::19 months::
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| grubby little camper |
Everyone keeps commenting this month on how much you’ve changed. I guess they can see it too – you’re not a baby any more. You’re a toddler in full swing!
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| helping daddy with the hand-washing while camping |
Some new words this month: color (cuh-gor), peanut butter and other spreads (bee-bee), Sesame Street (sess), nite nite (nigh-nigh), and amen (as soon as prayers are over).
You have also started saying “no”. Whereas you’ve been saying it without the word for ages (think head shaking, arm flailing, grunting in protest), you’ve now started to say the word. But you never just say it once… it’s usually in fours and fives: no-no-no-no-no!
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| bath time camp-style! |
And lastly, you’re new favorite word: uh-oh! You say it all. the. time. It is seriously cute and you know it. You’ve also started dropping things on purpose just so you can say uh-oh. It’s very cute, but we’re trying to not let you onto that fact for fear you’ll be dropping every thing! Instead we’re trying to teach you that we only say it when things happen by accident. Pretty funny process to be honest!
You were sick this month with a flu. It was quite a miserable week with a cough, fever, major irritability, and the runniest nose I’ve ever seen. Poor guy. You were pretty out of sorts, waking through the night and also having meltdowns far too often throughout the day. Your flu resolved itself but your cough has hung on. It’s a pretty nasty one – still waking you up through the night, gagging and sputtering.
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| not feeling well = very low meltdown threshold |
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| sick with the flu |
You’ve also started teething again. We’re tyring an amber teething necklace but we’re not quite sure if it’s working yet. Our fingers are crossed in a big way that it works though. We all need some relief from the misery – your mother included!
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| auntie kates |
This month we also went camping with the DTS. You and Daddy went up without me because I got sick. You had five days up there before I joined you and it was so clear that you had a ball! You loved having Dad to yourself (and he loved it too!) and of course you loved being the center of attention with the other 30 people up there. You definitely have a way of charming peoples hearts! After I was better I joined you guys for the last five days. We had a lot of fun together – throwing rocks, collecting sticks, and generally just enjoying the time outside having space, being unplugged, and having a loose schedule.
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| warming our hands at the fire before bedtime |
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| plopping rocks in the creek |
Hard to believe that in just six weeks your baby brother is due. I think about you a lot and wonder how you’ll cope with the changes. I think you’ll do really well. You’re such a loving kid. I want to spend as much mommy-time with you this month as I can before everything changes, but please know you will always be my first-born love.
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| your appetite has improved again this month :) |
forever,
