15 months

  

We had Wyatt’s 15 month checkup yesterday and he is a growing boy! In the 90+% for height (33 inches) and 75% in weight (26 ½ lbs). Overall the appointment went well minus getting him weighted/measured and the shots. He hated having to lay down on that paper and gave the nurse a death stare after I picked him up from his shots. So funny how expressive he is! He tries to walk all the time and is getting better but still pretty wobbly with lots of tumbles. He’s been talking more and more and will try to repeat a lot of words you say to him. Some of his common words are bye bye, dada, uh oh, more, choo choo, dog, whoa, dat (for that) and has just recently started saying no and shaking his head back and forth. He also really loves playing with balls and cars and loves dogs.

Wyatt just adores Gavin and of course wants to do everything he’s doing and is already mimicking EVERYTHING Gavin does (Good - already knows to roar when he picks up a dino just like Gavin, Bad - Gavin pushes Wyatt, Wyatt pushes right back, Gavin throws a toy, Wyatt throws a toy). Sometimes this is a good thing and they play together really well and other times it turns into Gavin trying to build a tower or set up his train track and Wyatt coming over and tearing it apart since his type of playing right now is to take everything and throw it behind him. We’re trying to help Gavin see the positive in these situations in that he gets to now build a bigger and better tower. Sometimes that works and other times they just need to be separated and have some alone time. Gavin has also really started showing affection towards Wyatt and being protective which is so cute but we’re also trying to teach him to be gentle because a lot of times his harmless hugs turn into a body slam or he tries to give him a loving pat/belly rub that ends up pushing Wyatt over.

Wyatt is still into everything! I think it’s probably harder because we didn’t have so much stuff around when Gavin was this age for him to get into but he loves climbing on everything and playing in water. If we aren’t careful he will quickly sneak away and climb up Gavin’s stool in the bathroom to try and reach into the sink or play in the dog’s bowl of water. I’ve also caught him playing in the toilet once which Gavin has never attempted to do! He is definitely a little stinker and knows what items he’s not supposed to play with and will crawl/walk over to them wait for us to look and say no and then touch/grab it and bust out laughing.. we may be in trouble with this one :). He still has lots of curls in the back but his hair is pretty straight on top so it’s hard to tell if his curls will stay or be gone after his next haircut. I’m hoping they stay!!

He is still a huge mama's boy which I love but it's definitely hard at times when i'm trying to get ready in the morning and he wants to be attached to my side.  I'm thinking that once he really starts walking this might lighten up some because he will have more independence to follow me around if he wants and not necessarily need/want to be carried.  Overall he brings so much joy to our lives and every day is an adventure.