Playtime: We have a little destructor on our hands! By nap time, his toys are all over the house. If we are working in the garage, he will throw the toys over the baby gate into the garage. It has been pretty warm, so we have been spending a lot of time outside in the pool. We have also found a friend in a neighbor, so we go over and draw with chalk, or play with the pinwheels in their yard. All sorts of fun stuff.
Sleep: Sleep routine is still the same. Down around 8pm and up between 8-9am with a nap around 12:30 for about 2 hours. I have been trying to aim for him to be up for no more than 12 hours. Which means that if he wakes up early at 7:30, I put him down by 7:30 that night. If he wakes up late around 10am, I try to get him to bed by 9 so he will get a good sleep. We have noticed that when he doesn’t sleep well, he gets really cranky and it is harder to get him down for a nap. But overall, we have slid nicely into a routine. He is ok with occasionally changing up the routine when we need to be out late or up early though.
Food: It is watermelon season! Edward LOVES watermelon. If we have it in a container where he can see it, he won’t eat anything else. He has begun to only eat blueberries when they are mixed into something. He won’t just eat them fresh anymore. Other than that, he still eats a bunch and almost everything we eat.
Teething: The outer front bottom two are working their way in now. He won’t let us brush his teeth anymore and would much rather suck on the toothbrush and crawl around the house. He is still chewing on everything and recently got into the habit of gagging himself. He shoves his whole hand in his mouth and will gag and continue to do that until he spits up. Hopefully it is just a phase and will finish quickly.
Clothes: We were just talking about how we need to pack up his 12-month clothes and move him into 18 month clothes. Sad that we only got to put some of the outfits on once if at all.
Movement: We officially got some first steps on June 16th! At first, he would only walk if we let go while he was close enough to something he could take a few steps, but far enough he couldn’t just grab it. Slowly he let go more and more. He is finally starting to walk on his own if he is holding something in his hands. It isn’t all the time, but we will be there soon. Oh.. and this boy is a climber! He comes over to the couch, grabs our hands and wants up. Then he moves all around the couch, climbs down and then does a repeat. Energy galore!
 
