At one

Here's the low-down on our little one year old:

Wt: 21.5 lbs.  My little fatty patty has turned into a bit of a skinny minnie.  Just following in his sister's footsteps I guess.

• He does the bear crawl now and prefers to be on his feet instead of his knees.  He's gotten really fast. He stands from a sit without holding onto anything.  No steps yet.
• His mop of hair is starting to curl at the crown.  Scott's hair went curly at a year.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a whole head of curls.  
• He sleeps through the night!!!  And it was so easy.  All we did was wean (due to our 3rd round of thrush and an unresolved biting issue), which was also so easy, and he decided there was nothing worth getting up for anymore.  
• He has a bird mouth when I feed him.  He opens it larger than you would think a person could.  And he eats SO much better than he used to.  It all started with a horrible ear infection that wouldn't go away for a month with all kinds of antibiotic and other treatments.  We even had an appointment scheduled with an ENT to discuss tubes, which our physician felt he would need.  Our last ditch effort was a diet change.  Scott read that certain foods can cause or exacerbate ear infections.  So we took the plunge and cut out wheat, dairy, sugar, eggs, and dried fruit.  Pretty much everything he liked.  But, just a few days later his ears were free and clear.  Was it the diet change that actually worked?  I don't know, but we decided to leave him on the diet for a few months in hopes that we could stave off any more infections.  He hasn't had one since.  This whole thing helped me realize that kids (at least this kid) will eat what you give them, over time.  When no option for bread, yogurt, jam, cheese, was given, he slowly started to like other things.  He still has things he really doesn't like, but he eats so much more and so much better than he used to.  What do we feed him?  Beans, rice, meat, oatmeal, fruits, and vegetables.  Now we're slowly starting to reintroduce the foods we had cut out.
• He's a very friendly little guy and will hold his arms out for anyone to hold him.  Even if I'm just talking to a random person in the hall at church, he wants to go to them.  Anyone remember Miss M at this age?  Ha ha.
• He force fake cries when I tell him "no" about something.
• He's decided he loves bottles and binkies now.  He also has a special blanket.  This is for another post, but I'm all about comfort objects this time around.
• He says mama, dada, and once bye bye.  He shakes his head "no" and adds in a forcefully swaying arm if he really means it.  He waves hello and goodbye.  
• He's turning into a little monkey and can climb onto Madeline's bed and a chair in our living room which he uses as leverage to climb on top of our computer desk.  He can also climb up our slide in the backyard to the top.
• He's so easy to take care of, and for the most part just entertains himself.  He has the sweetest spirit.  He snuggles.  He laughs at everything.  We just really can't imagine our family without him.