The 15 month gait

'When your child first learned to walk, he probably strutted around all day with a wide, swaybacked gait, his stomach jutting out in front. As he gets better at balancing, the distance between his feet will narrow, and his toes will point ahead instead of turning out. And now that he's so good at walking, he'll be looking for challenges like the stairs.'


As we near his 16 month, I can see the speed and perfected walk emerge....this is where my sister in laws words ring true, 'you'll never sit down'   :(
 Though still a a little wobbly and bobbleheaded at times(especially close to naptime), today at lunch he took  a big step out, clear off  the deck, missing both stairs and toppling  over like Humpty Dumpty.  Poor baby, busted the inside of his lip. Thank goodness I still had some teething rings in the freezer which he likes to chew, which helped  :)


Wonder what we'll bust up tomorrow?
Boys!...gotta love'em.

Dog Lover Paxton

Clearly I will need to do some training w/ the little mister around stranger dogs.
While he is a big lover of doggies(like his momma),  he does not know it is faux pax to stick your face in front of doggies face...to give kisses, of course.  I was the same way as a child, fearless of dogs, always in their face and never feared them, even when I was bit and chased a couple of times by an unfriendly  neighbor dog.
Oh well, it is hard to train a dog lover to stay away or keep their distance.

15 month checkup / 30th percentile

yes, he may be following in his mamas shorty footsteps at the 30th percentile for height and weight..but is there no accounting for the girth of that noggin?  There is some serious development going on in that thing!
2 Vaccinations later, the little man is thriving and is very healthy, albeit short  :)

Don't Mess with an ambulatory man!

Crawling is OFFICIALLY a thing of the past....no crawling at all last week.  The man is on the move and perfecting his craft, so fun to see him become  an independent explorer.