31  
Diapers used (from February 1-10): 4 per day 
Time spent nursing (from February 1-10): 0:00 per day  
Time spent sleeping (from February1-10): 13:34 per day (increase)  
Doctor Visits: 0
Illnesses: 2

Favorite Toys
books
playdough
balls
legos
kid chair

Favorite Songs
If You're Happy and You Know it...
Old MacDonald had a farm.

Favorite Books
Brown Bear Brown Bear
Panda Bear Panda Bear
It's Pajama Time
Dear Zoo
the little Paw Patrol books. 
Pretty much all books

Favorite Foods
any sort of meat
yogurt (strawberry banana is probably his favorite but he eats a few) (3-5/day)
yogurt smoothies
fruit snacks
ketchup

Random Tidbits
He's way more of a trouble maker this month.  He pours Poly's water bowl into her food bowl or vice versa. Or he just dumps them out everywhere. Sometimes when he knows he's doing something wrong he runs to the corner and continues doing it. 

Miles 12 Month Update

Stats:

• Weight: 24 lb 11 oz  - 92nd percentile  
• Height: 31" - 90th percentile 
• Head Circumference: 48 cm - 94th percentile
• Weight/Length Percentile: 86% 
• Diapers: Size 4
• Clothing: I've been putting him in mostly 18 month onesies. He wears some 12 month t-shirts. Pants are 12 or 18 months. He's worn some 18 month and 2T shirts. The 18 month pants are too long but they fit better in the butt. Some 9 month pants seem to fit him when they didn't used to. 
• Shoe Size: 5
• Teeth: 6  (I thought he might have a 7th tooth but it's hard to tell now that 6 teeth are pretty big)

(stats using WHO)

Sleep
He really sleeps through the night now. I am enjoying sleeping until 8 AM. Most of the month he had 2 naps but lately he just has 1.

Eating
He eats 3 meals a day. He nurses morning, before nap, and before bed. If he wakes in the night, I nurse then too.

He still feeds himself everything.

He seems to eat for a pretty long time when he eats. He doesn't nurse very long. He even motions to go in the crib at night instead of nursing to fall asleep.

Sample Schedule:
Start bedtime routine pretty close to 8:00.  Routine is Benadryl, diaper change, and sing him ABCs while I put him in his scratch sleeves and sleep sack. Put on some ointments. Then I nurse. Asleep by 8:30.   Sleep all night! Wake up 8:00 for the day.  Play a little, get Ella ready for school, drop Ella off and he has a snack in the car, play or do errands, eat lunch or nap, then the other of those 2, play, eat, play, get Ella, eat, sleep.
He gets Benadryl before bed at night and before nap all days.

He naps 2 hours almost every single nap which is good.

Special Moments:

On August 11, he had a few sucks of a lollipop and he loved it.
On August 13, he walked a few steps to the ottoman. He peed in the tub!
On August 14, I noted that the past couple days Miles has been clapping more. I asked Miles what was in his mouth. He said Apple. I didn't believe it. Fished it out. It was apple! He almost flipped off the changing table but didn't since I had his leg.
On August 15, he was probably awake an hour before he was loud enough to hear (at 8 AM).
On August 16, he walked 3 steps.
On August 20, he walks a few steps all the time now.
On August 22, he walked on video!
On August 25, he sat on the sit n spin with my help and loved it.  He bit his upper lip when he fell and it was bleeding.
On September 1, he walked numerous times.
On September 2, he walked a few steps multiple times.
On September 4, he is walking a lot.
On September 5, he walked and turned around and walked back without holding onto anything.
On September 6, he's a walker all over now!
On September 9, he worked hard to assemble medium sized Legos. He was so proud.  He had his first forward roll. Everyone at his party saw it but me!
On September  10, it was his 2nd day in a row when he wants to nap, he climbs on me to try to get to nurse. He's definitely walking everywhere. He's way more aware of everything lately.

Development:
He has to be coaxed to wave but then he does. 

He likes to shake his head no. Usually to actually mean no but sometimes when he's really tired he is falling all over the floor and shakes his head. 

He knows the routine and puts his arms through the sleep sack and scratch sleeves. I haven't really asked him to help pull off shirts when I change his clothes so I should start doing that. 

Miles tries to talk a lot. If I have context, I figure out a lot of things he's saying. But mostly I have no idea. 

He's been more demanding. If he sees something he wants, he's vocal about it.

He can listen to commands like say "ahh" or "give me what's in your mouth" so that is nice.

He can pick stuff up off the ground and go back to standing without even holding onto anything. He can walk and loose his balance and just put his arms down on the ground and then get back up without his butt ever being on the ground.  He just stands and walks everywhere now. 

Communication:
He talks even more than before. But still has a long way to go. I started teaching him to sign more and he does. Maybe I should teach him a few signs just so I can be sure I know what he's trying to tell me. 

Other Tidbits:
Likes
He likes to walk around.
He likes to open kitchen cupboards and drawers and just take things out.
He likes to eat!
He likes to talk.
He likes to play.
He likes Ella!
He likes to help give himself Benadryl and even suck the medicine out of the dropper. Then likes to disassemble the dropper.
He likes to be held on my left hip.
He likes his toys that play music.
He likes to try to get anything that he should not have.
He likes to take stuff out of the shopping cart when we are at the store.
He likes to swing.
He likes to ride on shoulders, ride the horsey, and be held upside down.
He likes turning on the light above the island. That switch is on the island and he can reach it.
He likes to play peek-a-boo.
He likes to walk and stop and start clapping. He got this from all the times I clapped at him as he started walking.
He likes to hold onto someone's hand and walk around. He is more stable that way than walking himself so if he wants to travel far he wants a hand to hold onto.

Dislikes
He doesn't likes to be the weights in bench pressing and overhead extensions (while lying down).
He hates if he's crawling towards me and I change directions or walk away from him.
He hates when I try to change his diaper on the floor.
He hates when he wants to go to sleep but I have to put him on the changing table first.
He doesn't like to nurse with any distractions.
He doesn't like baths but he doesn't hate them as bad as he did.

Fun Facts
Longest time sleeping: 13 hours 7 minutes  (787 minutes) (increase from 722)
Days with a sleep greater than 5 hours: 29 (All but 1 day)
Days with a sleep greater than 6 hours: 29
(According to the internet sleeping through the night is considered sleeping 5-6 straight hours.)
Days with sleep greater than 8 hours: 27 (This is the best by far!) 
Diapers used (from September 1-10): 5.6 per day 
Time spent nursing (from September 1-10): 84 minutes (1:24) per day  
Time spent sleeping (from September 1-10): 13.8 hours per day
Doctor Visits: 0 
Illnesses: 0

Favorite Toys
standing toy
walkers
balls
footballs
balloons (this scares me)
musical instruments
toy food
Little house that plays music when you do different things.
legos
toy remote
toy ipod
toy smart phone
remotes (These are not toys and we try to keep them away)
my phone (It is not a toy and we try to keep it away)
cords (These are not toys and we try to keep them away)

Favorite Songs
ABCs -- This song is his favorite by far!

Favorite Books
none yet 

Other Tidbits
I give Miles Benadryl at 11 AM and 8 PM daily. 

Miles likes to hold his giraffe and my pillow while nursing and when going to sleep. He also likes his fleece blanket and afghan.

My Recovery
My knee had some good days this month but mostly bad. I lost some weight and gained some weight back. I'm still down so that's good. I hurt my wrist a few weeks ago and that still bothers me.  I cannot believe my knee still bothers me. I can say it's officially be a year now!

Flashback Friday: Miles's Monthly Photos

11 Months of Miles!

10 Months

8.22.17 Video

I ended up taking a bunch of videos today. So I compiled them.

Miles is so cute. He throws the ball under the couch on purpose.  He stands and claps a lot.

Miles 11 Month Update

Stats:

• Weight: 24 lb 2 oz  - 92nd percentile  
• Height: 31" - 97th percentile (he was impossible to measure. It was just above 30.5)
• Head Circumference: 48 cm - 96th percentile
• Weight/Length Percentile: 79% 
• Diapers: Size 4
• Clothing: I've been putting him in mostly 18 month onesies. He wears some 12 month t-shirts. Pants are 12 or 18 months. He's worn some 18 month and 2T shirts. The 18 month pants are too long but they fit better in the butt. 
• Shoe Size: 5
• Teeth: 6  

(stats using WHO)

Sleep
Miles tends to sleep through the night now.  But he wakes up so early.  Every now and then he wakes up at midnight or at 4. I think he'll sleep in later after those wake-ups but he usually doesn't.

Eating
He eats 4 meals a day. He nurses morning, before nap, after nap, 1-2 more times, before bed, and middle of the night probably. He doesn't even try to nurse after nap anymore. He will go 6 hours during the day without nursing and be totally fine.

He loves to feed himself. If I hand him a fork with food on it, he feeds himself and gets so excited about it.

I feel like he spends 15-30 min eating breakfast but then will spend an hour at dinner.  Each meal progressively gets longer throughout the day.

Fruit seems be be his favorite. Cooked foods that we have for meals seem to be preferred over crackers or bread or something simple.

Sample Schedule:
Start bedtime routine pretty close to 8:00.  Routine is Benadryl, diaper change, and sing him ABCs while I put him in his scratch sleeves and sleep sack. Put on some ointments. Then I nurse. Asleep by 8:30.   Sleep all night or wake up 1-2 times! Wake up 5:00 for the day but maybe cat nap on me while he nurses.  Play a little, Nap (anywhere from 8 am to 11 AM start) Play. Eat breakfast,  Play.  Cranky, Nurse maybe 15 min cat nap on me. Eat. Play, Eat. Play. Eat. Sleep.
He gets Benadryl before bed at night and before nap all days.

Sometimes he's woken up before it's daylight and I get him back to his crib and I can get back to sleep briefly.

He naps 2 hours almost every single nap which is good.

Special Moments:

On July 11, Miles woke up at 4:30 AM and cried but then went back to sleep on his own.  He turned on the bath water in the master bathroom tub.  We switched to size 4 diapers since we ran out of size 3 but he was going to need to be moved up soon anyway.
On July 15, he was nursing, sat up, then spit up.
On July 17, he stood up unassisted.
On July 18, he ate cat food. Oops.
On July 19, Miles said bye to a the tree cutting truck as it went up the hill.
On July 21, he fell asleep in the strollers minutes before getting to the car.  He had his first Kennywood trip.
On July 22, he pointed.  He stood by himself for a long time.
On July 23, he can't drink from a straw again.  He climbed out of his high chair and onto the table at Pat's.
On July 25, he opened kitchen drawers and took stuff out.
On July 27, he opened his mouth and said "ahh" when I needed to fish paper out of his mouth.
On July 29, I had change him on such a high changing table that I had to use my tip toes!
On July 31, I was moving Miles and bent his arm wrong and it cracked. He cried but then got over it quickly.  He enjoyed taking kleenexes out of a box.
On August 2, he took his first steps.
On August 4, he rode on the red push car for the first time.  He said "ah ah ah" like the count after I counted.
On August 7, he played peek-a-boo for the first time himself.

Development:
He reaches for things he really wants and war cries like crazy. Pretty much I can't have a drink at the dinner table or he wants it. He's super persistent. 

He stands all the time holding onto to something. He cruises around everything. He opens drawers now. He loves to close doors. He crawls with speed.

He definitely wakes up when sleeping, sits up, and goes back to sleep. I've seen it a few times on the monitor. 

Miles has taken 1-2 steps a few times now. 

Communication:
Miles has said a few more words. I think he's spoken a few sentences here or there too. He tends to say something new and say it a few times then not say it again for awhile. He said Bye Bye to my parents when they were leaving. 

Other Tidbits:
Likes
He likes to be standing and cruising along furniture or walls. Just being upright is his favorite now.
He likes to open kitchen cupboards and drawers and just take things out.
He likes to be the weights in bench pressing and overhead extensions (while lying down).
He likes me around. I better not be putting him down or walking away.
He likes to eat!
He likes to talk.
He likes to play.
He likes Ella!
He likes to help give himself Benadryl and even suck the medicine out of the dropper. Then likes to disassemble the dropper.
He likes to be held on my left hip.
He likes to dance and likes music in general.
He likes his toys that play music.
He likes to try to get anything that he should not have.
He likes to take stuff out of the shopping cart when we are at the store.
He likes to swing.

Dislikes
He doesn't like being itchy!
He doesn't like when we put the scratching sleeves on him.
He doesn't like when I put him down on his changing table.
He hates when I try to change his diaper on the floor.
He hates when he wants to go to sleep but I have to put him on the changing table first.
He does not like it if I talk while he's nursing. If I yell because Ella is calling me that is even worse.
He doesn't like to nurse with any distractions.
He hates when I leave the room. I also better not be walking away from him.
He doesn't want anyone but me to greet him when he wakes up.
He hates a bath so bad that his last 4 baths he never even had more than his feet in the water.

Fun Facts
Longest time sleeping: 12 hours 2 minutes  (722 minutes) (increase from 593)
Days with a sleep greater than 5 hours: 30 (increase from 26. All but 1 day)
Days with a sleep greater than 6 hours: 25
(According to the internet sleeping through the night is considered sleeping 5-6 straight hours.)
Days with sleep greater than 8 hours: 16 
Diapers used (from August 1-11): 6.1 per day 
Time spent nursing (from August 1-11): 161 minutes (2:41) per day  
Time spent sleeping (from August 1-11): 13.2 hours per day
Doctor Visits: 0 
Illnesses: 0

Favorite Toys
standing toy
walkers
exersaucer standing on the outside and making the teapot make noise
pianos
musical instruments
brush
toy food
Little house that plays music when you do different things.
legos
toy remote
toy ipod
toy smart phone
remotes (These are not toys and we try to keep them away)
my phone (It is not a toy and we try to keep it away)
cords (These are not toys and we try to keep them away)

Favorite Songs
ABCs -- This song is his favorite by far!


Favorite Books
none yet 

Other Tidbits
I give Miles benadryl at 8 PM, 8 AM, and 2 PM daily. 

I've been playing music more for Ella and Miles and they both like it.  

I haven't even tried to have him nap without his sleep sack. I want to try but then never do. He naps pretty well and I'm worried I'll ruin that.

Now not only does he like to nurse while holding his afghan but he likes to hold my little pillow I like to put behind my head to make myself more comfortable while nursing.

My Recovery
My knee hurts a bit. I'm probably getting too used to it.  I'm not sleeping nearly what I should be. I never get a break. It is really tough being ON all the time.