Dorrian has reached it, 18 months. I literally feel weird saying that. Dorrian is 18 months old. Where the heck has the time gone? It feels like last week I was in the hospital bed for 18 hours in pain. Now he is grown up and acting as though he is a big boy. Which he is a big boy, I feel awkward calling him a baby. Because to America he is a toddler, but to me he is a baby. Even whenever he is 50 and has grey hair and living in my basement (hopefully not) he will be my baby. I never understood that whenever my mother would tell me that. "Heather you will always be my baby" which I would reply with the eye roll as a bratty teenager. Last night my husband and I stumbled upon some pictures of Dorrian as a baby. I was shocked by how much he has changed in so little time. It does not even look like the same kid whatsoever. I swear he had to be switched in that time gap, because he literally has changed physically. Funny thing is though, I did not even realize it until I view all of his pictures. Sad thing is though, I do not remember his baby months. One; because I have a very terrible memorization for certain things. Two; I just don't freaking remember. So I will ask again, WHERE THE HECK HAS TIME GONE?
By 18 months I have read that they should be talking. At least a few words. Which the only words I can get Dorrian to say is "Da-da" "Pa-pa" "Thank you" (Which he does not actually pronounce perfectly like that) he can also say "I love you" (Sorta) and a few others. But in the emails I get they make it sounds as though he should be speaking complete sentences. It makes me start to feel bad as a mother like I am not teaching him the correct things. But it is hard. Because he can not sit down longer than five minutes to listen to me. The only thing I can actually get him to calm down for is to watch T.V. He watches the show called Caillou. Which he adores and mommy adores because she can get a break and some "quality time" with him. Other than that though he is running away from me and laughing about it. But hey todder life.
I am thinking about slowly introducing a toddler potty to him. Because he is starting to show interest in the toilet and some of the other things that I was told I need to watch out for. So I might start doing that. Although most toddlers don't start being potty trained until they are 24 months or older. But in my opinion is does not hurt to start trying now. I won't make a habit out of it. Just might do it before nap time and bed or something. We shall see.
I have been asked by many mothers about my son's sleep schedule. My son does sleep through the time and has since we moved to these apartments. Whenever we lived with my parents, he was a HORRIBLE sleeper. Probably because of all the noise. It was way too small of a house for 6 people to be living in. But now that he has his very own room, he sleeps like a champ! I am very proud of him for it too. My son goes to be every night at 9:30 pm and usually does not wake up until like 8:30 am or so. Although he may wake up earlier and just sit in their quietly before he wakes up. We have a routine of taking a bath every other night and brushing his teeth every night. I change his diaper and make him a drink of warm milk to lay him down. I cover him up, turn on his fan and his stereo that plays "the happiest baby on the block" and tell him goodnight. He goes to sleep by himself and with no problems usually. Sometimes he will want juice to go to sleep, which I will cave in and give him. I need to break this. Break him from needing his binkie and bottle for bed. I just broke him from his bottles about a month ago. Next on the list is needing a drink for bed. But you have to take these things slowly. Not all at once, at least to me you do. That is his schedule though. I did not really have to sleep train him or anything. He just picked up on it by my telling him "Goodnight." If you have any questions about this routine I will be happy to discuss and help! Because I know I needed it whenever Dorrian was a baby. I was desperate for anything and everything.
Anyways, this is his update. Even though it is a late start to be doing this I am going to start doing it each month. So tag along and follow for the read! I may not be an expert at baby things. But I do know my way around by now just after one kid. I would be happy to give advice about how I did things! Just ask me.
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