18 month check-up

Ethan had his 18 month check up today as well as we went over a few other things that has been going on with him. He weighs 25 lbs 13 oz and is 31 1/2 in long. He is doing good overall as far as his growth. He does have a mild case of ezema on his face that flairs up from time to time so the Dr gave us some medicine to help with it when it becomes irritated. The Dr was happy to see him walking and to hear that he is being seen my the development specialist once a month.

Ethan is now walking more than crawling. The only time he really crawls is when he falls down and has to crawl to his next destination to stand back up and walk again. He is also becoming ver independent going into his own room and playing for several minutes and then returning back to where ever Shauna and I might be. He can now say the following word: (many of which he says when he wants to not on command lol) mom, more, up, go, fishy, uncle, sky, whats that, ahh man, whats this....so hes up to 12 words which I guess isnt to bad since he just started talking like 2 weeks ago. He also knows how to take his socks off, point at mommy's eye, knows that a dog barks, will walk to the door if you tell him we are going bye bye, and will walk to his highchair when he is hungry. His food of choice is very slim right now, he is a very very picky eater but from what I read that is normal. He prefers anything with bread. His favorite is peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. He will eat chicken or hamburger meat on occasion, carrots, oranges, strawberries, grape, and green beans all when he feels like it. Loves crackers, pancakes, poptarts and anything sweet...but i try to stay away from super sweets only giving them to him during certain occasions. He is trying to learn to use a spoon still having a hard time, and he still gets his paci whenever he wants. ;o( Its hard for me to take it away from him but once he is walking all the time I think its going to go. He will not let us read to him ever! Loves to watch his Cars movie or any other cartoon for that matter. He wont see the Dr again until Oct. unless hes sick or nething and the special teacher will come again July 11th.

The rest of this week and weekend will be very busy for me because we are throwing dad(shauna's dad) a 50th b-day bash at angelas house so this will probably be my only post this week. Here are a few pics from fathers day as well!! enjoys!!