Wyatt {18 months}

With all of the excitement going on Wyatt’s 18month birthday slipped past me!  Mister Wyatt is into everything!  He loves to be doing what everyone else is doing.  Eating, playing, running, screaming.  SMILING is his big thing.  He can give the cheesiest grins, just go up to him and say “cheese” and you’ll get this little face.

I feel bad that there is so much going on, I’m afraid that Wyatt is getting overlooked.  Though he certainly does not act like he is.  He just seems to go with the flow most days.  He is happiest when his brother or sister is paying attention to him.  Lately it seems Will is playing nicer with Wyatt, I think having a sister softened him up a bit.  The other day I caught Will helping Wyatt up into his chair to watch a show.  They sat side-by-side for the longest.  I pray that they can develop a true friendship one day, though right now that seems like a far off dream. 

Wyatt is still just saying a few words.  Bye Bye being his favorite.  He tells everyone that has been to our house Bye Bye a million times.  And he will say bite bite and night night.  He likes to repeat things.  And he says Ella in the sweetest voice, kinda sounds like Lel-la. 

And speaking of Lel-la, I think the two of them are going to be the best of friends once he stos crashing her photo shoots and learns to share a bit.  They can play so sweetly together when they want.  I can’t wait to see how their relationship grows.  And if they truly start acting twin like.  (Ella is teaching Wyatt Chinese I think…..not the direction I had hoped they’d head.)

On to the statistics.  He’s weighing almost 28lbs, according to Poppy’s scale.  (We go to the dr next week.)  At his last appt he was 33 inches.  But that is what Ella is and she’s taller so I’m not sure how tall either is.  He is still wearing #4 diapers.  And is wearing 12-18m clothes.  I really thought he’d outgrow those by now but he hasn’t (so I have a lot of clothes waiting on him).  His foot is growing like a weed and he quickly went thru that last pair and is now on to a 6.5W.

He is eating a little better, but it’s still a stretch to feed him.  Loves his pork products though….ham, sausage, bacon, hot dogs.  He will occasionally eat a turkey sandwich.  He does like chicken, though not always chicken nuggets.  And really doesn’t like fries, but does love tater tots.  Cheese sandwiches are always a safe bet.  And grapes, oh how he loves grapes.  (and raisins and prunes)  LOVES sweets (I passed on that gene). And he loves his milk, juice and water.  Though you never know which he’s wanting and he will quickly swipe away his cup if it’s the wrong one.  Haven’t figured out his pattern yet. And he loves pretzel sticks.  LOVES them.  Watch out if you have a bag.

And what a great sleeper I was blessed with.  God knew I needed a good sleeper!  He LOVES naps.  All but screams at the bottom of the steps when he’s ready for naptime.  He eagerly goes upstairs and reaches for the crib when we get to his room.  It takes less than 5 minutes to put him down for a nap and most of that time is spent changing his diaper/clothes.  I pray he stays this way.  And nightime is mostly easy too.  Occasionally he will pitch a fit but that’s usually if he’s sick or teething.  With all the chaos going on I am very thankful for his love of sleep (I might have also passed that gene on).

Wyatt is still not a fan of TV.  Or BOOKS!  I’m slowly coming to terms with the books.  Not really, but I am trying to justify it by saying it’s 10 less books I have to read each day.  He will not even sit still for one second while I read.  But bless his heart, he is a dancer.  OH how he loves music.  It just fills him from head to toe and he cannot stop moving.  And if you take his shirt off he cannot contain himself.  I pray he doesn’t embarrass himself later in life with all this dancing nonsense :)

Wyatt has mastered going up and down the stairs (not climbing, just crawling/scooting).  I am so grateful he learned the coming down part.  It makes getting 3 up and down the stairs so much easier.  He is climbing onto the furniture now and thinks he’s big stuff. He wants so badly to be like his big brother that it is fun to watch him accomplish these new things, he is so proud of himself.

Wyatt is mister social.  He LOVES telling people Hi and Bye.  And loves to tell all the cars on the street Hello when they pass by.  And he will let anyone hold him.  I think Wyatt has let every visitor we’ve had in the last 2 weeks hold him….as in he runs up to them with his arms up and demands to be held. I kinda like that about him.  (but that’s probably because I’ve had him “yelling” at me all day to hold him….) 

Wyatt does have an aversion to computers and cell phones.  It’s like he knows you are ignoring him if you’re using one and he pitches the biggest fit.  The phone bit is because he wants to play with it….one too many people have given him their phones and now he’s obsessed with them.  He has taken a strangers phone from them when we were at the library!  But the laptop, oh how he wails when you get near it.  And when we tried to skype home from China, he would have nothing to do with us.  He was just mad to be near the computer.  I’m sure it won’t be long before that all changes.

Mister 18 months is on the brink of learning and discovering so many things!  I cannot wait to see what the next 6 months hold!!