We had Nicky’s 15-month pediatrician visit on Monday. He weighed 22 pounds, 3 ounces (but he was wearing a diaper, so probably only 22 pounds even) and measured 32.5 inches long. He always measures longer at the doctor’s office, though; I think their squishy mat that he lays on adds height. We measured him at 31 inches a couple of weeks ago. Anyway, he’s in the 90th percentile for height and the 25th percentile for weight. No surprises there; he’s tall and skinny like Chuck, like we already knew.
Lately, any time Nicky hurts himself, he says “bump” and Chuck or I have to kiss the bump. Then he says “a-ba” for “all better”. What he just started doing a couple of days ago is hitting his hand on his high chair tray or his leg and saying “bump” so that we’ll kiss it! This coming from the boy who runs away and squeals when I ask for a kiss…
He’s also getting really good with the alphabet. He still says most of the words that begin with the letter and not really the letter names, but now, when I ask him to get a certain letter, he can find it! I’m really impressed with him!
He’s developing nice manners. If he burps, he says “scuze” for “excuse me”. That’s an improvement from “burp” every time!
A couple of things I thought of after I posted this:
Nicky loves zippers. He says “ip” and is getting really good at them!
If I want Keanu to clean up something we’ve spilled onto the floor, I’ll point to it and say “here” and now Nicky copies me. Speaking of that, if I tell him “no”, he repeats it in a high-pitched voice. Maddening, but very cute!
Some cute words:
- mistletoe (“ptoe”)
- pajamas (“pa-ja”)
- put it back (“pa-back”)
- orange (“o-wa”)
The cuteness doesn’t end, that’s for sure! 