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I can't believe Michael is already 14 months!

Height 

31 inches

(Mommy is only 60 inches

Already more than half my height!)

Weight

24 pounds

(They now stand him up 

On the adult scale)

Teeth

6 total:

2 on bottom

4 on top

Words

Momma 

Dadda

Gizzy 

Get me

Got it 

Bye

Diet

Fruits/veggies

Yogurt

Mac-n-Cheese

Bread

Crackers

Milk

Apple juice

Water (out of a water bottle)

The Occasional Treat

Size

18-24 months 

5 shoes

5 pull ups

Daytime

Wake up 7:30-8 am

Breakfast

Bible time/prayer

Story time

Nap around 11

Wake dad 12:30-1

Lunch

(Sometimes) nap around 5pm

Dinner 

Bedtime 

Read a bible verse from earlier

Snuggle with a cartoon on until

He gets restless, then I lay him down.

He's normally asleep anywhere between 8:30-10:00

Depending on what we did

That day and if he had

One or two naps.

Likes

Swings 

Slides

Outdoors

Books

Bouncy balls

Playing catch

Clapping/cheering 

Snuggling the dogs 

Climbing/sitting on the dogs

Playing with the dogs

Playing tag

Playing Peek-a-Boo

Screaming with excitement 

Sharing 

Walking

Laughing

Talking

Baths

Water/splashing

Closing doors

Climbing stairs

Being goofy

Naps

Brushing his teeth

Snuggling mommy

Giving kisses

canes/sticks

Stuffed animals

Walks

Banging things

Sitting in grocery carts

&play Cars attached to carts^

Looking out the window

Going places with Mommy

Hugs

Clifford: the Big Red Dog

Elmo's world

Dislikes

Getting measured at the docotor's

Getting shots

Being away from Mommy

Sitting still for long

Laying down for diaper change

Over exaggerated excitement 

Michael is constantly surprising me. I feel very blessed to have such a happy kid! He hates when mommy is in a different room, but I can clean and he normally keeps himself occupied unless he needs something. The messes he makes are not very big. His toys of course, but he'll also empty the baby wipes case and diaper drawers, rip toilet paper or tissues and he's learned how to open DVD cases and unzip Mommy's purse! He likes to look in your eyes when he's talking to you. You may not understand what he says, but he is very sincere about every word! He gets upset when he knows he did something he shouldn't, but he quickly moves on with something else he is allowed to do or play with. 

If you haven't already, be sure to read up on Michael's first year, summarized as best as I could in one post:

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Michael was born April 19, 2013 and weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces. On his way out, he swallowed amniotic fluid and wasn't breathing right away. At first I thought, "Wow I'm lucky, I have an automatic happy baby." I was so drugged up I didn't realize anything was wrong with him until I heard Brandon sounding worried. "What does that mean?" He asked them as they talked about our son in low numbers. Once the nurses cleared his airway, a piercing cry filled the room and I immediately began to cry. I held my baby boy for the first time after 40 weeks of carrying him. I couldn't believe how small and perfect he was. He was born with dark hair and blue eyes. "You got what you wanted," Brandon said with his own tears in his eyes.

We were only allowed to hold our son for a few minutes until the nurses took him over to NICU. Michael continued to recover and we were released to go home after 2 more nights in the hospital.

Not even two weeks out of the hospital, Michael got pink eye. My poor son's eyes were so swelled and red. I had to rub a drop of cream prescription under each bottom eye lid at least 6 times a day. My hands were definitely dried out from always washing my hands. 

Michael began to lose all of his top hair. People kept saying, "that's weird they normally lose the hair on the back of their head from laying down all the time." Well, not Michael. He kept the hair on the back of his head the longest. He looked like a little old man! Within a month, his new hair began growing in. Instead of the dark hair he was born with, it now came out blond. If you don't know what Brandon looked like, you'd wonder if I had adopted my child!

His newborn months just flew by. By 3 months he no longer wanted to breast feed. He liked the bottle more. I continued to pump until I dried up and switched him to formula. He only had a problem the first two days with slight constipation, but immediately adjusted. 

By 4 months he was feeding himself the bottle and we swore Michael had said, "Mama." From then on, he mainly said Mama when he cried for me.

By 5 months Michael was rolling over both ways.

At 6 months he was trying to crawl... Trying!!! He would push his feet off but end up shoving his head down in the carpet. The poor guy was always giving himself a little red mark. 

By 7 months he started crawling better. He was pulling himself up, standing while holding something, and sitting himself up. He even began helping me put his toys away.

By 8 months he was a professional crawler and his two bottom teeth had poked through the gums.

By 10 months he gained his two top teeth and was waving hi/bye... When he felt like it.

At 10 1/2 months, Michael took his first step! A few days later, he took TEN STEPS! 

By 1 year, he was a walking great and was gaining his Lateral Incisors. He hated grass, it scared him. 

By 13 months he was holding things up to his ear and talking. He started giving kisses and handing me his bottle once he wanted a refill. Michael started getting better at communication all together. He is starting to get upset when I don't understand what he wants and sometimes cries when I take something away he can't have or tell him he's not allowed to do something. I just have to speak calmly to him and explain he can play with all these other things around him. Soon enough he calms down.

I will be posting his full 14 month update on the 19th!