Height:33.25" (80th percentile)
Weight: 24 lbs. 4 oz. (35th percentile)
Teeth: 12: 4 top front, 4 bottom front, 4 molars. 4 Canines are en route.
Sizes: Currently wearing 18 mos., 24 mos. and 2T sizes. 18 months are getting small gradually
Sleep: ~9pm-6:30am (though we make him stay in the crib until 7), ~2-3 hour afternoon nap around 1pm
Favorites
Favorite Food: Bananas, Cheese, Strawberries, Anything with chocolate in it
Favorite Drink: Orange Juice, Milk, Breastmilk
Dislikes: It's hard to tell - he will mostly try anything. He only tends to spit out food when he can't chew it well or he's full.
Favorite Book: Any of our many, many truck books or picture books
Favorite Toy: Cars, Trucks, Balls
Favorite Color: Maybe Orange - he has a thing for RJ's orange cars.
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Climbing stairs and going down the slide, trying to run into the street, pushing carts, lawn mowers, shoveling sand from the sand table to the ground.
Favorite Indoor Activity: Playing with whatever RJ is playing with or stealing art supplies and painting/drawing wherever he can, taking toys for a ride in one of the ride-on toys and restocking them in various locations throughout the house.
Eating
Logan generally eats anything, however, he has started rejecting food, mostly due to texture when his teeth are hurting him, sometimes because he's a toddler and that's what they do. It's our job to offer healthy food, and his job to eat it. I generally don't worry much when he doesn't eat much because he's normally a great eater. Now that he has molars, we've let him enjoy some of RJ's favorite snacks like fruit rope and yogurt raisins, which he loves. Within the last two weeks he cut down from nursing twice a day to once a day, so he still nurses at bedtime. RJ quit nursing on his own at 21 months, so I'm curious to see how the next few months go. Our policy is generally don't offer, don't refuse at this stage, so it's on him how long he takes the nursing relationship.
Sleep
Logan FINALLY started sleeping through the night when he was about 16 months. He will occasionally wake up if he's in pain (teething), but it's the exception rather than the rule now. He goes to sleep easily - we read Sandra Boynton's "The Going to Bed Book" to him (RJ actually recites it too), and then he nurses during RJ's book choice and RJ's made-up story. Then he gives hugs and kisses, we put him into the crib with his ocean waves sound machine, and he goes to sleep. He likes to have his two frogs and a light blanket now. For the last few nights, he insisted on putting his head down on the firetruck paperback book. Up until last week, he had been nursing whenever he woke up, provided it was at least after 5am. However, we stopped bringing him into bed with us when he wakes up, and so he doesn't ask to nurse in the morning anymore. Now one of us goes to his room and lays on the floor until 7 if he wakes up earlier. His super early wakings have toned down a lot in the past week. He is also really easy to put down for a nap most of the time, and is quite flexible in terms of the time he goes down as well. Some days I put him down by 12:30 so that we can get to RJ's gymnastics class at 3; other days, he might not get down until 2:30 or 3 if we're out at a long play date or something. He normally naps from about 1/1:30 - 3:30/4; 2-3 hours. On days he wakes up early in the morning, he sometimes falls asleep in the morning, particularly during my morning runs or most amusing, in the jumperoo when I'm showering after the run. I will let him rest for 20-30 minutes, and it usually won't affect his afternoon nap.
Potty Training
RJ was potty trained early (he started at 22 mos.), so we might be looking at Logan through that lens, looking for the signs of early readiness. Even though RJ hasn't used the potty seats in at least a year, we never put them away since we didn't really have a storage place for them, and occasionally had younger kids visiting us, so they've always been around for Logan to sit on, which he tends to when someone else is using the potty. He has actually peed on the potty 3 times, all just before bath, which isn't a bad start at all. We are not forcing him to do this at all, but if he follows one of us into the bathroom, I ask him if he wants to sit on the potty and sometimes he will sit on it naked (he sometimes says "diaper", indicating that he wants it off), and sometimes he'll just sit on it in his clothes. He also seems aware of what he's doing since he wants his diaper changed right after pooping and if he makes a puddle (or worse) when he's running around naked, he lets me know.
Fine Motor Development
Logan generally eats anything, however, he has started rejecting food, mostly due to texture when his teeth are hurting him, sometimes because he's a toddler and that's what they do. It's our job to offer healthy food, and his job to eat it. I generally don't worry much when he doesn't eat much because he's normally a great eater. Now that he has molars, we've let him enjoy some of RJ's favorite snacks like fruit rope and yogurt raisins, which he loves. Within the last two weeks he cut down from nursing twice a day to once a day, so he still nurses at bedtime. RJ quit nursing on his own at 21 months, so I'm curious to see how the next few months go. Our policy is generally don't offer, don't refuse at this stage, so it's on him how long he takes the nursing relationship.
Sleep
Logan FINALLY started sleeping through the night when he was about 16 months. He will occasionally wake up if he's in pain (teething), but it's the exception rather than the rule now. He goes to sleep easily - we read Sandra Boynton's "The Going to Bed Book" to him (RJ actually recites it too), and then he nurses during RJ's book choice and RJ's made-up story. Then he gives hugs and kisses, we put him into the crib with his ocean waves sound machine, and he goes to sleep. He likes to have his two frogs and a light blanket now. For the last few nights, he insisted on putting his head down on the firetruck paperback book. Up until last week, he had been nursing whenever he woke up, provided it was at least after 5am. However, we stopped bringing him into bed with us when he wakes up, and so he doesn't ask to nurse in the morning anymore. Now one of us goes to his room and lays on the floor until 7 if he wakes up earlier. His super early wakings have toned down a lot in the past week. He is also really easy to put down for a nap most of the time, and is quite flexible in terms of the time he goes down as well. Some days I put him down by 12:30 so that we can get to RJ's gymnastics class at 3; other days, he might not get down until 2:30 or 3 if we're out at a long play date or something. He normally naps from about 1/1:30 - 3:30/4; 2-3 hours. On days he wakes up early in the morning, he sometimes falls asleep in the morning, particularly during my morning runs or most amusing, in the jumperoo when I'm showering after the run. I will let him rest for 20-30 minutes, and it usually won't affect his afternoon nap.
Potty Training
RJ was potty trained early (he started at 22 mos.), so we might be looking at Logan through that lens, looking for the signs of early readiness. Even though RJ hasn't used the potty seats in at least a year, we never put them away since we didn't really have a storage place for them, and occasionally had younger kids visiting us, so they've always been around for Logan to sit on, which he tends to when someone else is using the potty. He has actually peed on the potty 3 times, all just before bath, which isn't a bad start at all. We are not forcing him to do this at all, but if he follows one of us into the bathroom, I ask him if he wants to sit on the potty and sometimes he will sit on it naked (he sometimes says "diaper", indicating that he wants it off), and sometimes he'll just sit on it in his clothes. He also seems aware of what he's doing since he wants his diaper changed right after pooping and if he makes a puddle (or worse) when he's running around naked, he lets me know.
Logan has shown interest in scribbling and painting in the last couple of months. He makes a huge mess, but it's important for him to get opportunities to make his own creations on paper (or on RJ once when I was making dinner). He can hold and control the crayons, markers, and paintbrushes well in the appropriate gripped fist and loves seeing what marks he can make. He can also use a spoon and a fork when eating, but often gets frustrated when the food goes overboard instead of onto his spoon/fork. Then he reverts back to using his pincer grip to pick up food and shove it into his mouth. He is also getting better at turning the pages in his books (particularly board books).
One of Logan's favorite things to do in the bathtub is to pour water out of various cups, pitchers, and bowls, where he experiments with their flow. For a little while bath was horrendous because he would get the entire area (and the parent charged with bath duty) soaked thanks to not keeping the water in the bathtub, but he has finally figured out that it's fun to pour the water back into the bathtub too! In our kitchen, Logan regularly ransacks my pantry cupboard and stacks canned goods. I think his record is 3 objects right now. He is right on target, if not a little advanced for fine motor developing, which makes sense since his hands are NEVER still!
Gross Motor Development
We have a climber. Both kids are climbers, but Logan seems much more insistent on being dangerous places than RJ was at this age. I blink and he's dancing on or trying to jump on the kids' table. I found him on the kitchen table once when I was trying to get something ready for dinner, and he regularly scales the couch to stand on the window sill to look outside. The baby gates at the top and bottom of our stairs are my best friends, since he will scale the stairs the minute the gate is open and he would fearlessly attempt to go down the stairs (on his feet now, not crawling) if the top gate was open. We do let him go up and down the stairs when we're there with him, so he gets practice. In the same vein, our playground trips are filled with circuits of up-the-stairs, down-the-slide, repeat. Or, like today, he followed RJ up the big kid angled ladder. Yeah, this child has NO FEAR AT ALL. And he's crazy strong. He loves hanging from his arms off of bars and seeks out bar-like things to do this on. His current favorite hanging spot is a little handrail next to the drinking fountains at RJ's swim lessons. Logan has also hit all the major milestones in Gross Motor Development for an 18 month old. He runs, he throws (nearly everything), he kicks balls, and he jumps (although he lands on his ass still, which he discovered was a super fun time when he climbed onto our bed and started trying to jump like RJ).
One of Logan's favorite things to do in the bathtub is to pour water out of various cups, pitchers, and bowls, where he experiments with their flow. For a little while bath was horrendous because he would get the entire area (and the parent charged with bath duty) soaked thanks to not keeping the water in the bathtub, but he has finally figured out that it's fun to pour the water back into the bathtub too! In our kitchen, Logan regularly ransacks my pantry cupboard and stacks canned goods. I think his record is 3 objects right now. He is right on target, if not a little advanced for fine motor developing, which makes sense since his hands are NEVER still!
We have a climber. Both kids are climbers, but Logan seems much more insistent on being dangerous places than RJ was at this age. I blink and he's dancing on or trying to jump on the kids' table. I found him on the kitchen table once when I was trying to get something ready for dinner, and he regularly scales the couch to stand on the window sill to look outside. The baby gates at the top and bottom of our stairs are my best friends, since he will scale the stairs the minute the gate is open and he would fearlessly attempt to go down the stairs (on his feet now, not crawling) if the top gate was open. We do let him go up and down the stairs when we're there with him, so he gets practice. In the same vein, our playground trips are filled with circuits of up-the-stairs, down-the-slide, repeat. Or, like today, he followed RJ up the big kid angled ladder. Yeah, this child has NO FEAR AT ALL. And he's crazy strong. He loves hanging from his arms off of bars and seeks out bar-like things to do this on. His current favorite hanging spot is a little handrail next to the drinking fountains at RJ's swim lessons. Logan has also hit all the major milestones in Gross Motor Development for an 18 month old. He runs, he throws (nearly everything), he kicks balls, and he jumps (although he lands on his ass still, which he discovered was a super fun time when he climbed onto our bed and started trying to jump like RJ).
Logan is a busy little guy, and he's continually trying new things and problem solving. Usually his problem solving involves trying to get into something we've barricaded (by practicing various ways to destroy the barricade, but this is an important skill nonetheless! Logan has also been imitating a lot lately, which is related to early pretend play. He especially loves the cars and the dinosaurs, frequently doing what RJ does with them, and taking them for rides in his ride on truck around the house, often hiding them so that it's virtually impossible to keep all the toys organized! He doesn't get the concept of clean-up time, but does enjoy helping put things in bins, so he can help if given direction. He understands most of the language directed at him and will follow short, simple, commands. He can also match objects, as he does with some of our wooden puzzles that have pictures in the appropriate spots. For example, he can put the cat piece over the cat, even wiggling it a little to get it in its spot. He also knows a majority of his body parts and will point to each upon request. RJ even taught him to say "penis" in the bathtub, and it's clear he knows the referent for that particular word! Most of his cognitive growth at this stage is in the area of Language Development as his vocabulary production and receptive language both increase. He is remarkably aware of what is going on around him and understands more and more each day.
Language Arts:
Logan has some words now, which is very exciting. I can usually understand him, despite his non-traditional pronounciations, but we're not yet where anyone else not familiar could understand him. Here are the words and "words" I've documented.
booze = boobs, meaning "I want to nurse"
dahr = car
dah = dog
dat = cat
momma
dada/daddy
ah - dey = "RJ"
doh = window
dohr = door
dass = grass
bah = ball
dup = cup
duice = juice, meaning milk or juice
nat = snack
bah = bar, meaning breakfast bar or generically, snack
bassss = glasses
bass = glass, repeated after I told him he couldn't throw a glass bottle
dutsh = truck
baby
bot = box
dehn = train
di-door = dinosaur
dose = nose
yeahr = ear
deet = teeth and feet
dighs = eyes
booze = boobs, meaning "I want to nurse"
dahr = car
dah = dog
dat = cat
momma
dada/daddy
ah - dey = "RJ"
doh = window
dohr = door
dass = grass
bah = ball
dup = cup
duice = juice, meaning milk or juice
nat = snack
bah = bar, meaning breakfast bar or generically, snack
bassss = glasses
bass = glass, repeated after I told him he couldn't throw a glass bottle
dutsh = truck
baby
bot = box
dehn = train
di-door = dinosaur
dose = nose
yeahr = ear
deet = teeth and feet
dighs = eyes
djah = arm
peisss = penis
bus
dat-doh = motorcycle
bibane = airplane
dot-dee = helicopter
bite = boat
bop = book
dorse = horse
fah = frog
baff = giraffe
bop-bay = elephant
dut = duck
boo = bird
di-biss = octopus
diss = fish
dah-puh = diaper
duse = shoes
There are more, but since he's picking up speed with vocabulary, I probably will stop documenting like I did with RJ.
peisss = penis
bus
dat-doh = motorcycle
bibane = airplane
dot-dee = helicopter
bite = boat
bop = book
dorse = horse
fah = frog
baff = giraffe
bop-bay = elephant
dut = duck
boo = bird
di-biss = octopus
diss = fish
dah-puh = diaper
duse = shoes
There are more, but since he's picking up speed with vocabulary, I probably will stop documenting like I did with RJ.
Logan is mostly a sweet little toddler who is very easy going and often hilarious. However, he has developed some limited intentionality as well as having expectations about things, both of which often leave him frustrated, but without the words to explain what's going on. Toddlerhood can be a bitch sometimes! So Logan has resorted to shrieking, occasionally tantruming, and most recently hitting when things don't go his way. Up until the last few months, he's been happy with whatever toys were RJ's cast offs. He was perfectly happy playing with Sally and Flo while RJ played with Lightning and Mater (all characters from Pixar's Cars if you for some reason don't know what I'm talking about). Not any more. Now he goes after the favorites and throws a fit if you try to swap it out with another car. Luckily, we have 6 different Lightning McQueens and he does not yet know the difference between Dirt Racer Lightning, Regular Lightning, Wet Lightning, Dragon Lightning, etc. But clearly there are sharing issues (for both kids, since RJ is still working on his sharing skills).
Logan is still a little shy around strangers, but generally enjoys the company of people, both familiar and not. Logan was recently invited to join RJ's Thursday co-op and has handled the separation from me without a fuss at all. In fact the first time I left him there, I had to chase him around trying to give him a hug because (I think) he thought I was going to take him back home with me and he was having fun with the big kids! I do wonder if he would've been as easy to separate from if he was unfamiliar with our friend's houses or if RJ wasn't there too.
Logan is still a little shy around strangers, but generally enjoys the company of people, both familiar and not. Logan was recently invited to join RJ's Thursday co-op and has handled the separation from me without a fuss at all. In fact the first time I left him there, I had to chase him around trying to give him a hug because (I think) he thought I was going to take him back home with me and he was having fun with the big kids! I do wonder if he would've been as easy to separate from if he was unfamiliar with our friend's houses or if RJ wasn't there too.
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