14 Months Old!

Matthew:


Weighs:  20 lb

Loves eating and enjoys most foods.  He has recently developed a little more stubbornness when eating, and will push food out with his tongue if he really does not want to eat it.

Loves fruit:  strawberries (which gives him a rash we think), grapes, oranges, bananas, kiwi.

Loves to bang his forehead against our front window.

Loves to jump up and down in his crib.  It takes him about 10 minutes to fall asleep, and is typically the instigator of the giggling that comes out of their bedroom during nap time.

Loves playing with cars.

Is becoming quite predictable with his poops.  He typically goes within an hour of waking up in the morning, so I try to delay their baths until he's gone, or he'll go when he gets put down for a nap.  I'll hear crying and will smell it when I walk in the room.

Learned how to "high-five" this month.

Loves holding mail after we check our mailbox.

Still has very little balance, but we've been practicing standing unassisted.  He can do it for a fraction of a second :)

Is becoming quite comfortable with walking holding onto only one of my hands.

Loves pressing buttons.  He knows that he's not allowed.  He'll look at you, smile, and then will press one.

Learned how to go from a crawling position to sitting position this month.

Loves getting tickled on his "tickle spot" - a birth mark just above his right hip.

Clothes:
Pants:  12 month (and even then, he can only wear most of them with cloth diapers because his butt is too tiny with a disposable)
Shorts:  6-9 month
Shirts:  9-12 & 12-18 month
Pajamas:  18 month

Kayla:


Weighs:  21 lb 7 oz

Is getting better with eating.  She has a short attention span, so if she refuses to eat more then I let her feed herself (put the spoon in her mouth herself), and then I can usually get some more food in her that way.  If she doesn't want to finish her snack, she gives it to Matthew.

Loves fruit:  strawberries (which gives her a rash we think), grapes, oranges, bananas, kiwi.

Loves eating frozen peas.  Loves them.

Likes to feed Matthew.  She even says "ah" to get him to open his mouth.

Falls asleep instantly (unless being kept awake by Matthew).  It's amazing.

Loves stuffed animals and dolls.

Has been constipated for 3 months straight.  It's very evident when she is trying to go and/or is going.  She always sits down and pulls her left leg into her chest.

Learned how to "high-five" this month.

Loves going down the slide.  If it's a "big-kid" slide she'll wait for you to help her before she goes down.

Runs everywhere, swinging her arms as she goes.

Learned how to get off of the couch this month.

Loves picking dandelions.

Has really learned how to play with toys, especially the older Fisher-Price Little People.

Knows how to wave, and when it is appropriate to do so.

Is still deathly afraid of the vacuum.

Clothes:
Pants:  6-12 & 12-18 month (it seems like she never grows out of pants...because tights become capris!)
Shorts:  6-9 month
Shirts:  9-12 & 12-18 month
Pajamas:  24 month

Our Typical Day:
7:15am  Wake up.  1/3 cup oatmeal cereal mixed with 1 tsp wheat bran (to help with Kayla's constipation).

8:00am  Bath time.

9:00am  Snack time.  Usually something they can finger feed themselves:  graduates or graham cracker.

9:45am  Nap time.

11:00am  Wake up.  Lunch time.  One slice of bread and some fruit.

1:00pm  Snack time.

1:30pm  Nap time.

2:45pm  Wake up.  Snack time.  Usually fruit (a smoothie) or something a little unhealthy: Goldfish or

5:00pm  Dinner time.

6:45pm  Off to Grandma & Grandpa's.

7:15pm  Before bed snack.

7:45pm  Home again.  Bottle, brush teeth, a couple stories.

8:00pm  Bed time.