Reed is 17 months old today.  I feel like I say it all the time, but wow time flies.  It is crazy to think of the tiny little infant he was a year ago at this time.  Now he is a full blown toddler who walks and (tries to) talk.  He understands when we ask him questions or tell him to do something.  He has opinions about what he wants to wear to school and he loves his school.  He also loves routine.  Sometimes I think we need to back off of the bath routine a little because he won’t really eat dinner anymore. He is always trying to push out of his chair to run down the hall to his bathroom and bathtub.

It annoys Randy that I put him to bed at 7 because he thinks it’s too early, but you tell me.  I look Reed in the eyes and say, “are you ready to go night-night?”  He stares back at me and reaches for my hand to walk him into his room.  He leads me to his crib and starts trying to pull his favorite green blanket out of his crib.  On the nights I let him pull it out he will put it under his head and lay down on the carpet.  So what do you think…ready to go to sleep?  I think so.  Sorry Husband!  (And P.S he usually doesn’t make a sound when I leave the room and sleeps past 7am!)

He has some words, but we are really the only ones who know what he’s trying to say.  We are working on ‘please’ and ‘thank you’.  His teachers say he will say it to them, but he definitely doesn’t say it to us.  Kids.

He is still a great eater.  He’s picky day to day, but overall he will eat anything.  He really loves food if it comes off of my plate and not his.  This is annoying to me, but a decent weight management plan as well as a good way for him to learn to try new foods.

We always talk about how much he loves water.  But it is getting a little extreme.  He has never had swim lessons, but has been in the pool and lake since he was about 8 weeks old.  Reed’s new trick is running in the baby pool and going face down into the water and kicks his legs.  He intentionally falls forward and puts his face in.  When we pull him back up after a few seconds he tries to push our arm away to go back under.  He also knows how to hold his breath and never comes up spitting water.  I really don’t know how he learned this, or why he has no fear…but I love it.  However, if I had a pool in my backyard I would be a nervous wreck!!!

-JB